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

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in World was 84.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 84.55 in 2019, while its lowest value was 66.52 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	67.93
1971	67.35
1972	67.10
1973	66.52
1974	66.78
1975	67.45
1976	68.53
1977	69.89
1978	69.59
1979	69.73
1980	69.31
1981	69.62
1982	70.10
1983	70.42
1984	70.30
1985	71.03
1986	71.94
1987	73.33
1988	73.37
1989	73.43
1990	74.66
1991	74.84
1992	75.15
1993	75.74
1994	76.02
1995	76.96
1996	77.00
1997	77.23
1998	77.55
1999	77.42
2000	77.15
2001	78.68
2002	77.22
2003	76.20
2004	75.83
2005	75.14
2006	75.69
2007	76.50
2008	78.47
2009	78.30
2010	78.09
2011	78.33
2012	76.91
2013	76.95
2014	81.69
2015	82.27
2016	81.00
2017	82.86
2018	82.37
2019	84.55

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in World was 81.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 81.61 in 2019, while its lowest value was 66.08 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	67.22
1971	66.71
1972	66.42
1973	66.08
1974	66.40
1975	66.94
1976	67.75
1977	68.85
1978	68.70
1979	68.86
1980	68.46
1981	68.95
1982	68.94
1983	69.35
1984	69.23
1985	70.08
1986	71.20
1987	72.83
1988	73.09
1989	73.13
1990	74.31
1991	74.47
1992	74.82
1993	75.33
1994	75.44
1995	76.19
1996	76.08
1997	76.22
1998	76.43
1999	76.52
2000	75.84
2001	76.75
2002	75.93
2003	74.97
2004	74.62
2005	73.47
2006	74.32
2007	75.20
2008	77.29
2009	76.87
2010	76.71
2011	76.75
2012	75.36
2013	75.04
2014	79.04
2015	79.79
2016	78.96
2017	81.08
2018	79.60
2019	81.61

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

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in World was 83.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 83.01 in 2019, while its lowest value was 66.28 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	67.54
1971	67.00
1972	66.72
1973	66.28
1974	66.57
1975	67.17
1976	68.10
1977	69.32
1978	69.10
1979	69.25
1980	68.84
1981	69.25
1982	69.47
1983	69.83
1984	69.71
1985	70.51
1986	71.54
1987	73.06
1988	73.22
1989	73.26
1990	74.47
1991	74.64
1992	74.97
1993	75.52
1994	75.71
1995	76.55
1996	76.51
1997	76.69
1998	76.95
1999	76.94
2000	76.45
2001	77.65
2002	76.54
2003	75.55
2004	75.19
2005	74.26
2006	74.96
2007	75.82
2008	77.85
2009	77.55
2010	77.36
2011	77.50
2012	76.10
2013	75.95
2014	80.31
2015	80.97
2016	79.93
2017	81.93
2018	80.92
2019	83.01

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