Cyprus: Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.79 percentage points from 98.85% in 2016. Since 1971 it is up 0.96 percentage points from 97.11% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2021, Cyprus' persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.05 percentage points on 2020 (from 98.11% to 98.07%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1978 to 2020), the average change was +0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 24.49 percentage points in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.16 percentage points in 1974. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 33% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Cyprus had the 4th highest value of the 14 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 Cyprus in the 2021 ranking

• Spain — 1st of 14: 99.97%
• Czechia — 2nd of 14: 99.5%
• Iceland — 3rd of 14: 99.25%
• Qatar — 5th of 14: 96.15%
• Cabo Verde — 6th of 14: 95.73%
• Dominica — 7th of 14: 93.02%

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 41 values

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies

• Albania — 86.65% (2023)
• Andorra — 98.49% (2020)
• Belgium — 99.23% (2022)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 95.72% (2022)
• Czechia — 99.5% (2021)
• Denmark — 99.74% (2023)
• Estonia — 99.47% (2023)
• Finland — 99.62% (2023)
• Georgia — 97.77% (2023)
• Greece — 99.8% (2022)

More education data for Cyprus

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 60,596 (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 61,230 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 5,389 (2023)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 84.32% (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers — 8,083 (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers, female — 5,479 (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Cyprus's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?

98.07% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 0.96 percentage points from 97.11% in 1971. The highest value was 99.5% in 1991 and the lowest 70.47% in 1974.

How does Cyprus rank?

4th highest of 14 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) unusual for Cyprus?

In 2021, Cyprus' persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.05 percentage points on 2020 (from 98.11% to 98.07%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1978 to 2020), the average change was +0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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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