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Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% 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%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
9.0%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
91.8%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
5,490

What the numbers show

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 9.0% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 91.8%, and the mean is 82.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 174.0%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 80.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2019 up 1.6% flat
2 Oman 100.0% 2023 up 0.9% rising
3 Italy 100.0% 2022 up 1.7% flat
4 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
5 Spain 99.9% 2021 up 2.3% rising
6 Greece 99.9% 2022 up 10.8% flat
7 Norway 99.9% 2021 up 2.6% flat
8 Croatia 99.9% 2022 up 0.5% flat
9 Singapore 99.9% 2022 up 1.3% rising
10 Bulgaria 99.9% 2023 up 2.4% rising
11 Poland 99.8% 2023 up 2.1% flat
12 Serbia 99.7% 2021 up 1.3% flat
13 Denmark 99.6% 2023 up 0.1% flat
14 Iceland 99.6% 2019 up 2.2% flat
15 Slovakia 99.5% 2023 up 2.2% flat
16 Egypt 99.5% 2020 up 4.1% rising
17 Austria 99.5% 2023 up 0.3% rising
18 Macao 99.5% 2023 up 0.2% flat
19 Czechia 99.4% 2021 up 0.3% flat
20 United Kingdom 99.4% 2020 — flat
21 Azerbaijan 99.4% 2023 up 4.6% flat
22 Switzerland 99.4% 2021 down 0.2% rising
23 Chile 99.1% 2023 up 0.0% rising
24 Estonia 99.0% 2023 up 1.4% flat
25 Montenegro 99.0% 2021 up 24.2% rising
26 South Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.4% flat
27 Russia 98.9% 2018 up 3.6% flat
28 Israel 98.9% 2023 down 0.8% flat
29 Turkey 98.8% 2022 up 8.9% flat
30 Mexico 98.8% 2023 up 4.0% rising
31 Slovenia 98.8% 2022 down 0.9% flat
32 Finland 98.7% 2021 down 0.4% flat
33 Portugal 98.7% 2020 — rising
34 Sweden 98.6% 2023 down 0.8% flat
35 Tajikistan 98.6% 2016 up 0.4% flat
36 Lithuania 98.3% 2023 up 1.5% flat
37 Hungary 98.2% 2023 up 0.2% flat
38 Armenia 98.2% 2022 up 4.3% flat
39 Paraguay 98.1% 2023 up 18.9% rising
40 Mongolia 97.9% 2018 up 8.2% rising
41 Belarus 97.6% 2023 down 0.9% flat
42 Argentina 97.5% 2022 up 2.7% rising
43 Kyrgyzstan 97.5% 2020 up 3.0% flat
44 Indonesia 97.3% 2017 up 25.8% rising
45 Sri Lanka 97.3% 2022 down 1.1% rising
46 Uzbekistan 97.2% 2020 down 0.7% flat
47 Thailand 97.1% 2017 — rising
48 Georgia 96.7% 2023 down 2.0% rising
49 Germany 96.7% 2012 down 1.2% flat
50 Tunisia 96.7% 2020 up 2.2% rising
51 Brunei 96.5% 2019 up 0.5% rising
52 Bolivia 96.4% 2023 up 2.6% rising
53 Hong Kong 96.3% 2023 down 1.8% flat
54 Romania 96.2% 2022 up 2.5% flat
55 Bahrain 96.1% 2023 down 3.0% rising
56 Cyprus 95.9% 2021 up 3.2% flat
57 Trinidad and Tobago 95.7% 2022 up 10.1% rising
58 Malta 95.6% 2021 up 1.9% flat
59 Belize 95.6% 2023 down 0.2% rising
60 Qatar 95.5% 2021 down 3.8% flat
61 Seychelles 95.0% 2023 down 1.4% rising
62 Iran 94.9% 2022 down 0.9% rising
63 Jordan 94.7% 2023 down 2.4% rising
64 Moldova 94.7% 2023 down 0.8% flat
65 Ecuador 94.6% 2023 up 0.8% rising
66 Cape Verde 94.6% 2021 up 5.6% rising
67 New Caledonia 94.5% 1989 up 17.1% rising
68 Latvia 94.3% 2023 up 1.4% flat
69 South Africa 94.0% 2022 up 33.2% rising
70 Vietnam 94.0% 2014 up 9.8% rising
71 North Macedonia 93.9% 2022 down 2.7% flat
72 Costa Rica 93.8% 2023 up 4.9% rising
73 Ukraine 93.6% 2023 down 4.4% flat
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93.6% 2022 up 13.0% rising
75 Peru 93.1% 2016 up 3.6% rising
76 Mauritius 92.9% 2020 down 4.3% flat
77 Botswana 92.7% 2012 up 15.0% rising
78 Fiji 92.4% 2023 down 5.6% flat
