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Ethiopia: Persistence to grade 5, total

55.53percent · 2021+3.5% since 2003

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 Ethiopia from 1981 to 2021.

19812021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202155.532
201444.141
201144.124
201048.631
200943.444
200845.662
200750.844
200664.377
200565.552
200468.752
200353.64
200256.01
200160.445
200064.622
199956.497
199849.025
199555.26
199451.101
199358.126
198831.099
198746.326
198652.395
198150.1

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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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