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Iraq: Persistence to grade 5, total

65.56percent · 1999-11.1% since 1971

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 Iraq from 1971 to 1999.

19711999

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
199965.561
198872.102
198784.01
198684.042
198579.685
198478.781
198270.227
197470.099
197381.816
197282.093
197173.737

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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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