Italy's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) was 99.9% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.96 percentage points from 98.94% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.9% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 99.76% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 98.94% | 2012 |
| Highest | 99.9% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 93.85% | 1999 |
| Average since 2013 | 99.59% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 93.85% | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Italy's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) rose 0.08 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.82% to 99.9%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2021), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 0.66 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.7 percentage points in 2020. 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 28% 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, Italy had the 1st 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 Italy in the 2022 ranking
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 21 values
| Year | Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.9 |
| 2021 | 99.82 |
| 2020 | 99.16 |
| 2019 | 99.87 |
| 2018 | 99.82 |
| 2017 | 99.76 |
| 2016 | 99.75 |
| 2015 | 99.24 |
| 2014 | 99.18 |
| 2013 | 99.42 |
| 2012 |
Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
More education data for Italy
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils — 2.63 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 4.61 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2020)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Italy's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?
- 99.9% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 6.05 percentage points from 93.85% in 1999. The highest value was 99.9% in 2022 and the lowest 93.85% in 1999.
- How does Italy rank?
- 1st highest of 20 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) unusual for Italy?
- In 2022, Italy's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) rose 0.08 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.82% to 99.9%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2021), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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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