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Eswatini - 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 Eswatini was 86.39 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 86.71 in 2009, while its lowest value was 49.33 in 1970.

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
1970	49.33
1971	60.82
1972	65.79
1973	67.03
1974	64.71
1975	65.05
1976	64.59
1977	63.31
1978	64.35
1979	65.56
1980	70.07
1981	64.70
1982	63.79
1983	67.39
1984	68.86
1985	64.43
1986	72.07
1987	69.32
1988	66.34
1989	73.39
1990	66.37
1991	69.13
1992	69.05
1993	72.55
1994	77.29
1995	59.62
1996	67.99
1997	69.17
1998	75.45
1999	66.20
2000	63.88
2001	54.29
2002	70.92
2004	75.16
2005	85.90
2006	73.55
2009	86.71
2012	77.37
2013	81.49
2014	82.49
2015	84.66
2016	86.42
2018	86.39

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Eswatini was 80.16 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 82.34 in 2016, while its lowest value was 51.72 in 1970.

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

Year	Value
1970	51.72
1971	61.25
1972	67.48
1973	63.13
1974	60.00
1975	54.09
1976	58.22
1977	55.49
1978	56.31
1979	58.88
1980	67.23
1981	60.08
1982	62.23
1983	63.65
1984	63.11
1985	57.40
1986	64.93
1987	63.19
1988	55.78
1989	71.32
1990	62.69
1991	64.54
1992	64.43
1993	66.02
1994	73.76
1995	56.35
1996	62.12
1997	65.26
1998	67.79
1999	63.16
2000	53.64
2001	60.61
2002	53.15
2004	67.44
2005	80.33
2006	69.61
2009	81.24
2012	72.19
2013	75.62
2014	75.94
2015	76.36
2016	82.34
2018	80.16

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Eswatini was 83.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 85.37 in 2017, while its lowest value was 50.56 in 1970.

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

Year	Value
1970	50.56
1971	61.06
1972	66.62
1973	65.01
1974	62.28
1975	59.23
1976	61.36
1977	59.34
1978	60.26
1979	62.22
1980	68.68
1981	62.41
1982	63.01
1983	65.49
1984	65.97
1985	60.88
1986	68.49
1987	66.29
1988	60.96
1989	72.35
1990	64.54
1991	66.79
1992	66.73
1993	69.25
1994	75.54
1995	57.97
1996	65.01
1997	67.18
1998	71.56
1999	64.65
2000	58.54
2001	57.47
2002	61.27
2004	71.18
2005	83.02
2006	71.70
2009	83.91
2010	67.31
2011	69.34
2012	74.71
2013	78.45
2014	79.08
2015	80.32
2016	84.37
2017	85.37
2018	83.20

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