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India: Persistence to grade 5, total

74.19percent · 2023+26.5% since 1994

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 India from 1973 to 2023.

19732023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202374.19
202099.624
201998.493
201687.737
201590.163
201493.266
201381.838
200161.373
200059.006
199962.047
199458.628
198761.955
198652.735
197338.285

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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