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Egypt - 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 Egypt was 99.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 99.52 in 2018, while its lowest value was 75.01 in 1975.

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
1975	75.01
1976	78.61
1999	99.48
2000	99.24
2001	95.22
2002	98.10
2003	98.97
2005	94.25
2009	96.63
2016	97.04
2018	99.52

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Egypt was 98.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 98.81 in 1999, while its lowest value was 81.80 in 1975.

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

Year	Value
1975	81.80
1976	87.42
1999	98.81
2000	98.78
2001	94.77
2002	94.28
2003	98.26
2005	92.20
2009	95.60
2016	95.84
2018	98.52

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Egypt was 99.01 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 99.12 in 1999, while its lowest value was 79.13 in 1975.

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

Year	Value
1975	79.13
1976	83.93
1986	95.38
1999	99.12
2000	99.00
2001	95.00
2002	96.09
2003	98.60
2004	93.52
2005	93.18
2006	93.91
2009	96.10
2016	96.42
2017	97.02
2018	99.01

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency