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

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.77 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% 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.

Closest to Pakistan in the 2018 ranking

• Solomon Islands — 4th of 8: 82.79%
• United Arab Emirates — 5th of 8: 78.21%
• Malawi — 6th of 8: 73.48%
• Madagascar — 8th of 8: 33.26%

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 10 values

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

• Algeria — 93.46% (2021)
• Bahrain — 97.57% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 100% (2020)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 95.71% (2022)
• Israel — 97.9% (2023)
• Jordan — 95.65% (2023)
• Lebanon — 97.04% (2022)
• Malta — 97.1% (2021)
• Morocco — 94.92% (2023)
• Oman — 98.64% (2016)

More education data for Pakistan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 1.95% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 25.38 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 83.73% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 82.44% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 84.96% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

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

70.63% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is down 1.73 percentage points from 72.36% in 2004. The highest value was 75.1% in 2015 and the lowest 50.95% in 2010.

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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