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Colombia: Persistence to grade 5, total

91.33percent · 2021+7.8% since 2011

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 Colombia from 1970 to 2021.

19702021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202191.331
202097.287
201995.556
201895.012
201792.432
201691.679
201589.981
201488.258
201383.497
201271.967
201184.712
201087.361
200984.532
200784.721
200685.223
200580.832
200480.873
200169.406
200060.931
199966.569
199863.435
199571.512
199457.708
199362.849
199259.068
199171.967
199055.271
198952.179
198855.98
198756.044
198660.69
198555.835
198455.067
198355.017
198254.641
198137.132
197337.125
197241.336
197136.615
197040.193

Source

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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