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São Tomé and Principe - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in São Tomé and Principe was 88.52 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 88.52 in 2010, while its lowest value was 65.37 in 2001.

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
2001	65.37
2002	70.12
2003	67.82
2004	77.43
2007	75.69
2008	81.21
2010	88.52

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in São Tomé and Principe was 88.42 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 88.42 in 2010, while its lowest value was 59.29 in 2001.

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

Year	Value
2001	59.29
2002	62.35
2003	66.59
2004	76.61
2007	82.83
2008	73.79
2010	88.42

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in São Tomé and Principe was 95.52 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 95.52 in 2016, while its lowest value was 27.29 in 1998.

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

Year	Value
1998	27.29
2001	62.28
2002	65.87
2003	67.23
2004	77.01
2007	79.19
2008	77.35
2009	79.11
2010	88.38
2015	87.82
2016	95.52

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency