Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) - Efficiency - Education - World 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.
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) - Efficiency - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1United Arab Emirates (2006)100
2Hong Kong (2007)99.98
3Cyprus (2006)99.9
4Sweden (2006)99.89
5Spain (2005)99.86
6Croatia (2006)99.81
7Finland (2006)99.81
8Italy (2006)99.56
9Kuwait (2006)99.53
10Belarus (2006)99.53
11Oman (2007)99.5
12Tajikistan (2007)99.48
13Norway (2006)99.41
14Israel (2006)99.38
15Uzbekistan (2006)99.23
16Jordan (2006)99.15
17Kazakhstan (2008)99.02
18Malta (2002)99.02
19Azerbaijan (2007)98.96
20Euro area (2005)98.86
21Slovenia (2002)98.86
22Sri Lanka (2006)98.81
23Bahrain (2004)98.71
24West Bank and Gaza (2006)98.7
25Mauritius (2007)98.67
26Estonia (2006)98.5
27Germany (2006)98.44
28Brunei Darussalam (2007)98.37
29Serbia (2007)98.36
30Kyrgyzstan (2007)98.35
31Netherlands (2002)98.34
32Greece (2006)98.24
33Czech Republic (2006)98.22
34Austria (2006)98.13
35France (1999)97.96
36Hungary (2006)97.95
37Slovakia (2006)97.89
38Lithuania (2006)97.75
39Macedonia (2006)97.49
40South Korea (2006)97.37
41North Korea (2006)97.37
42Poland (2006)97.3
43Ukraine (2007)97.28
44Latvia (2006)97.06
45Europe & Central Asia (2006)96.95
46Egypt (2006)96.83
47Qatar (2007)96.75
48Syria (2007)96.68
49Saudi Arabia (2007)96.42
50Cuba (2007)96.25
51St. Lucia (2004)96.02
52Samoa (2000)95.88
53Trinidad and Tobago (2007)95.83
54Moldova (2007)95.57
55United States (2006)95.34
56Georgia (2007)95.1
57Romania (2006)95.02
58Mongolia (2007)94.87
59Chile (2006)94.86
60Russia (2006)94.82
61Indonesia (2006)94.74
62Fiji (2007)94.59
63Argentina (2005)94.54
64Costa Rica (2007)94.3
65Tunisia (2006)94.27
66Bulgaria (2006)94.12
67Turkey (2004)94.08
68Barbados (2007)93.9
69Uruguay (2006)93.67
70Belgium (2006)93.39
71Iceland (2006)93.17
72Sudan (2007)93.09
73Algeria (2007)92.95
74Mexico (2006)92.35
75Botswana (2005)92.16
76Vietnam (2005)92.12
77Denmark (2004)92.06
78Tonga (2005)90.9
79Dominica (2007)90.75
80Belize (2007)90.49
81Bhutan (2008)90.08
82Albania (2003)89.93
83Luxembourg (2006)89.8
84Peru (2006)89.7
85Ivory Coast (2007)89.54
86Malaysia (2005)89.34
87Lebanon (2007)89.3
88Iran (2002)87.81
89Colombia (2007)87.81
90Namibia (2006)87.52
91Jamaica (2001)87.21
92Cape Verde (2007)87.13
93Upper middle income (2004)86.7
94Bermuda (2005)86.5
95Aruba (2007)86.48
96Panama (2007)85.21
97Seychelles (2003)84.88
98Middle East & North Africa (2003)84.86
99Kenya (2004)83.58
100Ghana (2007)83.43
101Tanzania (2006)82.8
102Grenada (2002)82.62
103Kiribati (2003)81.44
104Bahamas (2005)81.42
105Latin America & Caribbean (2004)80.94
106Venezuela (2007)80.74
107Bolivia (2006)80.2
108Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)79.5
109Zambia (2007)78.56
110Netherlands Antilles (2001)78.43
111Cayman Islands (2004)78.13
112South Africa (2003)76.98
113Paraguay (2005)76.69
114Mali (2007)76.24
115Honduras (2007)76.19
116Morocco (2007)76.17
117El Salvador (2007)75.7
118Brazil (2004)75.63
119Nigeria (2003)74.88
120Sao Tome and Principe (2007)73.92
121Swaziland (2006)73.7
122Vanuatu (2006)73.42
123Eritrea (2007)73.28
124Philippines (2006)73.24
125Burma (2006)72.75
126Comoros (2004)71.69
127Gambia (2007)70.32
128Republic of the Congo (2007)70.19
129Iraq (2004)70.14
130Pakistan (2004)69.68
131Burkina Faso (2007)68.99
132Dominican Republic (2007)68.77
133Sub-Saharan Africa (2003)68.28
134St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)68.03
135Suriname (2006)67.68
136Niger (2008)66.79
137Laos (2007)66.78
138India (2005)65.79
139Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2007)65.14
140Guatemala (2007)64.72
141South Asia (2005)64.7
142St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2000)64.07
143Zimbabwe (2002)62.07
144Nepal (2007)61.57
145Yemen (2004)59.5
146Guyana (2001)58.85
147Senegal (2007)58.42
148Cameroon (2007)56.71
149Gabon (2002)55.53
150Guinea (2007)54.91
151Bangladesh (2005)54.81
152Cambodia (2007)54.44
153Burundi (2007)53.74
154Central African Republic (2007)50.28
155Nicaragua (2007)48.39
156Benin (2004)46.15
157Lesotho (2006)45.76
158Togo (2006)44.52
159Mozambique (2007)43.69
160Madagascar (2007)42.49
161Mauritania (2007)41.14
162Ethiopia (2007)40.31
163Malawi (2006)35.66
164Ecuador (2007)35.51
165Equatorial Guinea (2001)32.61
166Uganda (2006)32.37
167Rwanda (2003)30.9
168Chad (2005)29.8
169Armenia (2007)28.14
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