Seychelles's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) was 95.88% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.94 percentage points from 87.94% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 95.88% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 97.18% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 87.94% | 2013 |
| Highest | 98.32% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 83.32% | 1975 |
| Average since 2014 | 96.17% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 91.35% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Seychelles' persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 2.17 percentage points on 2022 (from 98.05% to 95.88%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2022), the average change was +0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.48 percentage points in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.02 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 17% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Seychelles had the 22nd 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 Seychelles in the 2023 ranking
- San Marino — 18th of 44: 96.55%
- Jordan — 19th of 44: 96.04%
- Latvia — 20th of 44: 95.97%
- Dominican Republic — 22nd of 44: 95.76%
- Ecuador — 23rd of 44: 95.46%
- Costa Rica — 24th of 44: 95.43%
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 41 values
| Year | Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 95.88 |
| 2022 | 98.05 |
| 2021 | 95.74 |
| 2020 | 95.83 |
| 2019 | 96.61 |
| 2018 | 97.18 |
| 2017 | 96.81 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 97.07 |
| 2014 | 92.31 |
| 2013 |
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 Seychelles
- 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 — 9,592 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 93.38% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 93.49% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 93.28% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 8,091 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Seychelles's persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)?
- 95.88% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 4.53 percentage points from 91.35% in 1970. The highest value was 98.32% in 2002 and the lowest 83.32% in 1975.
- How does Seychelles rank?
- 22nd highest of 44 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) unusual for Seychelles?
- In 2023, Seychelles' persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) fell 2.17 percentage points on 2022 (from 98.05% to 95.88%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2022), the average change was +0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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