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Lesotho: Persistence to grade 5, total

84.32percent · 2022+35.6% 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 1970 to 2022.

19772022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202284.32
201583.705
201477.325
201379.561
201269.081
201176.435
201075.35
200980.476
200872.004
200780.411
200662.168
200574.31
200473.373
200363.423
200277.028
200172.816
200067.16
199974.562
199868.75
199773.168
199668.375
199563.131
199475.305
199379.502
199260.569
199166.419
199070.723
198965.789
198859.638
198766.91
198667.393
198560.113
198465.995
198358.004
198259.296
198165.283
198059.981
197955.101
197852.396
197751.995
197650.373
197552.185
197454.996
197373.351
197261.698
197156.165
197041.265

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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