Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. 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. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)100
2Mauritius (2006)98.82
3Namibia (2006)98.64
4Algeria (2006)97.49
5Egypt (2005)96.55
6Tunisia (2006)96.41
7Cape Verde (2005)94.4
8Tanzania (2006)89.21
9Swaziland (2006)87.9
10Djibouti (2005)86.92
11Kenya (2004)85.1
12Botswana (2004)84.83
13Nigeria (2003)84.23
14Zambia (2006)83.93
15South Africa (2003)83.39
16Morocco (2006)83.21
17Burkina Faso (2007)81.48
18Comoros (2004)81.23
19Lesotho (2005)79.79
20Mali (2005)79.47
21Guinea (2006)78.56
22Sao Tome and Principe (2007)75.43
23Gambia (2007)75.36
24Ivory Coast (2006)72.92
25Zimbabwe (2002)71.16
26Benin (2005)70.88
27Gabon (2002)70.75
28Niger (2006)69.14
29Sudan (2006)69.04
30Burundi (2006)67.7
31Republic of the Congo (2002)67.19
32Ethiopia (2006)65.34
33Senegal (2005)65.13
34Mauritania (2006)64.94
35Ghana (2002)64.74
36Cameroon (2002)63.47
37Eritrea (2006)60.95
38Mozambique (2006)60.2
39Central African Republic (2007)57.33
40Togo (2006)50.45
41Democratic Republic of the Congo (1991)50.06
42Rwanda (2003)48.69
43Uganda (2004)48.5
44Madagascar (2006)43.07
45Malawi (2006)42.5
46Chad (2005)33.63
47Equatorial Guinea (2001)31.31
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