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

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in European Union was 98.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 98.36 in 2018, while its lowest value was 93.94 in 1970.

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
1970	93.94
1971	93.94
1972	94.14
1979	95.21
1980	95.60
1981	95.70
1982	95.57
1983	95.88
1984	96.44
1985	96.50
1986	96.24
1987	95.79
1988	96.06
1989	95.97
1990	96.35
1991	96.49
1992	96.55
1993	96.88
1994	96.25
1995	97.25
1996	96.58
1997	96.17
1998	97.36
1999	97.33
2000	97.50
2001	97.51
2002	97.65
2003	97.89
2004	97.97
2005	97.84
2006	97.70
2007	97.46
2008	97.60
2009	97.47
2010	97.38
2011	97.37
2012	97.18
2013	97.31
2014	97.48
2015	97.68
2016	98.02
2017	98.34
2018	98.36
2019	98.34

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in European Union was 97.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 97.47 in 2018, while its lowest value was 92.73 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	92.75
1971	92.73
1972	92.97
1979	94.10
1980	94.31
1981	94.75
1982	94.30
1983	94.75
1984	95.20
1985	95.39
1986	94.64
1987	94.45
1988	94.83
1989	95.00
1990	95.26
1991	95.42
1992	95.40
1993	95.63
1994	95.08
1995	96.08
1996	95.44
1997	95.04
1998	96.23
1999	96.10
2000	96.22
2001	96.29
2002	96.42
2003	96.71
2004	96.76
2005	96.50
2006	96.36
2007	96.17
2008	96.23
2009	96.27
2010	96.46
2011	96.35
2012	96.11
2013	96.33
2014	96.56
2015	96.77
2016	97.06
2017	97.40
2018	97.47
2019	97.45

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in European Union was 97.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 97.90 in 2018, while its lowest value was 93.32 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	93.33
1971	93.32
1972	93.54
1973	93.71
1974	93.83
1975	94.10
1976	94.34
1977	94.76
1978	94.66
1979	94.64
1980	94.94
1981	95.21
1982	94.92
1983	95.30
1984	95.80
1985	95.93
1986	95.42
1987	95.10
1988	95.43
1989	95.47
1990	95.79
1991	95.94
1992	95.96
1993	96.24
1994	95.65
1995	96.65
1996	95.99
1997	95.59
1998	96.78
1999	96.69
2000	96.85
2001	96.88
2002	97.02
2003	97.29
2004	97.35
2005	97.15
2006	97.01
2007	96.80
2008	96.89
2009	96.85
2010	96.91
2011	96.85
2012	96.63
2013	96.81
2014	97.01
2015	97.22
2016	97.53
2017	97.86
2018	97.90
2019	97.88

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency