Iceland's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 99.56% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.11 percentage points from 97.44% in 2009.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.56% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 97.64% | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | 97.44% | 2009 |
| Highest | 99.56% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 96.63% | 2005 |
| Average since 2010 | 98.24% | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 98.12% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.94 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.82 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.27 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 59% 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 2019, Iceland had the 2nd highest value of the 10 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 99.56% | 2019 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 98.04% | 2023 |
| High income | 93.4% | 2023 |
Closest to Iceland in the 2019 ranking
- Kazakhstan — 1st of 10: 100%
- Brunei Darussalam — 3rd of 10: 96.46%
- Samoa — 4th of 10: 92.3%
- Zimbabwe — 5th of 10: 84.42%
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 16 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 99.56 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 98.6 |
| 2015 | 99.07 |
| 2014 | 97.64 |
| 2013 | 99.41 |
| 2012 | 97.47 |
| 2011 | 96.87 |
| 2010 | 97.31 |
| 2009 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Albania — 85.71% (2023)
- Armenia — 98.23% (2022)
- Austria — 99.48% (2023)
- Azerbaijan — 99.43% (2023)
- Belarus — 97.61% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 93.58% (2022)
- Bulgaria — 99.85% (2023)
- Croatia — 99.87% (2022)
- Cyprus — 95.9% (2021)
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 last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 99.56% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is up 1.43 percentage points from 98.12% in 1997. The highest value was 99.56% in 2019 and the lowest 96.63% in 2005.
- How does Iceland rank?
- 2nd highest of 10 economies with data for 2019.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.MA.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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