Lesotho - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in Lesotho was 89.45 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 89.45 in 2015, while its lowest value was 62.37 in 1978.

Definition: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 69.70
1973 84.89
1974 62.53
1975 62.63
1976 63.15
1977 64.97
1978 62.37
1979 65.36
1980 68.35
1981 72.95
1982 68.43
1983 66.15
1984 75.38
1985 69.80
1986 79.35
1987 77.24
1988 68.28
1989 75.36
1990 82.73
1991 73.40
1992 66.32
1993 87.00
1994 82.36
1995 71.00
1996 74.43
1997 81.29
1998 76.25
1999 80.74
2000 74.30
2001 79.74
2002 85.04
2003 68.65
2004 81.21
2005 80.02
2006 69.38
2007 88.75
2008 80.20
2009 84.85
2010 81.94
2011 84.06
2012 75.84
2013 85.54
2014 82.54
2015 89.45

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in Lesotho was 78.56 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 78.56 in 2015, while its lowest value was 35.94 in 1976.

Definition: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 51.64
1973 59.02
1974 45.58
1975 40.12
1976 35.94
1977 37.39
1978 40.66
1979 42.68
1980 49.85
1981 56.01
1982 48.91
1983 48.87
1984 55.45
1985 49.44
1986 54.38
1987 55.58
1988 50.04
1989 55.38
1990 58.27
1991 58.83
1992 54.39
1993 71.61
1994 67.94
1995 55.32
1996 62.09
1997 65.11
1998 61.30
1999 68.19
2000 60.48
2001 66.23
2002 69.46
2003 58.17
2004 66.18
2005 68.93
2006 55.65
2007 72.86
2008 64.55
2009 76.26
2010 69.27
2011 69.61
2012 63.10
2013 74.27
2014 72.81
2015 78.56

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Lesotho was 83.70 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 83.70 in 2015, while its lowest value was 41.27 in 1970.

Definition: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

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

See also:

Year Value
1970 41.27
1971 56.17
1972 61.70
1973 73.35
1974 55.00
1975 52.19
1976 50.37
1977 52.00
1978 52.40
1979 55.10
1980 59.98
1981 65.28
1982 59.30
1983 58.00
1984 66.00
1985 60.11
1986 67.39
1987 66.91
1988 59.64
1989 65.79
1990 70.72
1991 66.42
1992 60.57
1993 79.50
1994 75.31
1995 63.13
1996 68.37
1997 73.17
1998 68.75
1999 74.56
2000 67.16
2001 72.82
2002 77.03
2003 63.42
2004 73.37
2005 74.31
2006 62.17
2007 80.41
2008 72.00
2009 80.48
2010 75.35
2011 76.44
2012 69.08
2013 79.56
2014 77.33
2015 83.70

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency