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France: Persistence to grade 5, total

97.96percent · 1999+3.5% since 1977

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 France from 1971 to 1999.

19711999

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
199997.958
199196.379
199096.6
198996.456
198895.18
198794.669
198694.91
198599.5
197994.489
197894.913
197794.68
197690.538
197588.838
197487.557
197186.906

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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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