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Malawi: Persistence to grade 5, total

71.67percent · 2018+69.7% 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.

19732018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201871.667
201364.443
201270.111
201157.707
201059.257
200960.86
200850.688
200768.226
200643.588
200544.446
200442.24
200143.859
200048.806
199948.483
199844.168
199534.201
199337.34
199241.94
199164.471
199046.307
198953.264
198860.396
198743.827
198657.126
198544.377
198445.973
198334.218
198230.086
198143.998
198037.756
197945.809
197838.949
197737.201
197636.755
197538.691
197450.545
197347.523

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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