| # | Flag | Country | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 99.89% | 2015 | |
| 2 | Finland | 99.62% | 2015 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 99.61% | 2014 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 99.57% | 2017 | |
| 5 | Austria | 99.52% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 99.47% | 2015 | |
| 7 | Israel | 99.44% | 2016 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 99.42% | 2013 | |
| 9 | South Korea | 99.4% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Norway | 99.38% | 2016 | |
| 11 | Mexico | 99.37% | 2016 | |
| 12 | Uruguay | 99.36% | 2015 | |
| 13 | Estonia | 99.36% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Italy | 99.22% | 2015 | |
| 15 | Chile | 99.21% | 2016 | |
| 16 | Spain | 99.2% | 2015 | |
| 17 | Slovakia | 98.77% | 2015 | |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 98.76% | 2016 | |
| 19 | Georgia | 98.72% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Serbia | 98.68% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.61% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 98.59% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 98.57% | 2016 | |
| 24 | Singapore | 98.54% | 2008 | |
| 25 | Kuwait | 98.53% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Slovenia | 98.4% | 2015 | |
| 27 | Hungary | 98.39% | 2015 | |
| 28 | Canada | 98.34% | 1999 | |
| 29 | Cyprus | 98.17% | 2014 | |
| 30 | Belarus | 98.12% | 2016 | |
| 31 | Ukraine | 97.99% | 2016 | |
| 32 | Lithuania | 97.99% | 2015 | |
| 33 | Oman | 97.82% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 97.77% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Poland | 97.73% | 2015 | |
| 36 | Iran | 97.63% | 2016 | |
| 37 | Macao | 97.6% | 2008 | |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.45% | 2016 | |
| 39 | Maldives | 97.16% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Croatia | 97.08% | 2015 | |
| 41 | Argentina | 97.06% | 2015 | |
| 42 | Qatar | 97.05% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Jordan | 97.04% | 2010 | |
| 44 | Mongolia | 96.92% | 2016 | |
| 45 | Iceland | 96.87% | 2011 | |
| 46 | Russia | 96.84% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 96.74% | 2007 | |
| 48 | Germany | 96.69% | 2012 | |
| 49 | Republic of Macedonia | 96.66% | 2013 | |
| 50 | Montenegro | 96.49% | 2016 | |
| 51 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 96.38% | 2014 | |
| 52 | Indonesia | 96.33% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Seychelles | 96.32% | 2015 | |
| 54 | Greece | 96.23% | 2015 | |
| 55 | Egypt | 95.84% | 2016 | |
| 56 | Cuba | 95.77% | 2016 | |
| 57 | Moldova | 95.68% | 2016 | |
| 58 | Latvia | 95.61% | 2016 | |
| 59 | Malaysia | 95.49% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Bahrain | 95.42% | 2016 | |
| 61 | San Marino | 94.85% | 2011 | |
| 62 | Malta | 94.82% | 2014 | |
| 63 | Morocco | 94.73% | 2016 | |
| 64 | Mauritius | 94.55% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Bermuda | 94.48% | 2002 | |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 94.46% | 1989 | |
| 67 | Armenia | 94.08% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Barbados | 94.05% | 2003 | |
| 69 | Vietnam | 94.04% | 2014 | |
| 70 | Brunei | 94.02% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Ecuador | 93.84% | 2012 | |
| 72 | Romania | 93.84% | 2011 | |
| 73 | Bolivia | 93.81% | 2016 | |
| 74 | Algeria | 93.78% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 93.56% | 2015 | |
| 76 | China | 93.42% | 1996 | |
| 77 | Jamaica | 93.12% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Peru | 93.08% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Syria | 92.91% | 2011 | |
| 80 | Albania | 92.73% | 2016 | |
| 81 | Tunisia | 92.73% | 2014 | |
| 82 | Botswana | 92.69% | 2012 | |
| 83 | Aruba | 92.39% | 2013 | |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 92.36% | 2015 | |
| 85 | Thailand | 92.28% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Netherlands | 92.24% | 1984 | |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91.51% | 2015 | |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 91.4% | 2016 | |
| 89 | The Bahamas | 91.38% | 2009 | |
| 90 | Monaco | 91.24% | 1991 | |
| 91 | Lebanon | 90.95% | 2016 | |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 90.82% | 2012 | |
