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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 56.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 59.43 in 2001, while its lowest value was 48.13 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	48.13
1971	48.59
1972	49.37
1973	50.93
1974	54.31
1975	55.24
1976	55.61
1977	57.81
1978	55.49
1979	55.07
1980	54.41
1981	52.35
1982	54.86
1983	52.77
1984	52.41
1985	54.58
1986	55.30
1987	53.96
1988	53.29
1989	53.49
1990	54.23
1991	53.47
1992	55.17
1993	53.68
1994	52.24
1995	53.39
1996	52.24
1997	52.20
1998	52.02
1999	54.16
2000	57.16
2001	59.43
2002	57.41
2003	55.98
2004	57.70
2005	57.89
2006	58.10
2007	57.38
2008	55.87
2009	53.27
2010	51.96
2011	54.79
2012	53.36
2013	54.44
2014	55.75
2015	56.33
2016	55.28
2017	56.11
2018	56.78
2019	56.76

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 51.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 63.30 in 2001, while its lowest value was 50.07 in 2016.

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

Year	Value
1970	56.06
1971	56.91
1972	57.04
1973	58.00
1974	61.52
1975	61.32
1976	60.77
1977	62.94
1978	60.79
1979	60.17
1980	59.71
1981	58.02
1982	60.11
1983	59.54
1984	59.16
1985	61.12
1986	62.42
1987	60.36
1988	57.69
1989	57.48
1990	58.23
1991	57.56
1992	59.91
1993	59.40
1994	57.14
1995	58.45
1996	56.80
1997	55.93
1998	55.03
1999	57.20
2000	60.00
2001	63.30
2002	61.46
2003	58.52
2004	59.85
2005	58.60
2006	60.12
2007	58.38
2008	55.96
2009	53.59
2010	53.05
2011	54.82
2012	52.39
2013	50.70
2014	50.84
2015	51.02
2016	50.07
2017	52.57
2018	51.52
2019	51.15

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 53.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 61.51 in 2001, while its lowest value was 52.48 in 2013.

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

Year	Value
1970	52.74
1971	53.41
1972	53.81
1973	55.01
1974	58.46
1975	58.72
1976	58.56
1977	60.73
1978	58.50
1979	57.95
1980	57.41
1981	55.51
1982	57.77
1983	56.52
1984	56.16
1985	58.20
1986	59.20
1987	57.50
1988	55.71
1989	55.69
1990	56.43
1991	55.72
1992	57.77
1993	56.85
1994	54.95
1995	56.20
1996	54.74
1997	54.24
1998	53.65
1999	55.80
2000	58.69
2001	61.51
2002	59.58
2003	57.33
2004	58.83
2005	58.26
2006	59.16
2007	57.91
2008	55.92
2009	53.44
2010	52.54
2011	54.81
2012	52.86
2013	52.48
2014	53.17
2015	53.55
2016	52.55
2017	54.26
2018	54.03
2019	53.84

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency