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IBRD only - 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 IBRD only was 95.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 95.33 in 2019, while its lowest value was 63.20 in 1973.

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	64.37
1971	64.10
1972	63.86
1973	63.20
1974	63.60
1975	64.53
1976	66.08
1977	67.79
1978	67.65
1979	67.78
1980	67.63
1981	68.16
1982	68.54
1983	69.13
1984	68.77
1985	69.66
1986	70.76
1987	72.69
1988	72.57
1989	72.66
1990	74.29
1991	74.76
1992	75.08
1993	76.02
1994	76.70
1995	78.04
1996	78.62
1997	78.84
1998	79.26
1999	79.26
2000	78.79
2001	81.08
2002	79.24
2003	78.35
2004	77.75
2005	77.46
2006	79.80
2007	81.54
2008	83.76
2009	84.49
2010	85.32
2011	84.52
2012	83.35
2013	82.53
2014	90.98
2015	91.10
2016	90.75
2017	92.40
2018	91.47
2019	95.33

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in IBRD only was 93.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 93.88 in 2019, while its lowest value was 63.71 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	64.67
1971	64.29
1972	64.17
1973	63.71
1974	64.15
1975	65.07
1976	66.28
1977	67.61
1978	67.57
1979	67.71
1980	67.38
1981	67.95
1982	68.01
1983	68.51
1984	68.20
1985	69.16
1986	70.52
1987	72.82
1988	73.13
1989	73.14
1990	74.70
1991	75.05
1992	75.32
1993	76.11
1994	76.56
1995	77.54
1996	77.83
1997	78.08
1998	78.31
1999	78.48
2000	77.32
2001	78.31
2002	77.42
2003	76.55
2004	76.09
2005	75.57
2006	77.69
2007	79.50
2008	81.87
2009	82.83
2010	83.78
2011	83.03
2012	82.05
2013	81.06
2014	89.37
2015	89.21
2016	90.03
2017	90.90
2018	90.20
2019	93.88

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in IBRD only was 94.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 94.57 in 2019, while its lowest value was 63.48 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	64.54
1971	64.21
1972	64.03
1973	63.48
1974	63.90
1975	64.83
1976	66.19
1977	67.69
1978	67.61
1979	67.74
1980	67.49
1981	68.04
1982	68.25
1983	68.79
1984	68.46
1985	69.39
1986	70.63
1987	72.76
1988	72.87
1989	72.92
1990	74.51
1991	74.92
1992	75.21
1993	76.06
1994	76.62
1995	77.77
1996	78.20
1997	78.44
1998	78.75
1999	78.84
2000	78.00
2001	79.60
2002	78.29
2003	77.41
2004	76.87
2005	76.46
2006	78.68
2007	80.47
2008	82.77
2009	83.62
2010	84.51
2011	83.74
2012	82.67
2013	81.76
2014	90.14
2015	90.11
2016	90.38
2017	91.61
2018	90.80
2019	94.57

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency