| # | Flag | Country | Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 99.94% | 2015 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 99.93% | 2014 | |
| 3 | Finland | 99.8% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Chile | 99.64% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Uruguay | 99.62% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 99.61% | 2013 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 99.52% | 2015 | |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 99.51% | 2015 | |
| 9 | South Korea | 99.45% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 99.44% | 2016 | |
| 11 | Slovenia | 99.34% | 2015 | |
| 12 | Singapore | 99.34% | 2008 | |
| 13 | Spain | 99.33% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Norway | 99.3% | 2016 | |
| 15 | Republic of Ireland | 99.29% | 1994 | |
| 16 | Estonia | 99.28% | 2015 | |
| 17 | Italy | 99.24% | 2015 | |
| 18 | Georgia | 99.22% | 2016 | |
| 19 | Mexico | 99.09% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Canada | 98.9% | 1999 | |
| 21 | Indonesia | 98.88% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Israel | 98.8% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Andorra | 98.8% | 2016 | |
| 24 | Macao | 98.59% | 2009 | |
| 25 | Jordan | 98.47% | 2010 | |
| 26 | Oman | 98.46% | 2016 | |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 98.45% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Iceland | 98.44% | 2011 | |
| 29 | Poland | 98.38% | 2015 | |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.36% | 2016 | |
| 31 | Argentina | 98.26% | 2015 | |
| 32 | Belgium | 98.07% | 2015 | |
| 33 | Montenegro | 98.02% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 97.99% | 2014 | |
| 35 | France | 97.96% | 1999 | |
| 36 | Cyprus | 97.93% | 2014 | |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 97.64% | 2015 | |
| 38 | Morocco | 97.5% | 2016 | |
| 39 | Iran | 97.39% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Egypt | 97.38% | 2016 | |
| 41 | Republic of Macedonia | 97.35% | 2014 | |
| 42 | Bahrain | 97.33% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Mongolia | 97.28% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Liechtenstein | 97.28% | 2015 | |
| 45 | Malaysia | 97.19% | 2016 | |
| 46 | Qatar | 97.16% | 2016 | |
| 47 | Malta | 97.15% | 2014 | |
| 48 | Latvia | 97.11% | 2016 | |
| 49 | Seychelles | 97.07% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Namibia | 96.6% | 2012 | |
| 51 | Mauritius | 96.56% | 2016 | |
| 52 | Cuba | 96.3% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Botswana | 96.3% | 2012 | |
| 54 | Brunei | 96.29% | 2016 | |
| 55 | Tunisia | 96.28% | 2014 | |
| 56 | San Marino | 96.25% | 2011 | |
| 57 | Bolivia | 96.19% | 2016 | |
| 58 | Greece | 96.18% | 2015 | |
| 59 | Aruba | 96% | 2013 | |
| 60 | Vietnam | 95.96% | 2014 | |
| 61 | Lebanon | 95.89% | 2016 | |
| 62 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 95.52% | 2016 | |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 95.24% | 2015 | |
| 64 | Algeria | 94.85% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Bhutan | 94.81% | 2016 | |
| 66 | Belize | 94.77% | 2016 | |
| 67 | Maldives | 94.64% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Guyana | 94.62% | 2011 | |
| 69 | Peru | 94.52% | 2016 | |
| 70 | Barbados | 94.46% | 2010 | |
| 71 | Netherlands | 94.45% | 1984 | |
| 72 | Swaziland | 94.39% | 2015 | |
| 73 | New Caledonia | 94.32% | 1989 | |
| 74 | Jamaica | 94.11% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 94.11% | 2016 | |
| 76 | Thailand | 93.58% | 2016 | |
| 77 | China | 93.57% | 1996 | |
| 78 | Kenya | 93.57% | 2014 | |
| 79 | Albania | 93.18% | 2016 | |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 92.88% | 2013 | |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 92.69% | 2015 | |
| 82 | Ecuador | 92.55% | 2015 | |
| 83 | Fiji | 92.5% | 2015 | |
| 84 | Syria | 92.38% | 2001 | |
| 85 | Kuwait | 92.27% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.07% | 2009 | |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 91.96% | 2012 | |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91.87% | 2016 | |
| 89 | Colombia | 91.68% | 2016 | |
| 90 | Tonga | 91.55% | 2005 | |
| 91 | The Bahamas | 91.36% | 2009 | |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.82% | 2014 | |
| 93 | Philippines | 89.52% | 2015 | |
| 94 | Samoa | 88.9% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Panama | 88.72% | 2013 | |
| 96 | India | 87.74% | 2016 | |
| 97 | Honduras | 87.32% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Venezuela | 87.03% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 86.85% | 2008 | |
| 100 | Paraguay | 86.74% | 2011 | |
| 101 | South Africa | 86.51% | 2015 | |
| 102 | Libya | 86.43% | 1980 | |
| 103 | Ghana | 86.34% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Djibouti | 84.4% | 2013 | |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 83.94% | 2016 | |
| 106 | East Timor | 83.83% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Lesotho | 83.7% | 2015 | |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 83.47% | 2014 | |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 83.41% | 2012 | |
| 110 | Grenada | 83.04% | 2009 | |
| 111 | Guatemala | 82.89% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Sudan | 82.83% | 2016 | |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 81.95% | 1984 | |
| 114 | Monaco | 81.87% | 1991 | |
| 115 | Liberia | 81.69% | 2008 | |
| 116 | Bermuda | 81.37% | 2012 | |
| 117 | Laos | 81.08% | 2016 | |
| 118 | Cambodia | 80.81% | 2016 | |
| 119 | Cayman Islands | 80.8% | 2012 | |
| 120 | Tanzania | 80.77% | 2012 | |
| 121 | Niger | 80.49% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Gambia | 79.18% | 2015 | |
| 123 | El Salvador | 78.83% | 2016 | |
| 124 | Kiribati | 78.57% | 2006 | |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 78.54% | 2016 | |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 78.13% | 2015 | |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 78.03% | 1982 | |
| 128 | Dominica | 78% | 2015 | |
| 129 | Pakistan | 77.27% | 2015 | |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 77.04% | 2016 | |
| 131 | Republic of the Congo | 76.93% | 2007 | |
| 132 | Senegal | 76.81% | 2016 | |
| 133 | Mauritania | 76.67% | 2016 | |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 76.11% | 2008 | |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.02% | 2011 | |
| 136 | Yemen | 75.4% | 2012 | |
| 137 | Myanmar | 75.36% | 2016 | |
| 138 | Ivory Coast | 75.11% | 2016 | |
| 139 | Comoros | 74.62% | 2013 | |
| 140 | Zambia | 74.46% | 2012 | |
| 141 | Nepal | 73.55% | 2016 | |
| 142 | Suriname | 73.19% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Eritrea | 73.08% | 2014 | |
| 144 | Nigeria | 72.4% | 2009 | |
| 145 | Gabon | 72.3% | 2002 | |
| 146 | Portugal | 71.42% | 1974 | |
| 147 | Rwanda | 70.71% | 2016 | |
| 148 | Virgin Islands (British) | 70.3% | 2010 | |
| 149 | Guinea | 66.6% | 2013 | |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 66.2% | 2009 | |
| 151 | Iraq | 65.56% | 1999 | |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 65.19% | 1997 | |
| 153 | Malawi | 64.44% | 2013 | |
| 154 | Togo | 64% | 2014 | |
| 155 | Tuvalu | 61.3% | 2015 | |
| 156 | Uganda | 61.12% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 59.04% | 2016 | |
| 158 | Benin | 57.59% | 2015 | |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 56.7% | 2011 | |
| 160 | Mali | 56.53% | 2012 | |
| 161 | Cameroon | 54.97% | 2016 | |
| 162 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 54.69% | 2014 | |
| 163 | Burundi | 53.81% | 2016 | |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 51.38% | 2007 | |
| 165 | Mozambique | 49.73% | 2014 | |
| 166 | Belarus | 45.74% | 1989 | |
| 167 | Angola | 44.8% | 2009 | |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 44.14% | 2014 | |
| 169 | Haiti | 36.21% | 1985 | |
| 170 | Chad | 35.8% | 2015 | |
| 171 | Madagascar | 35.1% | 2015 | |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.87% | 1987 | |
| 173 | Turkey | 0% | 2014 |