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Eswatini: Persistence to grade 5, total

97.35percent · 2018+21.2% since 2006

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 Eswatini from 1970 to 2018.

19762018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201897.348
201797.078
201695.17
201594.393
201493.837
201393.927
201289.338
201184.677
201082.384
200996.225
200680.33
200593.973
200484.252
200276.879
200173.304
200073.984
199980.048
199884.031
199780.524
199675.779
199574.419
199486.69
199378.722
199276.905
199177.151
199076.198
198979.227
198877.354
198776.776
198681.37
198573.993
198477.593
198376.629
198274.282
198172.244
198078.857
197975.838
197874.236
197773.22
197675.045
197572.29
197474.212
197377.677
197276.99
197176.967
197066.132

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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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