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Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) by country

Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Chile
Lowest
7.5%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
93.5%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
5,491

What the numbers show

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Chile; the lowest is 7.5% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.5%, and the mean is 84.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 199.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 81.3%).

Persistence to last grade of primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 up 4.2% flat
1 Egypt 100.0% 2020 up 3.5% rising
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 — rising
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2022 up 0.5% flat
6 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
7 Montenegro 100.0% 2021 up 22.8% rising
8 Slovakia 100.0% 2023 up 1.6% flat
9 Thailand 99.9% 2017 — rising
10 Spain 99.9% 2021 up 3.5% flat
11 Italy 99.8% 2022 up 0.2% flat
12 Switzerland 99.8% 2021 up 0.2% rising
13 Denmark 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% flat
14 Poland 99.8% 2023 up 1.9% flat
15 Bulgaria 99.8% 2023 up 1.6% rising
16 Estonia 99.7% 2023 up 2.2% flat
17 Austria 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
18 Croatia 99.6% 2022 up 0.5% flat
19 Czechia 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
20 Tajikistan 99.3% 2016 up 0.1% flat
21 Mongolia 99.3% 2018 up 8.8% rising
22 Oman 99.3% 2023 up 1.1% rising
23 Russia 99.3% 2018 up 1.9% flat
24 Azerbaijan 99.2% 2023 down 0.7% flat
25 Indonesia 99.2% 2017 up 19.8% rising
26 Macao 99.2% 2023 down 0.3% flat
27 United Kingdom 99.2% 2020 — flat
28 Greece 99.2% 2022 up 8.7% flat
29 Turkey 99.1% 2022 up 11.1% flat
30 Serbia 99.1% 2021 up 0.7% flat
31 Finland 99.1% 2021 down 0.9% flat
32 Uzbekistan 99.1% 2020 up 0.7% flat
33 Lithuania 98.9% 2023 up 1.4% flat
34 Mexico 98.9% 2023 up 2.5% rising
35 Singapore 98.9% 2022 up 0.0% rising
36 South Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% rising
37 Norway 98.8% 2021 down 0.9% flat
38 Armenia 98.8% 2022 up 4.8% flat
39 Sri Lanka 98.6% 2022 up 0.0% rising
40 Sweden 98.5% 2023 down 1.2% flat
41 Hungary 98.4% 2023 down 0.0% flat
42 Mauritius 98.3% 2020 up 0.7% flat
43 Iceland 98.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
44 Belarus 98.1% 2023 down 0.0% flat
45 Vietnam 98.1% 2014 up 15.9% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.0% 2022 up 18.5% rising
47 Tunisia 98.0% 2020 up 3.0% rising
48 Kyrgyzstan 97.8% 2020 up 2.0% flat
49 Argentina 97.8% 2022 up 3.8% rising
50 Brunei 97.6% 2019 up 1.4% rising
51 Israel 97.4% 2023 down 1.3% flat
52 Georgia 97.1% 2023 down 1.6% rising
53 Bolivia 97.1% 2023 up 1.6% rising
54 Malta 97.1% 2021 up 2.2% flat
55 South Africa 96.8% 2022 up 7.2% rising
56 Bahrain 96.7% 2023 up 0.2% rising
57 Trinidad and Tobago 96.6% 2022 up 4.9% rising
58 Belize 96.5% 2023 up 3.2% rising
59 Moldova 96.3% 2023 up 1.8% flat
60 Germany 96.3% 2012 down 2.8% flat
61 Netherlands 96.1% 1984 down 2.0% flat
62 Romania 96.0% 2022 up 1.8% flat
63 Lebanon 95.8% 2022 down 0.5% falling
64 Jordan 95.7% 2023 down 3.2% rising
65 Seychelles 95.6% 2023 down 1.8% flat
66 Philippines 95.4% 2023 up 0.2% rising
67 Paraguay 95.4% 2023 up 11.0% rising
68 Botswana 95.4% 2012 up 9.0% rising
69 Cape Verde 95.2% 2021 up 6.9% volatile
70 Latvia 95.1% 2023 up 1.1% flat
71 Hong Kong 94.8% 2023 down 4.1% flat
72 Costa Rica 94.8% 2023 up 3.8% rising
73 Guyana 94.7% 2011 up 37.4% rising
74 Iran 94.4% 2022 down 2.2% rising
75 Kazakhstan 94.2% 2019 down 5.0% flat
76 New Caledonia 94.2% 1989 up 10.5% rising
