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Cameroon: Persistence to grade 5, male

73.75percent · 2023-3.0% 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 Cameroon from 1972 to 2023.

19722023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202373.754
202279.647
202178.367
201876.792
201750.988
201654.801
201570.767
201477.972
201177.628
201067.461
200976.073
200876.889
200762.73
200677.043
199064.265
198676.091
198572.774
198475.074
198363.635
198275.202
198170.184
198072.851
197967.898
197865.796
197767.901
197657.398
197563.609
197469.307
197362.551
197260.786

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Persistence to grade 5, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-persistence-to-grade-5-male (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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