Kiribati: Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)

Key figures

Since 1978 it is up 4.42 percentage points from 88.55% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 34 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2023, Kiribati had the 27th highest value of the 39 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 Kiribati in the 2023 ranking

• Morocco — 24th of 39: 94.92%
• Maldives — 25th of 39: 94.09%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 26th of 39: 93.66%
• Guatemala — 28th of 39: 91.95%
• El Salvador — 29th of 39: 91.5%
• Cuba — 30th of 39: 90.9%

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 12 values

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

• Brunei Darussalam — 99.5% (2019)
• Cambodia — 87.77% (2019)
• Fiji — 95.32% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 96.78% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 98.87% (2023)
• Lao PDR — 84.49% (2019)
• Macao SAR, China — 99.23% (2023)
• Malaysia — 88.2% (2023)
• Philippines — 96.51% (2023)
• Samoa — 88.18% (2019)

More education data for Kiribati

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 17,457 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.27% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.06 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 93.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.2% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

What is Kiribati's persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)?

92.97% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 4.42 percentage points from 88.55% in 1978. The highest value was 92.97% in 2023 and the lowest 71.94% in 2001.

How does Kiribati rank?

27th highest of 39 economies with data for 2023.

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.PRS5.FE.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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