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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
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Date
#1
Bahrain :
100 %
2004 ...
#2
Saudi Arabia :
100 %
2004 ...
#3
Cyprus :
100 %
2003 ...
#4
Iceland :
100 %
2002 ...
#5
Netherlands :
100 %
2003 ...
#6
Israel :
100 %
2003 ...
#7
Fiji :
100 %
2003 ...
#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
Venezuela :
88.07 %
2004 ...
#61
Iran :
88.07 %
2002 ...
#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
Morocco :
81.25 %
2004 ...
#76
India :
81.25 %
2003 ...
#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 ...