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Norway: Persistence to grade 5, total

99.68percent · 2023-0.1% since 2013

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 Norway from 1971 to 2023.

19772023

Every year

Year	Value (percent)	Note
2023	99.683
2022	99.829
2021	99.463
2020	99.5
2019	99.291
2018	99.657
2017	99.43
2016	99.305
2015	99.643
2014	99.701
2013	99.766
2012	99.287
2011	99.519
2010	99.584
2009	99.462
2008	99.548
2007	99.17
2006	99.666
2005	99.59
2004	99.852
2003	99.443
2002	99.327
2001	99.194
2000	99.35
1999	99.822
1998	99.416
1992	99.005
1991	99.477
1990	99.315
1989	98.869
1988	99.593
1987	99.777
1986	99.053
1985	99.749
1984	99.27
1981	99.528
1980	99.463
1979	99.455
1978	98.994
1977	99.15
1976	99.442
1975	97.27
1974	98.944
1973	98.608
1972	97.97
1971	99.254

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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