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Samoa - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in Samoa was 88.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.76 in 2015, while its lowest value was 81.06 in 2010.

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/)

Year	Value
1999	93.57
2000	89.71
2006	94.85
2010	81.06
2011	91.09
2014	91.25
2015	98.76
2016	84.51
2017	88.08
2018	95.96
2019	88.18

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in Samoa was 92.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.19 in 2000, while its lowest value was 78.04 in 2010.

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

Year	Value
1999	88.78
2000	94.19
2006	86.96
2010	78.04
2011	92.41
2014	93.35
2015	89.86
2016	93.07
2017	86.90
2018	92.70
2019	92.30

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in Samoa was 90.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 94.26 in 2018, while its lowest value was 73.80 in 1998.

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

Year	Value
1994	92.71
1995	86.29
1996	85.05
1998	73.80
1999	91.07
2000	91.98
2002	90.27
2003	90.07
2004	87.17
2005	87.78
2006	90.66
2010	79.50
2011	91.74
2014	92.30
2015	94.02
2016	88.90
2017	87.44
2018	94.26
2019	90.26

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency