Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) - Gender Statistics

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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.
Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Finland (2007)100
2Spain (2006)100
3Japan (2007)99.99
4Iceland (2007)99.94
5Sweden (2007)99.89
6Sudan (2007)99.8
7Netherlands (2007)99.76
8Italy (2007)99.69
9Ireland (2007)99.64
10Norway (2007)99.59
11Macau (2008)99.53
12Hong Kong (2007)99.52
13Australia (1991)99.46
14Aruba (2008)99.44
15Singapore (2008)99.44
16Canada (1998)99.27
17North Korea (2007)98.94
18South Korea (2007)98.94
19Qatar (2007)98.94
20Czech Republic (2007)98.85
21Denmark (2006)98.78
22Mauritius (2008)98.61
23Bhutan (2008)98.55
24Israel (2007)98.48
25Bahrain (2008)98.45
26Luxembourg (2007)98.12
27North America (2005)98.08
28Oman (2002)98.05
29Argentina (2006)97.9
30Estonia (2007)97.72
31Greece (2006)97.39
32Brunei Darussalam (2007)97.36
33Malaysia (2007)96.83
34Cyprus (2007)96.77
35Costa Rica (2008)96.76
36France (1999)96.76
37United Arab Emirates (2006)96.68
38Chile (2006)96.65
39Egypt (2005)96.55
40Switzerland (2000)96.47
41Tunisia (2007)96.33
42Bermuda (2002)96.31
43Belize (2008)96.19
44Uruguay (2007)96.19
45Cuba (2008)96.16
46Venezuela (2008)96.15
47Lebanon (2008)96.1
48St. Lucia (2008)95.96
49Kuwait (2008)95.54
50Jordan (2004)95.52
51Georgia (2008)95.43
52Malta (2007)95.27
53Trinidad and Tobago (2008)95.24
54Antigua and Barbuda (2007)95.2
55Algeria (2008)95.08
56Mongolia (2007)94.98
57United States (2005)94.86
58Mexico (2007)94.75
59Fiji (2003)94.71
60Andorra (2008)94.68
61Iran (2008)94.49
62Turkey (2007)94.47
63New Zealand (1992)94.46
64Latvia (2007)94.3
65Seychelles (2008)93.25
66Maldives (2007)93.16
67Bahamas (2007)93.03
68Saudi Arabia (2008)92.9
69Namibia (2008)92.69
70Belgium (2007)92.02
71Syria (2001)91.78
72Tonga (2005)91.58
73Monaco (1992)91.33
74Cape Verde (2007)90.8
75Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2002)90.74
76Panama (2008)90.71
77Jamaica (2004)90.07
78Western Samoa (2000)89.71
79Barbados (2008)89.69
80Dominica (2007)89.52
81Indonesia (2007)89.32
82Afghanistan (1993)89.32
83Botswana (2005)89.29
84Colombia (2006)89.23
85Sri Lanka (2008)89.11
86Netherlands Antilles (1999)88.38
87Peru (2007)87.76
88Arab World (2003)87.07
89Guyana (2008)86.17
90Kiribati (2003)86.07
91Swaziland (2006)85.91
92Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2003)85.78
93Solomon Islands (1991)85.41
94Grenada (2002)85.36
95Mali (2008)85.18
96Vietnam (2002)85.03
97Paraguay (2007)85.01
98Bolivia (2007)84.61
99Morocco (2008)84.54
100San Marino (1997)84.09
101Liechtenstein (2007)83.83
102South Africa (2003)83.39
103Ecuador (2006)83.11
104Tanzania (2008)83.03
105Kenya (2004)82.76
106Comoros (2004)82.64
107Philippines (2007)82.48
108Marshall Islands (2008)81.84
109East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (1997)81.76
110East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (1997)81.76
111El Salvador (2007)81.59
112St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)81.41
113China (1997)81.39
114Nigeria (2004)81.27
115Suriname (2006)81.19
116Honduras (2007)80.34
117Timor-Leste (2008)79.88
118Tuvalu (1993)79.66
119Republic of the Congo (2007)79.35
120Cameroon (2008)79.25
121Cayman Islands (2004)78.17
122Burkina Faso (2009)77.6
123Ghana (2008)77.56
124Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)76.73
125Sao Tome and Principe (2007)75.69
126Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2003)75.05
127Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2003)75.05
128Vanuatu (2008)74.46
129Gambia (2007)72.14
130Eritrea (2008)71.96
131Dominican Republic (2005)71.38
132Togo (2007)71.33
133Zimbabwe (2002)71.16
134Cambodia (2008)71
135Senegal (2008)70.79
136Gabon (2002)70.75
137Zambia (2008)70.44
138South Asia (2006)70.34
139India (2006)69.97
140Guatemala (2007)69.81
141Benin (2003)69.59
142Lesotho (2006)69.41
143Burma (2008)69.23
144Iraq (2003)69.06
145Burundi (2007)67.85
146Laos (2007)67.83
147Bangladesh (2008)66.07
148Ivory Coast (2008)66.04
149Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2001)65.78
150Yemen (2004)64.68
151Djibouti (2008)64.47
152Guinea (2008)64.3
153Nepal (2007)63.74
154Equatorial Guinea (2008)61.99
155Niger (2009)61.75
156Pakistan (2008)59.54
157Uganda (2008)57.87
158Papua New Guinea (1995)56.04
159Liberia (2007)55.82
160Nicaragua (2007)55.16
161Turks and Caicos Islands (2002)51.43
162Mauritania (2007)51.22
163Mozambique (2009)51.12
164Rwanda (2008)50.57
165Madagascar (2008)50.4
166Malawi (2008)50.07
167Ethiopia (2008)48.81
168Central African Republic (2008)48.47
169Haiti (1997)34.92
170Chad (2005)33.86
171Azerbaijan (2007)0
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