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Lesotho: Persistence to grade 5, female

89.34percent · 2022+28.8% since 2006

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 Lesotho from 1972 to 2022.

19772022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202289.342
201589.454
201482.544
201385.536
201275.842
201184.06
201081.944
200984.845
200880.205
200788.752
200669.382
200580.024
200481.208
200368.652
200285.044
200179.744
200074.301
199980.738
199876.248
199781.288
199674.43
199571.002
199482.363
199387.004
199266.323
199173.397
199082.734
198975.361
198868.28
198777.241
198679.352
198569.801
198475.383
198366.151
198268.434
198172.949
198068.353
197965.362
197862.367
197764.967
197663.145
197562.626
197462.526
197384.888
197269.697

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, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-persistence-to-grade-5-female (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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