Bosnia and Herzegovina's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) was 95.72% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 12.95 percentage points from 82.77% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 95.72% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 93.93% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 82.77% | 2012 |
| Highest | 98.36% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 73.23% | 2009 |
| Average since 2013 | 94.55% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 73.23% | 2009 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2021 (from 95.74% to 95.72%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was +1.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.52 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.42 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 11th highest value of the 20 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2022 ranking
- Sri Lanka — 8th of 20: 97.92%
- South Africa — 9th of 20: 97.08%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10th of 20: 96.18%
- Barbados — 12th of 20: 95.5%
- Lebanon — 13th of 20: 95.4%
- Uruguay — 14th of 20: 88.97%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 14 values
| Year | Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 95.72 |
| 2021 | 95.74 |
| 2020 | 95.01 |
| 2019 | 93.59 |
| 2018 | 93.96 |
| 2017 | 93.93 |
| 2016 | 98.36 |
| 2015 | 95.6 |
| 2014 | 97.04 |
| 2013 | 86.52 |
| 2012 |
Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
More education data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
- Compulsory education, duration (years) — 9 (2025)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 45.5% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.4 (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 57.65% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?
- 95.72% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is up 22.5 percentage points from 73.23% in 2009. The highest value was 98.36% in 2016 and the lowest 73.23% in 2009.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?
- 11th highest of 20 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2021 (from 95.74% to 95.72%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was +1.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRS5.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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