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Namibia - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in Namibia was 93.51 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 96.93 in 2012, while its lowest value was 65.57 in 1991.

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/)

Year	Value
1991	65.57
1993	84.16
1997	88.60
1998	87.12
1999	93.09
2002	89.65
2003	84.16
2004	87.97
2005	89.66
2008	92.69
2009	93.95
2012	96.93
2017	93.51

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in Namibia was 89.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 96.25 in 2012, while its lowest value was 61.11 in 1991.

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

Year	Value
1991	61.11
1993	79.91
1997	84.20
1998	79.85
1999	92.45
2002	86.65
2003	79.87
2004	84.27
2005	84.15
2008	90.28
2009	91.70
2012	96.25
2017	89.60

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Namibia was 91.57 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 96.60 in 2012, while its lowest value was 63.33 in 1991.

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

Year	Value
1991	63.33
1993	82.05
1994	75.72
1995	78.62
1997	86.39
1998	83.43
1999	92.76
2000	90.94
2001	91.62
2002	88.13
2003	82.02
2004	86.12
2005	86.90
2008	91.49
2009	92.83
2012	96.60
2017	91.57

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency