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Lesotho: Persistence to grade 5, male

79.70percent · 2022+43.2% 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
202279.704
201578.563
201472.812
201374.271
201263.099
201169.613
201069.267
200976.262
200864.547
200772.86
200655.645
200568.927
200466.18
200358.166
200269.458
200166.233
200060.477
199968.194
199861.304
199765.112
199662.092
199555.323
199467.939
199371.609
199254.389
199158.834
199058.271
198955.383
198850.039
198755.579
198654.38
198549.435
198455.453
198348.866
198248.906
198156.014
198049.854
197942.679
197840.661
197737.39
197635.939
197540.115
197445.58
197359.016
197251.636

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, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-persistence-to-grade-5-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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