Sierra Leone - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

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/)

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Year Value
2012 60.60
2015 59.72
2016 59.62
2017 28.20
2019 49.69

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

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/)

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Year Value
2012 58.71
2015 60.37
2016 58.45
2017 27.63
2019 48.44

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Sierra Leone was 49.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 60.05 in 2015, while its lowest value was 27.92 in 2017.

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/)

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Year Value
1977 56.32
2012 59.65
2015 60.05
2016 59.04
2017 27.92
2019 49.07

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency