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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 3.07 percentage points from 98.24% in 2018. Since 1982 it is up 24.72 percentage points from 70.45% in 1982. The World Bank has no value for 20 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 8.31 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.29 percentage points in 2002. 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, Philippines had the 25th 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 Philippines in the 2023 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 22nd of 44: 95.76%
• Ecuador — 23rd of 44: 95.46%
• Costa Rica — 24th of 44: 95.43%
• Fiji — 26th of 44: 94.83%
• Morocco — 27th of 44: 94.48%
• Maldives — 28th of 44: 93.09%

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 22 values

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

• Brunei Darussalam — 99.17% (2019)
• Cambodia — 84.07% (2019)
• China — 99.79% (2020)
• Fiji — 94.83% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 97.59% (2023)
• Indonesia — 99.51% (2017)
• Kiribati — 89.75% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 98.9% (2023)
• Lao PDR — 82.05% (2019)
• Macao SAR, China — 99.55% (2023)

More education data for Philippines

• 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, teachers — 527,504 (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 13.06 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 94.03% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 11.87 million (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 85.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 47.41% (2024)

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Questions people ask

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

95.17% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1982?

It is up 24.72 percentage points from 70.45% in 1982. The highest value was 98.24% in 2018 and the lowest 70.26% in 1984.

How does Philippines rank?

25th 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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