Japan - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in Japan was 99.99 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 100.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 99.71 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 99.80
1972 99.83
1973 99.83
1974 99.85
1975 99.82
1976 99.80
1977 99.82
1978 99.92
1979 99.71
1980 99.88
1981 99.92
1982 99.88
1983 99.89
1984 99.93
1985 99.89
1986 99.93
1987 99.96
1988 99.89
1989 99.91
1990 99.95
1991 100.00
1998 99.99
1999 99.98
2000 99.99
2001 99.96
2002 99.98
2003 99.97
2004 99.94
2005 99.92
2006 99.97
2008 99.99
2009 99.93
2010 99.94
2011 99.81
2013 99.92
2014 99.98
2015 99.99
2016 99.99

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in Japan was 99.97 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 99.99 in 2006, while its lowest value was 99.58 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 99.69
1972 99.69
1973 99.73
1974 99.80
1975 99.76
1976 99.71
1977 99.80
1978 99.79
1979 99.58
1980 99.81
1981 99.82
1982 99.84
1983 99.82
1984 99.84
1985 99.83
1986 99.89
1987 99.89
1988 99.87
1989 99.87
1990 99.90
1991 99.94
1998 99.97
1999 99.98
2000 99.91
2001 99.97
2002 99.94
2003 99.96
2004 99.93
2005 99.93
2006 99.99
2008 99.98
2009 99.97
2010 99.94
2011 99.88
2013 99.97
2014 99.96
2015 99.89
2016 99.97

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Japan was 99.98 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 99.99 in 2008, while its lowest value was 99.65 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 99.75
1972 99.76
1973 99.78
1974 99.83
1975 99.79
1976 99.76
1977 99.81
1978 99.85
1979 99.65
1980 99.84
1981 99.87
1982 99.86
1983 99.86
1984 99.88
1985 99.86
1986 99.91
1987 99.93
1988 99.88
1989 99.89
1990 99.92
1991 99.97
1998 99.98
1999 99.98
2000 99.95
2001 99.97
2002 99.96
2003 99.97
2004 99.94
2005 99.92
2006 99.98
2008 99.99
2009 99.95
2010 99.94
2011 99.85
2013 99.95
2014 99.97
2015 99.94
2016 99.98

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency