Maldives: Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.73 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.64 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Maldives had the 29th highest value of the 44 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 Maldives in the 2023 ranking

• Philippines — 25th of 44: 95.17%
• Fiji — 26th of 44: 94.83%
• Morocco — 27th of 44: 94.48%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 29th of 44: 91.79%
• El Salvador — 30th of 44: 90.95%
• Guatemala — 31st of 44: 90.68%

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 14 values

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

• Bhutan — 89.54% (2017)
• India — 74.19% (2023)
• Nepal — 73.55% (2016)
• Sri Lanka — 97.92% (2022)

More education data for Maldives

• 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) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 44,013 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 99.71% (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 76.06% (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 104.82% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 95.29% (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils

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Questions people ask

What is Maldives's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?

93.09% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1996?

It is down 1.13 percentage points from 94.22% in 1996. The highest value was 96.61% in 2008 and the lowest 87.44% in 2011.

How does Maldives rank?

29th highest of 44 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.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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