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Zambia: Persistence to grade 5, total

74.46percent · 2012-11.7% since 1980

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 Zambia from 1971 to 2012.

19712012

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201274.459
200979.68
200870.972
200789.073
200688.486
200587.647
200192.931
199980.595
199878.2
198586.024
198084.323
197984.56
197881.889
197780.107
197680.238
197579.111
197472.136
197377.889
197273.489
197173.35

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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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