Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - 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, total (% of cohort) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Mauritius (2006)99.04
2Seychelles (2002)98.68
3Namibia (2006)97.8
4Egypt (2006)96.81
5Tunisia (2006)96.42
6Algeria (2006)95.97
7Cape Verde (2006)92.17
8Djibouti (2005)89.87
9Zambia (2006)89.01
10Ghana (2007)88.63
11Tanzania (2006)87.19
12Cameroon (2006)84.27
13Morocco (2006)83.9
14Kenya (2004)82.89
15Nigeria (2003)82.85
16Guinea (2006)82.82
17Botswana (2004)82.54
18South Africa (2003)82.45
19Swaziland (2006)82.12
20Mali (2005)81.19
21Comoros (2004)80.32
22Burkina Faso (2007)79.61
23Sao Tome and Principe (2007)78.73
24Ivory Coast (2006)78.34
25Lesotho (2005)73.72
26Gambia (2007)73.04
27Niger (2006)71.98
28Benin (2005)71.52
29Sudan (2006)70.48
30Zimbabwe (2002)69.67
31Gabon (2002)69.32
32Republic of the Congo (2002)66.26
33Burundi (2006)66.22
34Senegal (2005)65.05
35Ethiopia (2006)64.38
36Mozambique (2006)64.02
37Mauritania (2006)63.74
38Sub-Saharan Africa (1991)63.72
39Eritrea (2006)59.94
40Central African Republic (2007)59.47
41Democratic Republic of the Congo (1991)54.69
42Togo (2006)54.33
43Uganda (2004)48.65
44Rwanda (2003)45.78
45Malawi (2006)43.37
46Madagascar (2006)42.3
47Chad (2005)37.75
48Equatorial Guinea (2001)32.61
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