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Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
149
Highest
100.0%
Chile
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
94.1%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,053

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Chile; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.1%, and the mean is 86.5%.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 139.1%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).

Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 up 3.5% flat
1 Egypt 100.0% 2020 up 2.3% rising
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 — rising
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
6 Spain 100.0% 2021 up 2.5% flat
7 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
8 Indonesia 100.0% 2017 up 11.9% rising
9 Montenegro 100.0% 2021 up 22.8% rising
10 Thailand 99.9% 2017 — rising
11 Belgium 99.9% 2022 down 0.1% rising
12 Denmark 99.9% 2023 up 0.3% flat
13 Italy 99.8% 2022 up 0.2% flat
14 Switzerland 99.8% 2021 up 0.2% rising
15 Estonia 99.7% 2023 up 1.8% flat
16 Greece 99.7% 2022 up 7.7% flat
17 Mexico 99.6% 2023 up 2.4% rising
18 Norway 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.6% 2021 up 0.0% flat
20 Czechia 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
21 Brunei Darussalam 99.5% 2019 up 0.2% rising
22 Poland 99.4% 2018 up 1.4% flat
23 Finland 99.4% 2021 down 0.6% flat
24 Macau, China 99.2% 2023 down 0.0% flat
25 Singapore 99.2% 2022 down 0.3% flat
26 Mauritius 99.0% 2020 up 0.4% flat
27 Tunisia 98.9% 2020 up 2.6% rising
28 Republic of Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% flat
29 Andorra 98.8% 2016 up 3.4% flat
30 Oman 98.6% 2016 up 0.6% rising
31 Sri Lanka 98.6% 2022 up 0.0% rising
32 Sweden 98.6% 2023 down 1.1% flat
33 Iceland 98.5% 2021 down 0.6% flat
34 Trinidad and Tobago 98.5% 2022 up 4.8% rising
35 Eswatini 98.2% 2018 up 0.8% rising
36 Viet Nam 98.1% 2014 up 15.9% rising
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.0% 2022 up 18.5% rising
38 Argentina 98.0% 2022 up 2.3% rising
39 Israel 97.9% 2023 down 0.9% flat
40 Georgia 97.9% 2023 down 1.1% rising
41 South Africa 97.8% 2022 up 5.4% rising
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.7% 2023 up 0.5% rising
43 Belize 97.6% 2023 up 2.6% rising
44 Bahrain 97.6% 2023 up 0.8% rising
45 Botswana 97.5% 2012 up 6.2% rising
46 Barbados 97.4% 2021 up 7.0% flat
47 Algeria 97.2% 2023 up 2.8% rising
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.1% 2017 up 13.7% rising
49 Malta 97.1% 2021 down 0.2% flat
50 Lebanon 97.0% 2022 down 0.8% flat
51 Guyana 96.9% 2011 up 15.3% rising
52 Hong Kong, China 96.8% 2023 down 3.0% flat
53 Seychelles 96.7% 2023 down 0.7% flat
54 Philippines 96.5% 2023 up 0.0% rising
55 Latvia 96.5% 2023 up 1.5% flat
56 Luxembourg 96.4% 2020 down 1.8% flat
57 Cape Verde 96.3% 2021 up 4.7% rising
58 Timor-Leste 96.2% 2018 up 16.1% rising
59 Netherlands 96.2% 1984 down 2.8% flat
60 Paraguay 96.2% 2023 up 9.1% rising
61 Romania 96.0% 2022 — flat
62 Dominican Republic 95.8% 2023 up 14.4% rising
63 Costa Rica 95.7% 2023 up 3.2% rising
64 Iran, Islamic Republic of 95.7% 2022 down 0.9% rising
65 Jordan 95.7% 2023 down 3.7% rising
66 Qatar 95.5% 2021 down 2.6% flat
67 Dominica 95.4% 2021 up 6.2% rising
68 Fiji 95.3% 2023 down 2.7% flat
69 Ecuador 95.1% 2023 up 1.3% rising
70 Zimbabwe 95.1% 2019 up 12.3% rising
71 Morocco 94.9% 2023 up 2.5% rising
