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Burundi: Persistence to grade 5, total

59.90percent · 2019-3.9% since 2009

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. Annual figures for Burundi from 1972 to 2019.

19722019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201959.897
201853.278
201754.438
201653.81
201556.336
201458.701
201364.399
201259.31
201153.593
201058.994
200962.347
200872.583
200764.682
200668.992
200468.554
200364.233
200268.324
200164.761
200058.812
199273.426
199161.822
199076.107
198969.812
198868.34
198784.023
198686.299
198483.359
198384.636
198285.399
198081.281
197976.465
197861.194
197780.589
197656.858
197558.874
197467.129
197350.475
197215.587

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Persistence to grade 5, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-persistence-to-grade-5-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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