77 Ecuador 94.1% 2023 up 0.5% rising
78 Qatar 94.0% 2021 down 2.3% flat
79 Fiji 93.9% 2023 down 2.5% flat
80 East Timor 93.8% 2018 up 20.5% rising
81 Morocco 93.7% 2023 up 5.5% rising
82 Ukraine 93.5% 2023 down 5.6% flat
83 Algeria 93.5% 2021 down 1.2% rising
84 Maldives 93.4% 2023 up 10.6% rising
85 Dominican Republic 93.3% 2023 up 15.6% rising
86 Peru 93.1% 2016 up 4.0% rising
87 Bhutan 93.1% 2016 up 6.1% rising
88 Colombia 92.9% 2021 up 6.8% rising
89 Uruguay 92.9% 2021 down 6.5% rising
90 North Macedonia 92.2% 2022 down 5.6% falling
91 Kuwait 91.6% 2020 down 4.5% rising
92 Syria 91.1% 2023 down 2.5% rising
93 Zimbabwe 90.8% 2019 up 15.8% rising
94 Dominica 90.8% 2021 up 5.7% rising
95 El Salvador 90.1% 2023 up 5.8% rising
96 Cuba 89.2% 2023 down 8.1% rising
97 Kiribati 89.0% 2023 — flat
98 Guatemala 88.3% 2023 up 23.5% rising
99 Albania 87.7% 2023 down 11.6% flat
100 Vanuatu 87.3% 2019 up 26.1% rising
101 Namibia 87.0% 2017 up 2.0% rising
102 Eswatini 86.4% 2018 down 0.4% rising
103 Ghana 85.4% 2021 up 3.8% rising
104 Aruba 85.2% 2020 down 12.4% falling
105 Malaysia 84.9% 2023 down 10.3% flat
106 Samoa 84.7% 2019 up 7.2% flat
107 Cambodia 84.6% 2019 up 36.4% rising
108 Laos 84.5% 2019 up 18.1% rising
109 Venezuela 83.7% 2016 down 16.3% rising
110 Gambia 82.7% 2020 up 25.3% rising
111 Tanzania 82.6% 2019 down 4.7% rising
112 Sudan 82.1% 2018 up 13.4% rising
113 Honduras 81.6% 2023 up 6.5% rising
114 Belgium 79.9% 1987 up 13.4% rising
115 Luxembourg 79.8% 2020 down 8.2% falling
116 Eritrea 79.8% 2017 up 16.2% flat
117 Lesotho 78.8% 2022 up 17.8% rising
118 Libya 78.6% 1980 down 3.8% falling
119 United Arab Emirates 77.9% 2020 down 21.2% flat
120 Myanmar 77.5% 2009 up 40.4% rising
121 Solomon Islands 76.6% 2018 up 1.1% rising
122 India 76.0% 2023 down 6.7% rising
123 Suriname 75.0% 2020 down 18.0% rising
124 Chad 74.9% 2017 up 199.4% rising
125 Sao Tome and Principe 74.8% 2008 up 22.5% falling
126 Djibouti 74.0% 2022 up 4.6% rising
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 74.0% 2020 up 52.5% rising
128 Rwanda 73.7% 2023 up 89.2% rising
129 Nepal 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% rising
130 Jamaica 72.0% 2022 down 13.9% falling
131 Kenya 71.4% 2003 — rising
132 Pakistan 70.6% 2018 up 18.1% rising
133 Congo 70.5% 2007 up 22.7% falling
134 Cote d'Ivoire 68.1% 2021 down 14.2% rising
135 Senegal 67.9% 2023 down 0.0% falling
136 Panama 66.9% 2022 down 23.1% rising
137 Yemen 66.7% 2012 up 3.6% rising
138 Nigeria 66.6% 2009 down 24.6% falling
139 Mauritania 66.4% 2016 up 21.4% rising
140 Guinea 65.0% 2013 down 6.0% rising
141 Bahamas 64.6% 2012 down 23.4% falling
142 Togo 63.5% 2023 up 23.7% rising
143 Cameroon 62.8% 2023 down 6.4% flat
144 Mali 59.4% 2011 down 15.5% rising
145 Saint Lucia 58.1% 2022 down 34.0% falling
146 Ethiopia 54.9% 2021 up 38.6% rising
147 Malawi 54.6% 2013 up 68.9% rising
148 Papua New Guinea 54.5% 1997 down 6.0% falling
149 Benin 54.4% 2021 down 5.9% rising
150 Gabon 53.8% 1995 down 9.2% rising
151 Zambia 53.8% 2012 down 13.3% rising
152 Burundi 53.7% 2019 down 12.1% rising
153 Nicaragua 52.5% 2007 up 4.2% rising
154 Iraq 47.2% 1999 down 2.8% falling
155 Niger 47.0% 2023 down 28.4% rising
156 Central African Republic 45.4% 2011 — rising
157 Mozambique 42.7% 2019 up 26.4% rising
158 Sierra Leone 40.4% 2019 down 15.7% falling
159 Burkina Faso 36.0% 2022 down 51.7% rising
160 Uganda 35.7% 2016 up 17.7% falling
161 Haiti 33.9% 1985 up 2.0% falling
162 Madagascar 33.3% 2018 down 34.0% rising
163 Palestine 18.5% 2023 down 81.3% falling
164 Guinea-Bissau 7.5% 1987 down 29.2% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
Unit
% of cohort
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 5,491 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.