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DEFINITION
Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Education Statistics > Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Bahrain :
100 %
2004 ...
#2 Cyprus :
100 %
2003 ...
#3 Netherlands :
100 %
2003 ...
#4 Fiji :
100 %
2003 ...
#5 Israel :
100 %
2003 ...
#6 Iceland :
100 %
2002 ...
#7 Saudi Arabia :
100 %
2004 ...
#8 Japan :
99.95 %
1991 ...
#9 Denmark :
99.91 %
2000 ...
#10 Finland :
99.9 %
2003 ...
#11 Sweden :
99.61 %
1991 ...
#12 Ireland :
99.56 %
2003 ...
#13 Greece :
99.51 %
1991 ...
#14 Macau :
99.37 %
2002 ...
#15 Norway :
99.21 %
2003 ...
#16 Chile :
99.18 %
2003 ...
#17 Brunei :
99.1 %
2004 ...
#18 Hong Kong :
99.06 %
2004 ...
#19 Malta :
98.78 %
2002 ...
#20 Jordan :
98.72 %
2003 ...
#21 Malaysia :
98.69 %
2002 ...
#22 Estonia :
98.52 %
2003 ...
#23 France :
98.42 %
1999 ...
#24 Egypt :
98.26 %
2003 ...
#25 Czech Republic :
98.25 %
2003 ...
#26 Oman :
98.24 %
2004 ...
#27 Australia :
98.17 %
1991 ...
#28 Korea, South :
97.92 %
2004 ...
#29 Seychelles :
97.45 %
2002 ...
#30 Bermuda :
97.27 %
2002 ...
#31 Mauritius :
97.05 %
2004 ...
#32 United Arab Emirates :
96.47 %
2004 ...
#33 Tunisia :
96.42 %
2003 ...
#34 Cuba :
96.3 %
2004 ...
#35 Saint Lucia :
96.26 %
2004 ...
#36 Italy :
96.05 %
2001 ...
#37 Samoa :
96.04 %
2000 ...
#38 Aruba :
95.82 %
2004 ...
#39 Barbados :
95.71 %
2004 ...
#40 Canada :
95.13 %
1991 ...
#41 Turkey :
94.88 %
2003 ...
#42 Dominica :
94.39 %
2004 ...
#43 Algeria :
94.2 %
2004 ...
#44 Syria :
92.93 %
2001 ...
#45 Monaco :
92.35 %
1991 ...
#46 Mexico :
91.82 %
2003 ...
#47 Sri Lanka :
91.81 %
1991 ...
#48 Tonga :
91.36 %
2000 ...
#49 Luxembourg :
91.26 %
2002 ...
#50 Bulgaria :
91.04 %
1991 ...
#51 Lebanon :
91 %
2004 ...
#52 Belgium :
90.19 %
1991 ...
#53 Peru :
89.65 %
2003 ...
#54 Bhutan :
89.17 %
2000 ...
#55 Botswana :
88.69 %
2003 ...
#56 Poland :
88.55 %
1991 ...
#57 Maldives :
88.5 %
2004 ...
#58 Indonesia :
88.29 %
2002 ...
#59 Côte d'Ivoire :
88.28 %
2000 ...
#60 Iran :
88.07 %
2002 ...
#61 Venezuela :
88.07 %
2004 ...
#62 Cape Verde :
87.82 %
2003 ...
#63 Iraq :
87.45 %
2004 ...
#64 Vietnam :
87.16 %
2002 ...
#65 Uruguay :
86.55 %
2002 ...
#66 Jamaica :
86.03 %
2002 ...
#67 Panama :
84.99 %
2004 ...
#68 Bolivia :
84.91 %
2003 ...
#69 Namibia :
84.18 %
2003 ...
#70 Costa Rica :
83.75 %
2004 ...
#71 Argentina :
83.59 %
2002 ...
#72 Eritrea :
83.4 %
2004 ...
#73 Zambia :
83.06 %
1999 ...
#74 South Africa :
81.58 %
2003 ...
#75 India :
81.25 %
2003 ...
#76 Morocco :
81.25 %
2004 ...
#77 Kenya :
80.85 %
2004 ...
#78 Colombia :
80.63 %
2004 ...
#79 Paraguay :
80.05 %
2002 ...
#80 Netherlands Antilles :
79.98 %
1999 ...
#81 Comoros :
79.47 %
2004 ...
#82 Senegal :
78.96 %
2003 ...
#83 Togo :
78.59 %
2004 ...
#84 Guinea :
78.13 %
2004 ...
#85 Sudan :
78 %
2004 ...
#86 Mali :
77.88 %
2002 ...
#87 Yemen :
77.79 %
2003 ...
#88 Cayman Islands :
77.48 %
2004 ...
#89 Hungary :
77.16 %
1991 ...
#90 Kiribati :
76.18 %
2003 ...
#91 Belize :
76.16 %
1999 ...
#92 Georgia :
76.13 %
2004 ...
#93 São Tomé and Príncipe :
75.76 %
2004 ...
#94 Tanzania :
75.64 %
2004 ...
#95 Ecuador :
75.25 %
2003 ...
#96 Burkina Faso :
75.18 %
2004 ...
#97 Nepal :
74.98 %
2005 ...
#98 Swaziland :
73.68 %
2002 ...
#99 Grenada :
72.98 %
2002 ...
#100 Vanuatu :
72.35 %
1999 ...
#101 Philippines :
71.48 %
2003 ...
#102 Djibouti :
71.24 %
1999 ...
#103 Nigeria :
71.14 %
2003 ...
#104 Guatemala :
69.63 %
2004 ...
#105 Zimbabwe :
68.23 %
2002 ...
#106 Papua New Guinea :
68.06 %
2002 ...
#107 Gabon :
67.9 %
2002 ...
#108 Pakistan :
67.84 %
2004 ...
#109 Burma :
67.82 %
2004 ...
#110 El Salvador :
67.19 %
2004 ...
#111 Solomon Islands :
66.96 %
1991 ...
#112 Trinidad and Tobago :
66.47 %
2001 ...
#113 Somalia :
66 %
2004 ...
#114 Mozambique :
66 %
2004 ...
#115 Burundi :
65.98 %
2004 ...
#116 Niger :
65.7 %
2004 ...
#117 Congo, Republic of the :
65.36 %
2002 ...
#118 Cameroon :
63.9 %
2002 ...
#119 Laos :
63.64 %
2004 ...
#120 Guyana :
63.55 %
2001 ...
#121 Qatar :
63.37 %
1991 ...
#122 Bangladesh :
63.08 %
2003 ...
#123 Uganda :
62.85 %
2001 ...
#124 Ghana :
61.85 %
2002 ...
#125 Cambodia :
61.51 %
2004 ...
#126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
58.45 %
1991 ...
#127 Dominican Republic :
58.21 %
2000 ...
#128 Lesotho :
57.96 %
2003 ...
#129 China :
57.63 %
1991 ...
#130 Benin :
53.02 %
2004 ...
#131 Mauritania :
51.09 %
2004 ...
#132 Nicaragua :
50.95 %
2004 ...
#133 Rwanda :
42.91 %
2003 ...
#134 Madagascar :
42.59 %
2004 ...
#135 Malawi :
39.84 %
2004 ...
#136 Chad :
34.11 %
2004 ...
#137 Equatorial Guinea :
33.8 %
2001 ...
#138 Central African Republic :
23.97 %
1991 ...
#139 Ethiopia :
15.62 %
1991 ...
Weighted average:
80.8 %
DEFINITION: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
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