79 Morocco 92.4% 2023 up 3.0% rising
80 Samoa 92.3% 2019 up 24.3% rising
81 Netherlands 92.2% 1984 down 2.0% flat
82 Algeria 91.9% 2021 up 0.9% rising
83 Philippines 91.6% 2023 up 1.0% rising
84 Ghana 91.4% 2021 up 7.4% flat
85 Dominican Republic 91.2% 2023 up 18.9% rising
86 Uruguay 91.0% 2021 down 8.2% rising
87 Maldives 90.6% 2023 up 13.5% rising
88 Colombia 89.8% 2021 up 8.7% rising
89 Guyana 89.8% 2011 up 46.0% flat
90 Lebanon 89.8% 2022 down 0.8% flat
91 Cuba 88.9% 2023 down 7.3% rising
92 Dominica 88.6% 2021 down 1.7% rising
93 El Salvador 88.5% 2023 up 10.3% rising
94 Kiribati 86.8% 2023 — rising
95 East Timor 86.0% 2018 up 21.4% rising
96 Aruba 86.0% 2020 up 0.3% falling
97 Syria 85.8% 2023 down 7.6% flat
98 Albania 85.7% 2023 down 12.8% flat
99 Malaysia 85.5% 2023 down 8.9% flat
100 Guatemala 85.0% 2023 up 18.0% rising
101 Bhutan 84.6% 2016 up 4.2% rising
102 Libya 84.4% 1980 down 9.0% falling
103 Zimbabwe 84.4% 2019 up 11.8% rising
104 Vanuatu 82.5% 2019 up 12.3% rising
105 Venezuela 82.3% 2016 down 12.9% rising
106 Namibia 81.3% 2017 up 1.8% rising
107 Kuwait 80.3% 2020 down 16.4% flat
108 Eswatini 80.2% 2018 down 1.3% rising
109 Eritrea 80.2% 2017 up 3.4% flat
110 Laos 79.8% 2019 up 13.0% rising
111 Honduras 78.2% 2023 up 5.3% rising
112 Luxembourg 77.0% 2020 down 6.9% falling
113 Belgium 75.7% 1987 up 13.5% rising
114 Cambodia 75.3% 2019 up 23.9% rising
115 Tanzania 74.6% 2019 down 2.4% flat
116 Kenya 74.0% 2003 — rising
117 Nepal 73.7% 2016 up 23.2% rising
118 Gambia 73.5% 2020 up 22.2% falling
119 Solomon Islands 73.1% 2018 down 2.0% flat
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 72.6% 2020 up 21.6% flat
121 India 72.5% 2023 down 11.7% rising
122 Myanmar 72.2% 2009 up 30.6% rising
123 Yemen 71.8% 2012 down 3.0% flat
124 Chad 71.5% 2017 up 111.8% rising
125 Djibouti 71.5% 2022 down 11.0% flat
126 Congo 70.6% 2007 up 174.0% falling
127 United Arab Emirates 70.1% 2020 down 27.8% flat
128 Sudan 67.5% 2018 down 14.3% falling
129 Guinea 66.7% 2013 down 18.1% rising
130 Panama 66.5% 2022 down 21.9% rising
131 Suriname 65.5% 2020 down 17.2% rising
132 Bahamas 65.1% 2012 down 17.4% falling
133 Cote d'Ivoire 63.8% 2021 down 24.4% flat
134 Mali 63.5% 2011 down 20.6% rising
135 Mauritania 63.3% 2016 up 16.7% flat
136 Nigeria 62.5% 2009 down 26.3% falling
137 Sao Tome and Principe 62.0% 2008 up 17.4% falling
138 Jamaica 61.8% 2022 down 30.2% rising
139 Lesotho 61.8% 2022 up 29.5% rising
140 Togo 61.7% 2023 up 14.0% flat
141 Pakistan 61.3% 2018 down 0.3% rising
142 Cameroon 61.0% 2023 down 5.6% falling
143 Rwanda 60.5% 2023 up 99.5% falling
144 Saint Lucia 60.0% 2022 down 34.1% falling
145 Senegal 58.6% 2023 down 7.1% falling
146 Papua New Guinea 57.6% 1997 down 3.0% falling
147 Zambia 57.3% 2012 down 18.8% falling
148 Benin 53.9% 2021 down 10.9% flat
149 Malawi 53.5% 2013 up 50.9% rising
150 Gabon 51.8% 1995 down 9.6% falling
151 Iraq 51.5% 1999 down 24.1% falling
152 Central African Republic 47.3% 2011 — rising
153 Ethiopia 46.9% 2021 up 37.9% falling
154 Burundi 45.7% 2019 down 11.8% falling
155 Nicaragua 44.7% 2007 up 6.9% rising
156 Mozambique 43.5% 2019 up 17.3% flat
157 Niger 42.5% 2023 down 32.9% flat
158 Sierra Leone 39.4% 2019 down 17.2% falling
159 Uganda 35.3% 2016 up 5.7% falling
160 Haiti 30.9% 1985 down 10.1% falling
161 Madagascar 29.9% 2018 down 38.2% rising
162 Burkina Faso 26.5% 2022 down 58.7% falling
163 Palestine 18.7% 2023 down 80.2% falling
164 Guinea-Bissau 9.0% 1987 down 43.3% falling

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, male (% 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, 5,490 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.