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Iceland: Persistence to grade 5, total

99.25percent · 2021+0.8% 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 Iceland from 1997 to 2021.

19972021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202199.253
202099.419
201999.022
201899.385
201799.462
201699.103
201598.868
201498.817
201399.275
201298.762
201198.438
201098.124
200998.564
200898.969
200799.67
200694.479
200597.786
200498.506
200398.302
200298.443
200198.321
200099.023
199998.572
199898.455
199796.063

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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