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Caribbean small states - 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 Caribbean small states was 78.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 93.29 in 2014, while its lowest value was 78.23 in 2019.

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
1974	80.60
1975	80.69
1976	81.54
1977	82.74
1978	83.17
1979	83.14
1980	86.51
1981	86.39
1982	84.56
1983	83.41
1984	83.28
1985	83.96
1986	84.75
1987	85.19
1988	86.40
1989	87.71
1990	88.85
1991	88.64
1992	88.36
1993	88.11
1994	88.03
1995	88.10
1996	88.18
1997	88.12
1998	88.02
1999	87.98
2000	84.62
2001	85.39
2002	86.13
2003	86.94
2004	86.25
2005	86.75
2006	86.45
2007	88.69
2008	90.33
2009	87.25
2010	87.52
2011	88.09
2012	87.90
2013	93.05
2014	93.29
2015	92.86
2016	90.10
2017	93.27
2018	91.80
2019	78.23

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Caribbean small states was 83.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 89.76 in 2017, while its lowest value was 74.25 in 1974.

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

Year	Value
1974	74.25
1975	74.28
1976	75.17
1977	75.87
1978	78.70
1979	78.03
1980	80.58
1981	79.56
1982	77.79
1983	76.58
1984	75.81
1985	75.29
1986	75.05
1987	74.47
1988	75.57
1989	77.08
1990	78.28
1991	78.41
1992	78.60
1993	78.71
1994	78.95
1995	79.32
1996	79.66
1997	79.90
1998	80.14
1999	80.48
2000	77.68
2001	78.83
2002	79.81
2003	80.91
2004	80.52
2005	81.27
2006	81.52
2007	84.19
2008	85.69
2009	84.25
2010	83.92
2011	85.86
2012	86.72
2013	88.65
2014	89.35
2015	89.20
2016	86.55
2017	89.76
2018	88.84
2019	83.84

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Caribbean small states was 81.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 91.48 in 2017, while its lowest value was 77.33 in 1974.

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

Year	Value
1974	77.33
1975	77.39
1976	78.28
1977	79.23
1978	80.89
1979	80.52
1980	83.47
1981	82.89
1982	81.07
1983	79.91
1984	79.41
1985	79.49
1986	79.77
1987	79.71
1988	80.88
1989	82.25
1990	83.46
1991	83.40
1992	83.36
1993	83.29
1994	83.39
1995	83.60
1996	83.81
1997	83.93
1998	83.99
1999	84.12
2000	81.06
2001	82.04
2002	82.90
2003	83.85
2004	83.30
2005	83.93
2006	83.91
2007	86.39
2008	87.97
2009	85.71
2010	85.68
2011	86.96
2012	87.29
2013	90.81
2014	91.28
2015	91.00
2016	88.29
2017	91.48
2018	90.29
2019	81.14

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