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Lower middle income - 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 Lower middle income was 87.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 87.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 47.84 in 1973.

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	49.29
1971	48.62
1972	48.54
1973	47.84
1974	49.14
1975	50.02
1976	51.30
1977	55.20
1978	55.53
1979	56.30
1980	56.18
1981	56.96
1982	58.08
1983	58.93
1984	59.97
1985	61.21
1986	62.87
1987	66.49
1988	66.56
1989	66.36
1990	66.57
1991	66.34
1992	66.61
1993	67.31
1994	66.44
1995	67.46
1996	67.80
1997	68.28
1998	69.20
1999	69.77
2000	69.36
2001	72.18
2002	71.64
2003	71.64
2004	71.86
2005	71.54
2006	70.90
2007	71.79
2008	75.02
2009	76.22
2010	76.19
2011	77.45
2012	77.29
2013	79.02
2014	83.72
2015	84.22
2016	81.23
2017	84.03
2018	82.97
2019	87.37

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Lower middle income was 83.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 83.87 in 2019, while its lowest value was 50.26 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	51.25
1971	50.96
1972	50.74
1973	50.26
1974	51.44
1975	51.98
1976	53.27
1977	56.18
1978	56.43
1979	57.15
1980	57.13
1981	57.97
1982	57.95
1983	59.10
1984	59.86
1985	61.07
1986	62.75
1987	67.18
1988	67.64
1989	67.51
1990	67.62
1991	67.30
1992	67.52
1993	67.93
1994	67.12
1995	67.64
1996	67.90
1997	68.10
1998	68.54
1999	68.81
2000	67.39
2001	68.45
2002	68.44
2003	69.08
2004	69.56
2005	68.95
2006	68.72
2007	69.88
2008	73.52
2009	74.09
2010	73.85
2011	75.09
2012	75.42
2013	77.64
2014	81.03
2015	81.90
2016	79.70
2017	82.38
2018	79.88
2019	83.87

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Lower middle income was 85.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 85.54 in 2019, while its lowest value was 49.25 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	50.44
1971	49.99
1972	49.83
1973	49.25
1974	50.47
1975	51.15
1976	52.44
1977	55.77
1978	56.05
1979	56.78
1980	56.72
1981	57.53
1982	58.01
1983	59.03
1984	59.91
1985	61.13
1986	62.81
1987	66.88
1988	67.16
1989	67.00
1990	67.15
1991	66.87
1992	67.11
1993	67.65
1994	66.81
1995	67.56
1996	67.85
1997	68.18
1998	68.84
1999	69.25
2000	68.29
2001	70.15
2002	69.95
2003	70.29
2004	70.64
2005	70.17
2006	69.74
2007	70.79
2008	74.24
2009	75.11
2010	74.97
2011	76.22
2012	76.32
2013	78.30
2014	82.32
2015	83.01
2016	80.43
2017	83.16
2018	81.35
2019	85.54

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