Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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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. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)99.1
2Mauritius (2006)97.9
3Egypt (2006)96.83
4Tunisia (2006)94.27
5Algeria (2006)91.99
6Cape Verde (2006)88.48
7Namibia (2006)87.52
8Kenya (2004)83.58
9Ghana (2007)83.43
10Tanzania (2006)82.8
11Morocco (2006)77.53
12Guinea (2006)77.22
13South Africa (2003)76.98
14Ivory Coast (2006)75.42
15Nigeria (2003)74.88
16Zambia (2006)74.63
17Botswana (2004)74.59
18Sao Tome and Principe (2007)73.92
19Swaziland (2006)73.7
20Mali (2005)73.22
21Comoros (2004)71.69
22Niger (2006)69.87
23Burkina Faso (2007)68.99
24Benin (2005)65.3
25Gambia (2007)64.01
26Sudan (2006)62.13
27Lesotho (2005)62.08
28Zimbabwe (2002)62.07
29Eritrea (2006)59.94
30Cameroon (2006)58.84
31Burundi (2006)58.34
32Ethiopia (2006)57.84
33Gabon (2002)55.53
34Republic of the Congo (2002)55.37
35Mauritania (2006)54.48
36Senegal (2005)53.48
37Central African Republic (2007)50.28
38Mozambique (2006)44.77
39Togo (2006)44.52
40Madagascar (2006)42.3
41Malawi (2006)35.64
42Equatorial Guinea (2001)32.61
43Rwanda (2003)30.9
44Chad (2005)29.8
45Uganda (2004)25.45
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