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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, total > % of cohort (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Bahamas, The :
100 %
2004 ...
#2
San Marino :
100 %
1991 ...
#3
Trinidad and Tobago :
100 %
2003 ...
#4
Japan :
99.97 %
1991 ...
#5
Denmark :
99.96 %
2000 ...
#6
Finland :
99.95 %
2003 ...
#7
Israel :
99.93 %
2003 ...
#8
Sweden :
99.8 %
1991 ...
#9
Ireland :
99.78 %
2003 ...
#10
Greece :
99.75 %
1991 ...
#11
Poland :
99.74 %
2003 ...
#12
Iceland :
99.68 %
2002 ...
#13
Macau :
99.67 %
2002 ...
#14
Netherlands :
99.63 %
2003 ...
#15
Norway :
99.59 %
2003 ...
#16
Brunei :
99.53 %
2004 ...
#17
Hong Kong :
99.51 %
2004 ...
#18
Croatia :
99.5 %
2002 ...
#19
Malta :
99.32 %
2002 ...
#20
Cyprus :
99.18 %
2003 ...
#21
Chile :
98.97 %
2003 ...
#22
Bahrain :
98.86 %
2004 ...
#23
Australia :
98.8 %
1991 ...
#24
Jordan :
98.76 %
2003 ...
#25
Fiji :
98.72 %
2003 ...
#26
Seychelles :
98.68 %
2002 ...
#27
Egypt :
98.6 %
2003 ...
#28
Estonia :
98.57 %
2003 ...
#29
Zambia :
98.46 %
2001 ...
#30
Czech Republic :
98.41 %
2003 ...
#31
Malaysia :
98.37 %
2002 ...
#32
Oman :
98.28 %
2004 ...
#33
Korea, South :
98.08 %
2004 ...
#34
France :
97.96 %
1999 ...
#35
Barbados :
97.81 %
2004 ...
#36
Hungary :
97.6 %
1991 ...
#37
Aruba :
97.32 %
2004 ...
#38
Cuba :
97.15 %
2004 ...
#39
Mauritius :
97.02 %
2004 ...
#40
Saudi Arabia :
96.98 %
2004 ...
#41
United Arab Emirates :
96.78 %
2004 ...
#42
Canada :
96.72 %
1991 ...
#43
Tunisia :
96.54 %
2003 ...
#44
Italy :
96.49 %
2001 ...
#45
Saint Lucia :
95.95 %
2004 ...
#46
Algeria :
95.6 %
2004 ...
#47
Turkey :
94.63 %
2003 ...
#48
Samoa :
93.78 %
2000 ...
#49
Lebanon :
93.25 %
2004 ...
#50
Bermuda :
93.1 %
2004 ...
#51
Dominica :
92.73 %
2004 ...
#52
Mexico :
92.64 %
2003 ...
#53
Cape Verde :
92.51 %
2004 ...
#54
Tonga :
92.48 %
2000 ...
#55
Syria :
92.37 %
2001 ...
#56
Sri Lanka :
92.2 %
1991 ...
#57
Maldives :
92.14 %
2004 ...
#58
Indonesia :
92.12 %
2003 ...
#59
Luxembourg :
92.04 %
2002 ...
#60
Venezuela :
91.43 %
2004 ...
#61
Bhutan :
91.04 %
2000 ...
#62
Belize :
91 %
2000 ...
#63
Belgium :
90.88 %
1991 ...
#64
Bulgaria :
90.63 %
1991 ...
#65
Botswana :
90.47 %
2003 ...
#66
Peru :
89.71 %
2003 ...
#67
Jamaica :
89.05 %
2002 ...
#68
Netherlands Antilles :
88.54 %
2001 ...
#69
Uruguay :
88.44 %
2002 ...
#70
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
87.95 %
2002 ...
#71
Iran :
87.81 %
2002 ...
#72
Solomon Islands :
87.8 %
1991 ...
#73
Côte d'Ivoire :
87.64 %
2000 ...
#74
Vietnam :
86.83 %
2002 ...
#75
Costa Rica :
86.6 %
2004 ...
#76
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
86.53 %
2000 ...
#77
China :
86 %
1991 ...
#78
Dominican Republic :
85.83 %
2004 ...
#79
Panama :
85.32 %
2004 ...
#80
Namibia :
84.79 %
2003 ...
#81
Bolivia :
84.79 %
2003 ...
#82
Argentina :
84.33 %
2002 ...
#83
Colombia :
83.2 %
2004 ...
#84
Kenya :
82.89 %
2004 ...
#85
Monaco :
82.86 %
1991 ...
#86
South Africa :
82.45 %
2003 ...
#87
Kiribati :
81.9 %
2003 ...
#88
Paraguay :
81.45 %
2002 ...
#89
Iraq :
80.58 %
2004 ...
#90
Comoros :
80.32 %
2004 ...
#91
Georgia :
79.43 %
2004 ...
#92
Morocco :
79.24 %
2004 ...
#93
Eritrea :
79.15 %
2004 ...
#94
Grenada :
79.01 %
2002 ...
#95
India :
78.92 %
2003 ...
#96
Sudan :
78.64 %
2004 ...
#97
Mali :
78.55 %
2003 ...
#98
Nepal :
78.52 %
2005 ...
#99
Senegal :
78.19 %
2003 ...
#100
Cayman Islands :
77.84 %
2004 ...
#101
Vanuatu :
77.74 %
2004 ...
#102
Swaziland :
76.75 %
2002 ...
#103
Djibouti :
76.71 %
1999 ...
#104
São Tomé and Príncipe :
76.34 %
2004 ...
#105
Ecuador :
76.27 %
2003 ...
#106
Guinea :
75.96 %
2004 ...
#107
Tanzania :
75.81 %
2004 ...
#108
Burkina Faso :
75.5 %
2004 ...
#109
Philippines :
75.31 %
2003 ...
#110
Togo :
74.57 %
2004 ...
#111
Lesotho :
73.35 %
2004 ...
#112
Yemen :
73.17 %
2003 ...
#113
Brazil :
72.75 %
1991 ...
#114
Nigeria :
72.64 %
2003 ...
#115
Burma :
69.91 %
2004 ...
#116
Pakistan :
69.68 %
2004 ...
#117
Zimbabwe :
69.67 %
2002 ...
#118
El Salvador :
69.4 %
2004 ...
#119
Gabon :
69.32 %
2002 ...
#120
Guatemala :
68.02 %
2004 ...
#121
Papua New Guinea :
67.85 %
2002 ...
#122
Burundi :
66.92 %
2004 ...
#123
Congo, Republic of the :
66.26 %
2002 ...
#124
Bangladesh :
64.95 %
2003 ...
#125
Niger :
64.81 %
2004 ...
#126
Guyana :
64.25 %
2001 ...
#127
Qatar :
64.14 %
1991 ...
#128
Cameroon :
63.68 %
2002 ...
#129
Uganda :
63.6 %
2001 ...
#130
Ghana :
63.29 %
2002 ...
#131
Cambodia :
63.07 %
2004 ...
#132