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Barbados - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in Barbados was 91.04 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 99.67 in 2004, while its lowest value was 89.69 in 2008.

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
1999	90.43
2001	95.15
2002	94.99
2003	97.71
2004	99.67
2005	93.62
2008	89.69
2010	91.04

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in Barbados was 97.70 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 97.70 in 2010, while its lowest value was 92.94 in 2005.

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

Year	Value
1999	93.18
2001	93.87
2002	97.11
2003	94.93
2004	95.40
2005	92.94
2008	94.62
2010	97.70

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Barbados was 94.46 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 97.49 in 2004, while its lowest value was 91.82 in 1999.

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

Year	Value
1999	91.82
2000	95.56
2001	94.49
2002	96.08
2003	96.29
2004	97.49
2005	93.31
2006	92.71
2007	93.58
2008	92.18
2009	93.33
2010	94.46

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency