Iceland's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) was 99.25% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.81 percentage points from 98.44% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.25% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 99.1% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 98.44% | 2011 |
| Highest | 99.67% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 94.48% | 2006 |
| Average since 2012 | 99.14% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 96.06% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Iceland's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2020 (from 99.42% to 99.25%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was +0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 5.19 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.31 percentage points in 2006. 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 0.05 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 35% 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
In 2021, Iceland had the 3rd 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 Iceland in the 2021 ranking
- Spain — 1st of 14: 99.97%
- Czechia — 2nd of 14: 99.5%
- Cyprus — 4th of 14: 98.07%
- Qatar — 5th of 14: 96.15%
- Cabo Verde — 6th of 14: 95.73%
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 25 values
| Year | Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 99.25 |
| 2020 | 99.42 |
| 2019 | 99.02 |
| 2018 | 99.38 |
| 2017 | 99.46 |
| 2016 | 99.1 |
| 2015 | 98.87 |
| 2014 | 98.82 |
| 2013 | 99.28 |
| 2012 | 98.76 |
| 2011 |
Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
More education data for Iceland
- 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) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 32,314 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 98.22% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 76.52% (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 37,056 (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 108.91% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.52 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iceland's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?
- 99.25% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is up 3.19 percentage points from 96.06% in 1997. The highest value was 99.67% in 2007 and the lowest 94.48% in 2006.
- How does Iceland rank?
- 3rd highest of 14 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) unusual for Iceland?
- In 2021, Iceland's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2020 (from 99.42% to 99.25%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2020), the average change was +0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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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