72 Peru 94.5% 2016 up 1.3% rising
73 Uruguay 94.3% 2021 down 5.3% flat
74 New Caledonia 94.2% 1989 up 9.6% rising
75 Maldives 94.1% 2023 up 2.0% flat
76 Syrian Arab Republic 93.7% 2023 — rising
77 Namibia 93.5% 2017 up 0.9% rising
78 Kiribati 93.0% 2023 — flat
79 Colombia 92.9% 2021 up 6.8% rising
80 Bhutan 92.5% 2017 down 6.1% rising
81 North Macedonia 92.2% 2022 down 5.6% flat
82 Guatemala 92.0% 2023 up 19.4% rising
83 Vanuatu 91.7% 2019 up 23.2% rising
84 Kuwait 91.6% 2020 down 4.5% falling
85 El Salvador 91.5% 2023 up 3.8% rising
86 Tonga 91.5% 2019 down 0.1% flat
87 Cuba 90.9% 2023 down 6.6% rising
88 Lesotho 89.3% 2022 up 17.8% rising
89 Ghana 89.3% 2021 up 1.9% rising
90 Aruba 88.8% 2020 down 10.7% flat
91 Sao Tome and Principe 88.5% 2010 up 35.4% rising
92 Malaysia 88.2% 2023 down 7.9% flat
93 Samoa 88.2% 2019 up 8.8% flat
94 Cambodia 87.8% 2019 up 28.0% rising
95 Albania 87.7% 2023 down 11.6% rising
96 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 87.4% 2016 down 12.6% rising
97 Tanzania, United Republic of 87.2% 2019 down 6.0% flat
98 Sudan 86.6% 2018 up 9.8% rising
99 Honduras 85.7% 2023 up 3.1% rising
100 Libya 85.5% 1980 up 1.6% falling
101 Gambia 85.4% 2020 up 21.8% rising
102 Saudi Arabia 85.1% 2018 down 6.5% flat
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 84.5% 2019 up 18.1% rising
104 Solomon Islands 82.8% 2018 up 1.0% rising
105 Kenya 82.8% 2004 — rising
106 Rwanda 81.3% 2023 up 42.6% rising
107 Chad 81.0% 2017 up 139.1% rising
108 Senegal 81.0% 2023 up 2.2% falling
109 Suriname 80.4% 2020 down 12.4% rising
110 Eritrea 79.8% 2017 up 16.2% flat
111 Congo 79.3% 2007 up 1.2% falling
112 United Arab Emirates 78.2% 2018 down 20.9% flat
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 78.0% 2020 up 36.6% rising
114 Jamaica 77.7% 2022 down 8.6% falling
115 Myanmar 77.5% 2009 up 40.4% rising
116 India 76.0% 2023 down 6.7% rising
117 Côte d'Ivoire 76.0% 2023 up 2.5% flat
118 Cameroon 75.3% 2023 down 6.6% rising
119 Togo 75.1% 2023 up 24.1% rising
120 Nigeria 74.9% 2009 down 19.9% falling
121 Djibouti 74.0% 2022 up 4.6% flat
122 Malawi 73.5% 2018 up 46.8% rising
123 Nepal 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% rising
124 Zambia 73.3% 2012 down 6.2% rising
125 Mauritania 73.3% 2016 up 12.8% rising
126 Bahamas 73.3% 2015 down 16.9% falling
127 Yemen 72.9% 2012 up 3.2% rising
128 Panama 72.5% 2022 down 19.8% rising
129 Pakistan 70.6% 2018 up 18.1% rising
130 Saint Lucia 68.1% 2022 down 28.3% falling
131 Mali 67.7% 2011 down 14.7% rising
132 Guinea 65.0% 2013 down 13.5% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 64.0% 1997 down 3.3% falling
134 Burundi 63.6% 2019 down 3.3% falling
135 Iraq 63.3% 1999 down 0.1% flat
136 Benin 63.2% 2021 down 6.1% rising
137 Uganda 62.2% 2016 up 6.7% falling
138 Gabon 61.9% 1995 down 6.2% rising
139 Ethiopia 58.9% 2021 up 26.1% rising
140 Central African Republic 56.0% 2011 — rising
141 Mozambique 56.0% 2019 up 9.5% rising
142 Niger 55.4% 2023 down 15.7% flat
143 Nicaragua 55.2% 2007 up 4.2% rising
144 Sierra Leone 49.7% 2019 down 18.0% falling
145 Burkina Faso 47.8% 2022 down 43.9% rising
146 Haiti 39.0% 1985 up 10.3% falling
147 Madagascar 33.3% 2018 down 34.0% rising
148 Guinea-Bissau 19.6% 1987 up 63.1% rising
149 Türkiye 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
149 places, 3,053 data points, 1970–2023
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February 2026 Data Release