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Pacific island small states - 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 Pacific island small states was 85.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 86.36 in 2015, while its lowest value was 76.35 in 1995.

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
1978	84.84
1979	83.22
1980	82.01
1981	82.91
1982	84.85
1983	83.26
1984	83.00
1985	83.95
1986	83.42
1987	82.73
1988	82.17
1989	81.40
1990	80.84
1991	79.48
1992	79.03
1993	80.50
1994	81.08
1995	76.35
1996	80.71
1997	81.63
1998	81.59
1999	78.96
2000	82.34
2001	81.50
2002	82.23
2003	83.12
2004	82.43
2005	82.41
2006	82.22
2007	83.08
2008	81.06
2009	81.64
2010	82.75
2011	82.07
2012	85.32
2013	82.58
2014	84.94
2015	86.36
2016	82.46
2017	79.73
2018	85.77
2019	85.05

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Pacific island small states was 82.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 86.46 in 1978, while its lowest value was 77.39 in 2001.

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

Year	Value
1978	86.46
1979	85.21
1980	81.42
1981	81.94
1982	84.83
1983	82.95
1984	82.22
1985	82.84
1986	82.71
1987	82.48
1988	82.27
1989	81.87
1990	81.80
1991	80.76
1992	78.67
1993	78.71
1994	78.47
1995	78.16
1996	79.82
1997	79.31
1998	79.51
1999	78.92
2000	78.80
2001	77.39
2002	79.88
2003	82.36
2004	81.71
2005	81.76
2006	81.68
2007	81.77
2008	81.87
2009	81.63
2010	81.85
2011	79.32
2012	84.12
2013	84.17
2014	82.32
2015	85.31
2016	82.73
2017	80.49
2018	83.76
2019	82.57

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Pacific island small states was 83.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 86.22 in 1977, while its lowest value was 77.30 in 1995.

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

Year	Value
1970	82.08
1971	82.18
1972	83.38
1973	83.30
1974	83.07
1975	83.56
1976	84.61
1977	86.22
1978	85.68
1979	84.26
1980	81.70
1981	82.40
1982	84.84
1983	83.10
1984	82.59
1985	83.37
1986	83.05
1987	82.60
1988	82.22
1989	81.64
1990	81.34
1991	80.15
1992	78.84
1993	79.56
1994	79.67
1995	77.30
1996	80.24
1997	80.42
1998	80.51
1999	78.94
2000	80.49
2001	79.36
2002	81.00
2003	82.72
2004	82.05
2005	82.07
2006	81.94
2007	82.40
2008	81.48
2009	81.63
2010	82.28
2011	80.65
2012	84.70
2013	83.43
2014	83.48
2015	85.76
2016	82.62
2017	80.18
2018	84.65
2019	83.77

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency