Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
149
Highest
100.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
92.1%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,052
What the numbers show
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.1%, and the mean is 84.7%.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 88.4%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 100.0% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 99.9% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Greece | 99.9% | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 7 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Macau, China | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 9 | Norway | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Egypt | 99.7% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 99.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Mexico | 99.6% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 13 | Switzerland | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Israel | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Czechia | 99.4% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Chile | 99.3% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 99.2% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 19 | Finland | 99.1% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 99.1% | 2017 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 21 | Paraguay | 99.0% | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 22 | Montenegro | 99.0% | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 99.0% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Slovenia | 98.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 26 | Brunei Darussalam | 98.9% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Andorra | 98.8% | 2016 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 28 | Sweden | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Belgium | 98.6% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong, China | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | Oman | 98.3% | 2016 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 98.2% | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 98.1% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 97.7% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 97.7% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 97.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 37 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 97.3% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Bahrain | 97.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 97.3% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 96.7% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 41 | Belize | 96.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 42 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 96.6% | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Eswatini | 96.6% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 96.5% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 45 | Algeria | 96.4% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 46 | Jordan | 96.4% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 96.4% | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 48 | Cyprus | 96.2% | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.2% | 2017 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 96.2% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 96.1% | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 95.8% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 95.7% | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 54 | Ghana | 95.5% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 55 | Latvia | 95.5% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 56 | Barbados | 95.5% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 95.2% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 95.2% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 95.2% | 2012 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 60 | Seychelles | 95.0% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 94.6% | 2016 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | New Caledonia | 94.5% | 1989 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 94.4% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 64 | Morocco | 94.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 94.0% | 2014 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 93.9% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 93.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 68 | Lebanon | 93.8% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 69 | Mauritius | 93.7% | 2020 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93.6% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 92.8% | 1984 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 72 | Uruguay | 92.6% | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 73 | Guyana | 92.5% | 2011 | up 30.1% | flat |
| 74 | Samoa | 92.3% | 2019 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 75 | Maldives | 92.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 76 | Tonga | 91.2% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Dominica | 90.9% | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 90.8% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 79 | Timor-Leste | 90.5% | 2018 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 80 | El Salvador | 90.4% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 90.0% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 89.9% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 89.8% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 89.6% | 2017 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 89.4% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 86 | Malaysia | 88.7% | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.4% | 2010 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 88 | Libya | 87.3% | 1980 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 87.0% | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 90 | Bhutan | 86.8% | 2017 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 91 | Kiribati | 86.8% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 92 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 86.6% | 2016 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 93 | Aruba | 86.0% | 2020 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 85.9% | 2018 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 95 | Albania | 85.7% | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 84.1% | 2018 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 97 | Honduras | 83.3% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 82.0% | 2018 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 99 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 81.9% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 100 | Cambodia | 80.7% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 101 | Kuwait | 80.3% | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 102 | Eritrea | 80.2% | 2017 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 103 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 79.8% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 104 | Lesotho | 79.7% | 2022 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 79.1% | 2022 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 106 | Kenya | 78.6% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 107 | Yemen | 77.5% | 2012 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 108 | Gambia | 77.0% | 2020 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 109 | Chad | 76.9% | 2017 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 110 | Sudan | 76.2% | 2018 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 111 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 76.0% | 2020 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 112 | Suriname | 75.8% | 2020 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 113 | Zambia | 75.7% | 2012 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 114 | Congo | 75.3% | 2007 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 115 | Senegal | 75.1% | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 116 | Cameroon | 73.8% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Nepal | 73.7% | 2016 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 118 | Mali | 73.5% | 2011 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 72.9% | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 72.6% | 2022 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 121 | India | 72.5% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 122 | Rwanda | 72.3% | 2023 | up 51.9% | flat |
| 123 | Myanmar | 72.2% | 2009 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 72.2% | 2022 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 125 | Djibouti | 71.5% | 2022 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 126 | Nigeria | 70.2% | 2009 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 127 | Malawi | 69.8% | 2018 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 68.0% | 2016 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 129 | Guinea | 68.0% | 2013 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 130 | Iraq | 67.4% | 1999 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 131 | Bahamas | 67.3% | 2015 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 66.2% | 1997 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 133 | Benin | 62.2% | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 134 | Pakistan | 61.3% | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 135 | Uganda | 60.1% | 2016 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 136 | Gabon | 58.4% | 1995 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 57.2% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 138 | Mozambique | 56.9% | 2019 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 139 | Burundi | 56.3% | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 140 | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.0% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 52.7% | 2021 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 142 | Niger | 51.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 48.4% | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 47.9% | 2007 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 39.4% | 2022 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 146 | Haiti | 34.0% | 1985 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 147 | Madagascar | 29.9% | 2018 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.2% | 1987 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 149 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2014 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release