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

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in OECD members was 97.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 97.53 in 2018, while its lowest value was 83.31 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	84.25
1971	83.98
1972	83.92
1973	83.31
1974	83.41
1975	84.43
1976	86.54
1977	86.15
1978	87.31
1979	86.71
1980	86.82
1981	87.44
1982	89.04
1983	89.33
1984	89.68
1985	90.16
1986	89.85
1987	89.42
1988	89.78
1989	89.14
1990	90.10
1991	91.24
1992	90.30
1993	90.85
1994	91.01
1995	92.31
1996	92.02
1997	92.15
1998	92.84
1999	92.65
2000	92.48
2001	93.26
2002	93.97
2003	94.26
2004	94.83
2005	95.26
2006	95.43
2007	94.92
2008	94.97
2009	95.45
2010	95.38
2011	95.05
2012	94.09
2013	95.16
2014	95.74
2015	96.04
2016	97.23
2017	96.98
2018	97.53
2019	97.53

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in OECD members was 96.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 96.54 in 2019, while its lowest value was 82.61 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	84.34
1971	83.19
1972	83.21
1973	82.61
1974	82.71
1975	83.82
1976	84.44
1977	84.08
1978	85.03
1979	84.62
1980	84.51
1981	85.50
1982	86.80
1983	87.37
1984	87.09
1985	88.71
1986	88.53
1987	87.80
1988	88.27
1989	88.12
1990	88.93
1991	90.43
1992	89.32
1993	90.22
1994	89.41
1995	90.70
1996	90.09
1997	90.09
1998	90.64
1999	91.30
2000	91.09
2001	91.93
2002	92.63
2003	92.90
2004	93.60
2005	93.57
2006	93.82
2007	93.42
2008	93.72
2009	94.41
2010	94.57
2011	94.04
2012	93.26
2013	94.16
2014	94.70
2015	94.61
2016	96.47
2017	95.94
2018	96.47
2019	96.54

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in OECD members was 97.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 97.02 in 2019, while its lowest value was 82.95 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	84.30
1971	83.57
1972	83.56
1973	82.95
1974	83.05
1975	84.11
1976	85.46
1977	85.09
1978	86.14
1979	85.64
1980	85.63
1981	86.44
1982	87.87
1983	88.32
1984	88.34
1985	89.41
1986	89.17
1987	88.58
1988	89.00
1989	88.62
1990	89.50
1991	90.82
1992	89.79
1993	90.52
1994	90.18
1995	91.47
1996	91.02
1997	91.09
1998	91.70
1999	91.95
2000	91.76
2001	92.58
2002	93.28
2003	93.56
2004	94.19
2005	94.39
2006	94.60
2007	94.16
2008	94.33
2009	94.92
2010	94.97
2011	94.53
2012	93.67
2013	94.65
2014	95.21
2015	95.30
2016	96.84
2017	96.45
2018	96.99
2019	97.02

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