Eswatini's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) was 83.2% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.75 percentage points from 78.45% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 83.2% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 78.45% | 2013 |
| Highest | 85.37% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 50.56% | 1970 |
| Average since 2009 | 78.61% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 50.56% | 1970 |
Over five years it is up 4.75 percentage points from 78.45% in 2013. Since 1970 it is up 32.65 percentage points from 50.56% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Eswatini's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 2.17 percentage points on 2017 (from 85.37% to 83.2%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2017), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 11.84 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.57 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 38% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eswatini | 83.2% | 2018 |
| World | 78.85% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.48% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 74.5% | 2023 |
Closest to Eswatini in the 2018 ranking
- Russian Federation — 1st of 7: 99.1%
- Mongolia — 2nd of 7: 98.59%
- Timor-Leste — 3rd of 7: 89.78%
- Solomon Islands — 5th of 7: 74.82%
- Pakistan — 6th of 7: 65.29%
- Madagascar — 7th of 7: 31.57%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. 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 46 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 83.2 |
| 2017 | 85.37 |
| 2016 | 84.37 |
| 2015 | 80.32 |
| 2014 | 79.08 |
| 2013 | 78.45 |
| 2012 | 74.71 |
| 2011 | 69.34 |
| 2010 | 67.31 |
| 2009 | 83.91 |
| 2008 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Benin — 54.13% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 31.03% (2022)
- Burundi — 49.7% (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 94.9% (2021)
- Cameroon — 61.85% (2023)
- Chad — 72.96% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 73.29% (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 65.84% (2021)
- Eritrea — 79.98% (2017)
More education data for Eswatini
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) — 95.27% (2023)
- Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) — 91.97% (2023)
- Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) — 93.61% (2023)
- Primary education, pupils — 222,351 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 116.53% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Eswatini's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?
- 83.2% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 32.65 percentage points from 50.56% in 1970. The highest value was 85.37% in 2017 and the lowest 50.56% in 1970.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) unusual for Eswatini?
- In 2018, Eswatini's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 2.17 percentage points on 2017 (from 85.37% to 83.2%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2017), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.PRSL.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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