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Arab World - Persistence to last grade of primary

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in Arab World was 82.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 84.48 in 2011, while its lowest value was 71.20 in 1971.

Definition: 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1971	71.20
1972	72.49
1973	72.31
1974	72.63
1975	74.06
1976	73.59
1977	74.18
1978	73.33
1979	74.93
1980	75.80
1981	77.36
1982	77.82
1983	79.01
1984	79.61
1985	81.50
1986	81.74
1987	82.41
1988	79.29
1989	80.94
1990	81.71
1991	81.69
1992	82.05
1993	82.62
1994	82.11
1995	82.21
1996	82.25
1997	81.69
1998	81.98
1999	82.37
2000	82.28
2001	81.40
2002	81.69
2003	80.82
2004	79.47
2005	79.16
2006	80.49
2007	80.94
2008	81.88
2009	83.64
2010	84.06
2011	84.48
2012	80.27
2013	79.51
2014	78.31
2015	79.85
2016	79.86
2017	82.12
2018	82.52
2019	82.86

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Arab World was 82.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 86.98 in 1986, while its lowest value was 76.87 in 1971.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1971	76.87
1972	77.74
1973	78.36
1974	79.40
1975	80.48
1976	80.60
1977	81.17
1978	81.40
1979	82.02
1980	82.59
1981	83.22
1982	83.17
1983	85.48
1984	85.82
1985	86.58
1986	86.98
1987	85.91
1988	84.54
1989	85.76
1990	86.33
1991	85.27
1992	85.04
1993	85.39
1994	84.92
1995	84.60
1996	83.87
1997	82.82
1998	82.74
1999	83.02
2000	82.99
2001	82.59
2002	82.52
2003	82.61
2004	80.65
2005	80.47
2006	81.49
2007	82.11
2008	82.48
2009	83.97
2010	84.01
2011	83.66
2012	79.11
2013	77.14
2014	77.82
2015	79.74
2016	79.32
2017	82.37
2018	82.66
2019	82.91

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Arab World was 82.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 84.62 in 1986, while its lowest value was 74.58 in 1971.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1970	74.74
1971	74.58
1972	75.60
1973	75.88
1974	76.62
1975	77.82
1976	77.64
1977	78.21
1978	77.80
1979	78.92
1980	79.63
1981	80.65
1982	80.81
1983	82.61
1984	83.04
1985	84.30
1986	84.62
1987	84.34
1988	82.17
1989	83.58
1990	84.23
1991	83.64
1992	83.67
1993	84.12
1994	83.63
1995	83.49
1996	83.12
1997	82.29
1998	82.38
1999	82.71
2000	82.66
2001	82.03
2002	82.13
2003	81.76
2004	80.09
2005	79.85
2006	81.01
2007	81.55
2008	82.19
2009	83.81
2010	84.03
2011	84.06
2012	79.67
2013	78.28
2014	78.05
2015	79.79
2016	79.58
2017	82.25
2018	82.60
2019	82.88

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