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

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in High income was 96.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 96.82 in 2018, while its lowest value was 92.06 in 1972.

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	92.18
1971	92.08
1972	92.06
1973	92.23
1974	92.32
1975	92.74
1976	93.02
1977	93.74
1978	93.86
1979	93.95
1980	94.09
1981	94.31
1982	94.40
1983	94.45
1984	94.90
1985	94.89
1986	94.71
1987	94.47
1988	94.64
1989	94.75
1990	94.87
1991	94.90
1992	95.09
1993	95.15
1994	94.74
1995	94.94
1996	94.74
1997	94.68
1998	95.45
1999	95.40
2000	95.64
2001	95.63
2002	95.76
2003	95.87
2004	95.94
2005	96.02
2006	95.86
2007	95.81
2008	95.72
2009	95.87
2010	96.11
2011	96.46
2012	96.23
2013	95.87
2014	95.85
2015	95.55
2016	95.77
2017	96.82
2018	96.82
2019	96.79

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in High income was 95.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 95.96 in 2019, while its lowest value was 91.31 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	91.47
1971	91.31
1972	91.35
1973	91.54
1974	91.62
1975	92.06
1976	92.24
1977	92.83
1978	93.01
1979	93.13
1980	92.98
1981	93.47
1982	93.31
1983	93.60
1984	93.99
1985	94.12
1986	93.58
1987	93.60
1988	93.88
1989	94.08
1990	94.21
1991	94.23
1992	94.38
1993	94.58
1994	94.20
1995	94.27
1996	94.02
1997	94.10
1998	94.76
1999	94.80
2000	94.98
2001	95.05
2002	95.12
2003	95.21
2004	95.31
2005	95.18
2006	95.19
2007	95.05
2008	95.09
2009	94.98
2010	95.03
2011	94.93
2012	94.52
2013	94.16
2014	94.13
2015	94.96
2016	94.76
2017	95.90
2018	95.88
2019	95.96

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in High income was 96.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 96.36 in 2019, while its lowest value was 91.68 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	91.82
1971	91.68
1972	91.69
1973	91.88
1974	91.96
1975	92.39
1976	92.62
1977	93.27
1978	93.42
1979	93.53
1980	93.52
1981	93.87
1982	93.83
1983	94.01
1984	94.43
1985	94.49
1986	94.12
1987	94.02
1988	94.25
1989	94.40
1990	94.53
1991	94.55
1992	94.72
1993	94.86
1994	94.46
1995	94.59
1996	94.37
1997	94.38
1998	95.09
1999	95.09
2000	95.30
2001	95.33
2002	95.43
2003	95.53
2004	95.62
2005	95.59
2006	95.52
2007	95.42
2008	95.40
2009	95.42
2010	95.56
2011	95.68
2012	95.35
2013	95.00
2014	94.97
2015	95.25
2016	95.25
2017	96.34
2018	96.34
2019	96.36

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