North America - 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 North America was 96.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 96.39 in 2017, while its lowest value was 93.25 in 1997.

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/)

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Year Value
1997 93.25
1998 93.66
1999 93.77
2000 94.12
2001 94.03
2002 94.10
2003 94.21
2004 94.26
2005 94.50
2006 94.35
2007 94.42
2008 93.74
2009 93.95
2010 94.23
2011 94.46
2012 94.92
2013 95.06
2014 95.85
2015 96.08
2016 96.28
2017 96.39
2018 96.26
2019 96.30

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in North America was 95.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 95.36 in 2017, while its lowest value was 92.54 in 1997.

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/)

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Year Value
1997 92.54
1998 92.55
1999 92.91
2000 93.19
2001 93.21
2002 93.15
2003 93.17
2004 93.24
2005 93.11
2006 93.21
2007 93.01
2008 93.08
2009 93.18
2010 93.37
2011 93.36
2012 93.71
2013 94.15
2014 94.84
2015 95.09
2016 95.29
2017 95.36
2018 95.24
2019 95.15

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in North America was 95.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 95.86 in 2017, while its lowest value was 92.88 in 1997.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1997 92.88
1998 93.08
1999 93.32
2000 93.64
2001 93.61
2002 93.61
2003 93.67
2004 93.73
2005 93.78
2006 93.77
2007 93.71
2008 93.41
2009 93.56
2010 93.79
2011 93.89
2012 94.29
2013 94.60
2014 95.34
2015 95.57
2016 95.78
2017 95.86
2018 95.74
2019 95.72

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency