| # | Flag | Country | Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Ireland | 100% | 1994 | |
| 2 | Japan | 99.99% | 2015 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 99.94% | 2014 | |
| 4 | Chile | 99.9% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Uruguay | 99.9% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Finland | 99.9% | 2015 | |
| 7 | Indonesia | 99.78% | 2016 | |
| 8 | Montenegro | 99.77% | 2016 | |
| 9 | Aruba | 99.74% | 2013 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 99.71% | 2013 | |
| 11 | Slovenia | 99.59% | 2015 | |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 99.56% | 2015 | |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 99.55% | 2016 | |
| 14 | Canada | 99.49% | 1999 | |
| 15 | South Korea | 99.45% | 2015 | |
| 16 | Singapore | 99.44% | 2008 | |
| 17 | Spain | 99.36% | 2015 | |
| 18 | Jordan | 99.33% | 2010 | |
| 19 | Italy | 99.26% | 2015 | |
| 20 | Macao | 99.25% | 2009 | |
| 21 | Georgia | 99.23% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Estonia | 99.19% | 2015 | |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 99.14% | 2016 | |
| 24 | Iceland | 99.11% | 2011 | |
| 25 | Norway | 99.02% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Andorra | 98.82% | 2016 | |
| 27 | Belgium | 98.75% | 2015 | |
| 28 | Oman | 98.64% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Poland | 98.54% | 2015 | |
| 30 | Malta | 98.48% | 2014 | |
| 31 | Mexico | 98.42% | 2016 | |
| 32 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 98.37% | 2014 | |
| 33 | Bahrain | 98.24% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Vietnam | 98.12% | 2014 | |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.08% | 2016 | |
| 36 | San Marino | 98.06% | 2011 | |
| 37 | Morocco | 97.97% | 2016 | |
| 38 | Malaysia | 97.91% | 2016 | |
| 39 | Israel | 97.91% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Argentina | 97.91% | 2015 | |
| 41 | Egypt | 97.86% | 2016 | |
| 42 | Lebanon | 97.85% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Latvia | 97.84% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Cyprus | 97.66% | 2014 | |
| 45 | Mongolia | 97.66% | 2016 | |
| 46 | Botswana | 97.5% | 2012 | |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 97.38% | 2016 | |
| 48 | Seychelles | 97.35% | 2015 | |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 97.26% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Swaziland | 97.23% | 2015 | |
| 51 | Mauritius | 97.2% | 2016 | |
| 52 | Bhutan | 97.16% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Belize | 97.06% | 2016 | |
| 54 | Bolivia | 96.99% | 2016 | |
| 55 | Namibia | 96.93% | 2012 | |
| 56 | Guyana | 96.85% | 2011 | |
| 57 | Cuba | 96.61% | 2016 | |
| 58 | Brunei | 96.49% | 2016 | |
| 59 | Iran | 96.44% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Qatar | 96.23% | 2016 | |
| 61 | Netherlands | 96.21% | 1984 | |
| 62 | Republic of Macedonia | 96.06% | 2013 | |
| 63 | Greece | 96.06% | 2015 | |
| 64 | Algeria | 95.98% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Tunisia | 95.95% | 2014 | |
| 66 | Peru | 94.49% | 2016 | |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 94.17% | 1989 | |
| 68 | Colombia | 93.98% | 2016 | |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93.93% | 2009 | |
| 70 | China | 93.74% | 1996 | |
| 71 | Albania | 93.68% | 2016 | |
| 72 | Jamaica | 93.64% | 2016 | |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 93.47% | 2015 | |
| 74 | Thailand | 93.4% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Bermuda | 93.31% | 2010 | |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 93.17% | 2012 | |
| 77 | Fiji | 93.17% | 2015 | |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93.16% | 2015 | |
| 79 | Ecuador | 93.1% | 2015 | |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 92.9% | 2013 | |
| 81 | South Africa | 92.76% | 2015 | |
| 82 | Maldives | 91.94% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Syria | 91.78% | 2001 | |
