Persistence to grade 5, male (% 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, male (% of cohort) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Mauritius (2006)99.26
2Seychelles (2002)97.45
3Namibia (2006)96.91
4Tunisia (2006)96.44
5Egypt (2005)95.82
6Algeria (2006)94.56
7Zambia (2006)94.35
8Djibouti (2005)92.47
9Cape Verde (2005)89.36
10Guinea (2006)86.58
11Tanzania (2006)85.25
12Morocco (2006)84.51
13Ivory Coast (2006)83.05
14Mali (2005)82.53
15Sao Tome and Principe (2007)82.09
16Nigeria (2003)81.76
17South Africa (2003)81.58
18Kenya (2004)80.85
19Botswana (2004)80.44
20Comoros (2004)79.47
21Burkina Faso (2007)78.11
22Swaziland (2006)76.43
23Niger (2006)74.05
24Benin (2005)71.97
25Sudan (2006)71.71
26Gambia (2007)70.71
27Zimbabwe (2002)68.23
28Gabon (2002)67.9
29Lesotho (2005)67.78
30Mozambique (2006)67.53
31Republic of the Congo (2002)65.36
32Burundi (2006)65.01
33Senegal (2005)64.97
34Cameroon (2002)63.9
35Ethiopia (2006)63.54
36Mauritania (2006)62.55
37Ghana (2002)61.85
38Central African Republic (2007)60.93
39Eritrea (2006)59.09
40Democratic Republic of the Congo (1991)58.45
41Togo (2006)57.87
42Uganda (2004)48.86
43Malawi (2006)44.27
44Rwanda (2003)42.91
45Madagascar (2006)41.57
46Chad (2005)40.71
47Equatorial Guinea (2001)33.8
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