Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Uruguay increased 0.3points of Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Spain Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education increased 0.5points year on year attaining 100.19 Percent of Cohort.
- In 2019 Uruguay was ranked number 1 in Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education.
- In 2017 Denmark was number 10 in Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education close to 99.81 Percent of Cohort, compared to 97 in 2016.
Top Countries in Persistence of Female Children to Last Grade of Primary Education
| # | 124 Countries | Percent of Cohort | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Uruguay
|
101.09 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Spain
|
100.19 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Japan
|
100.00 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Turkey
|
99.97 % | 2017 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Chile
|
99.96 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Thailand
|
99.95 % | 2017 | +8.5 % | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Sri Lanka
|
99.94 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Switzerland
|
99.89 % | 2017 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Estonia
|
99.87 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Denmark
|
99.81 % | 2017 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Uzbekistan
|
99.79 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Italy
|
99.78 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Finland
|
99.76 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Austria
|
99.66 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Czech Republic
|
99.58 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Cyprus
|
99.56 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Egypt
|
99.52 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Slovenia
|
99.46 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
South Korea
|
99.41 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Tajikistan
|
99.37 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Singapore
|
99.36 % | 2017 | +0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Indonesia
|
99.23 % | 2017 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Ecuador
|
99.19 % | 2019 | +1.2 % | +3.6 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Georgia
|
99.09 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Oman
|
99.07 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Montenegro
|
99.07 % | 2017 | -0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Slovakia
|
99.03 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Norway
|
99.03 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Hungary
|
98.96 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Kazakhstan
|
98.92 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Ukraine
|
98.61 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +7.7 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Greece
|
98.51 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Mongolia
|
98.51 % | 2017 | +0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Malta
|
98.48 % | 2014 | +0.6 % | NA | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Serbia
|
98.47 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Poland
|
98.40 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Belarus
|
98.39 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Lithuania
|
98.26 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Israel
|
98.14 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Vietnam
|
98.12 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Kyrgyzstan
|
98.08 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Costa Rica
|
98.04 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Latvia
|
97.98 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Bolivia
|
97.82 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Russia
|
97.61 % | 2015 | -2.4 % | NA | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Bahrain
|
97.36 % | 2018 | +1.2 % | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Malaysia
|
97.31 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Cuba
|
97.10 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Azerbaijan
|
97.02 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Belize
|
96.89 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Croatia
|
96.43 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Colombia
|
96.39 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
96.22 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Jordan
|
96.11 % | 2018 | -1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Morocco
|
96.11 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Mexico
|
96.05 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Armenia
|
96.04 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Bulgaria
|
95.88 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Argentina
|
95.86 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Seychelles
|
95.83 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Palestine
|
95.74 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Tunisia
|
95.29 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Suriname
|
95.22 % | 2019 | -2.0 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Philippines
|
95.20 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
95.08 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Mauritius
|
94.85 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Maldives
|
94.85 % | 2017 | +6.0 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
94.50 % | 2014 | NA | +6.3 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Iran
|
94.22 % | 2016 | -5.5 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Brunei
|
93.71 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
East Timor
|
93.59 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Algeria
|
93.28 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Samoa
|
93.14 % | 2019 | -2.7 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Peru
|
93.11 % | 2016 | NA | +5.1 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Bhutan
|
93.10 % | 2016 | NA | -1.2 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Jamaica
|
92.73 % | 2018 | -4.8 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Kuwait
|
92.63 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Fiji
|
92.53 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 79 |
#79
South Africa
|
92.21 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Cape Verde
|
91.18 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Dominican Republic
|
91.15 % | 2019 | -3.3 % | NA | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Moldova
|
91.12 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Saint Lucia
|
90.78 % | 2018 | -4.8 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Albania
|
89.31 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Gambia
|
88.44 % | 2018 | NA | +2.0 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Swaziland
|
87.96 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.3 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
India
|
87.66 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Lebanon
|
87.51 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Tanzania
|
87.50 % | 2018 | -6.4 % | NA | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Qatar
|
87.25 % | 2018 | -10.9 % | NA | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Laos
|
86.08 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Honduras
|
85.45 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Luxembourg
|
84.22 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
El Salvador
|
83.79 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Cambodia
|
83.67 % | 2018 | -5.1 % | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Ghana
|
82.38 % | 2017 | -1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Venezuela
|
81.99 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -1.9 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Lesotho
|
81.99 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Ivory Coast
|
80.65 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Sudan
|
80.28 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Eritrea
|
79.78 % | 2017 | NA | +0.7 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Nepal
|
79.07 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Dominica
|
77.44 % | 2014 | NA | -3.0 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Guatemala
|
77.37 % | 2019 | +6.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Chad
|
74.91 % | 2017 | +302.5 % | +10.0 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Myanmar
|
74.06 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Rwanda
|
71.00 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | +8.0 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Andorra
|
70.15 % | 2016 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Pakistan
|
68.12 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Mauritania
|
66.42 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Burkina Faso
|
64.93 % | 2019 | +4.6 % | -1.7 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Senegal
|
64.87 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Solomon Islands
|
62.59 % | 2019 | -1.6 % | -4.3 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
60.51 % | 2014 | NA | +3.4 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Cameroon
|
55.84 % | 2019 | -13.1 % | -3.6 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Togo
|
53.01 % | 2014 | +3.2 % | -4.6 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Burundi
|
46.42 % | 2019 | -2.4 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Liberia
|
44.44 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Mozambique
|
40.76 % | 2018 | +9.4 % | +6.2 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Ethiopia
|
39.29 % | 2014 | NA | +0.9 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Uganda
|
35.73 % | 2016 | NA | -0.5 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Madagascar
|
33.26 % | 2018 | NA | -4.2 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Benin
|
32.50 % | 2018 | NA | -9.1 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Sierra Leone
|
24.56 % | 2017 | -47.8 % | -12.5 % | View data |
Source: World Bank