| 84 | Philippines | 91.72% | 2015 | |
| 85 | Tonga | 91.58% | 2005 | |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 91.5% | 2013 | |
| 87 | Barbados | 91.04% | 2010 | |
| 88 | Panama | 90.34% | 2013 | |
| 89 | The Bahamas | 89.9% | 2009 | |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.58% | 2014 | |
| 91 | Lesotho | 89.45% | 2015 | |
| 92 | France | 89.06% | 1971 | |
| 93 | Honduras | 88.73% | 2016 | |
| 94 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 88.52% | 2010 | |
| 95 | Paraguay | 88.16% | 2011 | |
| 96 | Grenada | 87.63% | 2009 | |
| 97 | Venezuela | 87.44% | 2016 | |
| 98 | India | 87.15% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Tanzania | 86.8% | 2012 | |
| 100 | Ghana | 86.72% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Kuwait | 86.09% | 2016 | |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 85.62% | 2014 | |
| 103 | Libya | 85.49% | 1980 | |
| 104 | East Timor | 84.76% | 2015 | |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 84.71% | 2012 | |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 84.64% | 2016 | |
| 107 | Samoa | 84.51% | 2016 | |
| 108 | Ivory Coast | 84.07% | 2015 | |
| 109 | Guatemala | 83.85% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Sudan | 83.72% | 2016 | |
| 111 | Kenya | 82.76% | 2004 | |
| 112 | Cambodia | 82.62% | 2016 | |
| 113 | Laos | 82.57% | 2016 | |
| 114 | Niger | 81.94% | 2016 | |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 81.84% | 2008 | |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 81.36% | 2016 | |
| 117 | Gambia | 80.52% | 2015 | |
| 118 | El Salvador | 80.5% | 2016 | |
| 119 | Senegal | 79.6% | 2016 | |
| 120 | Republic of the Congo | 79.35% | 2007 | |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 78.66% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 78.17% | 2004 | |
| 123 | Liechtenstein | 78.08% | 2009 | |
| 124 | Comoros | 78.03% | 2013 | |
| 125 | Dominica | 77.73% | 2014 | |
| 126 | Suriname | 76.9% | 2016 | |
| 127 | Liberia | 76.79% | 2008 | |
| 128 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.63% | 2011 | |
| 129 | Mauritania | 75.31% | 2012 | |
| 130 | Pakistan | 75.1% | 2015 | |
| 131 | Kiribati | 75.03% | 2005 | |
| 132 | Nigeria | 74.94% | 2009 | |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 74.46% | 2008 | |
| 134 | Eritrea | 74.41% | 2014 | |
| 135 | Myanmar | 74.06% | 2016 | |
| 136 | Monaco | 73.58% | 1991 | |
| 137 | Rwanda | 73.54% | 2016 | |
| 138 | Nepal | 73.41% | 2016 | |
| 139 | Zambia | 73.3% | 2012 | |
| 140 | Switzerland | 73.24% | 1986 | |
| 141 | Yemen | 72.93% | 2012 | |
| 142 | Portugal | 71.68% | 1974 | |
| 143 | Djibouti | 70.78% | 2012 | |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 70.64% | 2009 | |
| 145 | Mali | 67.68% | 2011 | |
| 146 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 67.6% | 2014 | |
| 147 | Guinea | 65% | 2013 | |
| 148 | Malawi | 64.99% | 2013 | |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 63.97% | 1997 | |
| 150 | Togo | 63.93% | 2014 | |
| 151 | Iraq | 63.34% | 1999 | |
| 152 | Uganda | 62.16% | 2016 | |
| 153 | Gabon | 61.92% | 1995 | |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 60.72% | 1980 | |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 59.62% | 2016 | |
| 156 | Tuvalu | 57.58% | 2015 | |
| 157 | Benin | 57.34% | 2015 | |
| 158 | Burundi | 56.48% | 2016 | |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 55.99% | 2011 | |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 55.16% | 2007 | |
| 161 | Cameroon | 55.16% | 2016 | |
| 162 | Mozambique | 48.24% | 2014 | |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 45.19% | 2014 | |
| 164 | Haiti | 38.97% | 1985 | |
| 165 | Angola | 36.58% | 2009 | |
| 166 | Madagascar | 36.1% | 2015 | |
| 167 | Chad | 33.99% | 2015 | |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.59% | 1987 | |
| 169 | Turkey | 0% | 2014 |