Tunisia's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) was 97.3% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 97.3% | 2020 |
| Highest | 97.3% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 48.38% | 1972 |
| Average since 2012 | 94.56% | 2012–2020 |
| First recorded | 56.28% | 1971 |
Since 1971 it is up 41.02 percentage points from 56.28% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 11 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 19.35 percentage points in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.42 percentage points in 1978. 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 2020, Tunisia had the 5th highest value of the 11 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 97.3% | 2020 |
| World | 78.85% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 74.5% | 2023 |
Closest to Tunisia in the 2020 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1st of 11: 99.75%
- Uzbekistan — 2nd of 11: 98.09%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 3rd of 11: 97.66%
- China — 5th of 11: 96.79%
- Liechtenstein — 6th of 11: 96.27%
- Kuwait — 7th of 11: 85.74%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. 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 39 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 97.3 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 94.17 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 93.21 |
| 2013 | 93.97 |
| 2012 | 94.13 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 92.68% (2021)
- Bahrain — 96.42% (2023)
- Djibouti — 72.68% (2022)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 99.75% (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 94.67% (2022)
- Israel — 98.18% (2023)
- Jordan — 95.19% (2023)
- Kuwait — 85.74% (2020)
- Lebanon — 92.7% (2022)
More education data for Tunisia
- 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)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tunisia's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?
- 97.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 41.02 percentage points from 56.28% in 1971. The highest value was 97.3% in 2020 and the lowest 48.38% in 1972.
- How does Tunisia rank?
- 5th highest of 11 economies with data for 2020.
- 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.PRSL.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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