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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 5.03 percentage points from 96.6% in 2012. Since 1991 it is up 28.24 percentage points from 63.33% in 1991. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.34 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.32 percentage points in 1994. 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.

Closest to Namibia in the 2017 ranking

• Indonesia — 1st of 6: 99.51%
• Thailand — 2nd of 6: 98.73%
• Bhutan — 4th of 6: 89.54%
• Eritrea — 5th of 6: 79.98%
• Chad — 6th of 6: 78.6%

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 17 values

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

• Benin — 62.67% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 43.4% (2022)
• Burundi — 59.9% (2019)
• Cabo Verde — 95.73% (2021)
• Cameroon — 74.47% (2023)
• Chad — 78.6% (2017)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 76.94% (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 68.04% (2021)
• Eritrea — 79.98% (2017)
• Eswatini — 97.35% (2018)

More education data for Namibia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 14 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) — 13% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) — 18.31% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) — 15.7% (2018)
• Primary education, pupils — 590,029 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.72% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils

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Questions people ask

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

91.57% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 28.24 percentage points from 63.33% in 1991. The highest value was 96.6% in 2012 and the lowest 63.33% in 1991.

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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