Uganda's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 35.27% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.9 percentage points from 33.37% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35.27% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 37.85% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 33.37% | 2006 |
| Highest | 53.85% | 2008 |
| Lowest | 23.35% | 2003 |
| Average since 2008 | 37.46% | 2008–2016 |
| First recorded | 47.83% | 1985 |
How it compares
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 35.27% | 2016 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.98% | 2023 |
| Low income | 56.18% | 2023 |
Closest to Uganda in the 2016 ranking
- Venezuela, RB — 3rd of 6: 82.28%
- Nepal — 4th of 6: 73.69%
- Mauritania — 5th of 6: 63.29%
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 12 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 35.27 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 35.15 |
| 2011 | 37.85 |
| 2010 | 25.17 |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | 53.85 |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Benin — 53.9% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 26.53% (2022)
- Burundi — 45.73% (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 94.62% (2021)
- Cameroon — 60.99% (2023)
- Chad — 71.52% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 72.63% (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 63.8% (2021)
- Eritrea — 80.15% (2017)
More education data for Uganda
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 207,238 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.03 (2017)
- Primary education, pupils — 8.84 million (2017)
- Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 42.66 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 106.17% (2017)
- Primary education, pupils (% female) — 50.28% (2017)
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Questions people ask
- What is Uganda's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 35.27% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is down 12.56 percentage points from 47.83% in 1985. The highest value was 53.85% in 2008 and the lowest 23.35% in 2003.
- 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.MA.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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