World Bank · Education
Malawi: Persistence to grade 5, male
69.80percent · 2018+59.2% since 2004
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 Malawi from 1973 to 2018.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 69.803 | |
| 2013 | 63.906 | |
| 2012 | 72.937 | |
| 2011 | 58.608 | |
| 2010 | 58.302 | |
| 2009 | 59.5 | |
| 2008 | 51.29 | |
| 2007 | 70.734 | |
| 2006 | 44.545 | |
| 2005 | 44.476 | |
| 2004 | 43.849 | |
| 2001 | 49.729 | |
| 1999 | 54.78 | |
| 1995 | 35.966 | |
| 1993 | 38.763 | |
| 1992 | 37.518 | |
| 1991 | 71.333 | |
| 1990 | 48.22 | |
| 1989 | 56.555 | |
| 1988 | 65.493 | |
| 1987 | 46.01 | |
| 1986 | 59.63 | |
| 1985 | 46.082 | |
| 1984 | 50.394 | |
| 1983 | 36.248 | |
| 1982 | 32.709 | |
| 1981 | 47.527 | |
| 1980 | 40.556 | |
| 1979 | 51.414 | |
| 1978 | 44.957 | |
| 1977 | 42.472 | |
| 1976 | 39.684 | |
| 1975 | 42.47 | |
| 1974 | 56.171 | |
| 1973 | 51.202 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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