| 93 | Belize | 90.79% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Samoa | 90.66% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 90.2% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Fiji | 90.01% | 2015 | |
| 97 | Guyana | 89.8% | 2011 | |
| 98 | Colombia | 89.59% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Tonga | 89.44% | 2005 | |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 89.19% | 2015 | |
| 101 | Namibia | 88.98% | 2012 | |
| 102 | India | 88.29% | 2016 | |
| 103 | Turkey | 88.24% | 2014 | |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 87.32% | 2008 | |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 86.94% | 2009 | |
| 106 | Panama | 85.09% | 2013 | |
| 107 | France | 84.83% | 1971 | |
| 108 | Philippines | 84.81% | 2015 | |
| 109 | Bhutan | 84.55% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Libya | 84.44% | 1980 | |
| 111 | Ivory Coast | 82.89% | 2015 | |
| 112 | Paraguay | 82.51% | 2011 | |
| 113 | Venezuela | 82.28% | 2016 | |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 81.8% | 2013 | |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 81.25% | 2009 | |
| 116 | Dominica | 81.12% | 2014 | |
| 117 | Honduras | 80.84% | 2016 | |
| 118 | Ghana | 80.83% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Djibouti | 80.35% | 2012 | |
| 120 | Laos | 79.72% | 2016 | |
| 121 | Pakistan | 79.03% | 2015 | |
| 122 | East Timor | 78.77% | 2015 | |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 78.71% | 2014 | |
| 124 | Guatemala | 77.61% | 2016 | |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 77.4% | 2016 | |
| 126 | Myanmar | 76.52% | 2016 | |
| 127 | Swaziland | 76.36% | 2015 | |
| 128 | Belgium | 75.74% | 1987 | |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 75.48% | 2012 | |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 74.76% | 1977 | |
| 131 | Kenya | 74.01% | 2003 | |
| 132 | Cambodia | 73.87% | 2016 | |
| 133 | Sudan | 73.8% | 2016 | |
| 134 | Nepal | 73.69% | 2016 | |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 73.53% | 2008 | |
| 136 | Liberia | 73.26% | 2008 | |
| 137 | Gambia | 72.98% | 2015 | |
| 138 | Kiribati | 72.66% | 2003 | |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.16% | 2011 | |
| 140 | El Salvador | 72.14% | 2016 | |
| 141 | Eritrea | 71.98% | 2014 | |
| 142 | Yemen | 71.8% | 2012 | |
| 143 | South Africa | 70.62% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Republic of the Congo | 70.6% | 2007 | |
| 145 | Andorra | 68.56% | 2016 | |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 67.74% | 2016 | |
| 147 | Guinea | 66.68% | 2013 | |
| 148 | Portugal | 65.49% | 1974 | |
| 149 | Mauritania | 64.91% | 2012 | |
| 150 | Comoros | 64.64% | 2013 | |
| 151 | Mali | 63.55% | 2011 | |
| 152 | Niger | 63.39% | 2013 | |
| 153 | Nigeria | 62.48% | 2009 | |
| 154 | Suriname | 62.14% | 2016 | |
| 155 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 62.04% | 2008 | |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 61.95% | 2009 | |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 60.81% | 2016 | |
| 158 | Lesotho | 59.41% | 2015 | |
| 159 | Tanzania | 57.84% | 2012 | |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 57.63% | 1997 | |
| 161 | Senegal | 57.32% | 2016 | |
| 162 | Zambia | 57.26% | 2012 | |
| 163 | Togo | 55.21% | 2014 | |
| 164 | Switzerland | 54.52% | 1986 | |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 54.38% | 2015 | |
| 166 | Malawi | 53.53% | 2013 | |
| 167 | Gabon | 51.84% | 1995 | |
| 168 | Iraq | 51.45% | 1999 | |
| 169 | Rwanda | 50.95% | 2016 | |
| 170 | Benin | 48.53% | 2015 | |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 47.35% | 2011 | |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 46.97% | 2016 | |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 44.71% | 2007 | |
| 174 | Cameroon | 41.17% | 2016 | |
| 175 | Burundi | 40.45% | 2016 | |
| 176 | Brazil | 37.4% | 1973 | |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 37.34% | 2014 | |
| 178 | Angola | 36.55% | 2009 | |
| 179 | Uganda | 35.27% | 2016 | |
| 180 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 34.41% | 2014 | |
| 181 | Mozambique | 34.25% | 2014 | |
| 182 | Madagascar | 34.1% | 2015 | |
| 183 | Haiti | 30.87% | 1985 | |
| 184 | Chad | 30.48% | 2015 | |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.99% | 1987 |