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The Bahamas - Persistence to grade 5

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) in The Bahamas was 73.27 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 10 years was 95.64 in 2006, while its lowest value was 71.03 in 2012.

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
2005	88.13
2006	95.64
2007	93.03
2008	87.42
2009	89.90
2011	78.92
2012	71.03
2015	73.27

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in The Bahamas was 67.33 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 10 years was 92.91 in 2009, while its lowest value was 67.33 in 2015.

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

Year	Value
2005	82.21
2006	92.14
2007	91.68
2008	78.43
2009	92.91
2011	72.27
2012	70.63
2015	67.33

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in The Bahamas was 70.24 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 93.87 in 2006, while its lowest value was 70.24 in 2015.

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

Year	Value
1993	77.72
2005	85.05
2006	93.87
2007	92.32
2008	82.77
2009	91.36
2011	75.52
2012	70.83
2013	89.41
2015	70.24

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency