| # | Flag | Country | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 99.93% | 2015 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 99.77% | 2014 | |
| 3 | Finland | 99.75% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 99.56% | 2013 | |
| 5 | Austria | 99.55% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Chile | 99.55% | 2016 | |
| 7 | Uruguay | 99.52% | 2015 | |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 99.51% | 2015 | |
| 9 | South Korea | 99.4% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 99.36% | 2015 | |
| 11 | Spain | 99.28% | 2015 | |
| 12 | Italy | 99.24% | 2015 | |
| 13 | Estonia | 99.2% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 99.18% | 2017 | |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 99.17% | 2016 | |
| 16 | Norway | 99.1% | 2016 | |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 98.96% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Slovenia | 98.94% | 2015 | |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 98.84% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Georgia | 98.78% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Slovakia | 98.69% | 2015 | |
| 22 | Singapore | 98.68% | 2008 | |
| 23 | Mexico | 98.66% | 2016 | |
| 24 | Canada | 98.59% | 1999 | |
| 25 | Israel | 98.58% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Serbia | 98.53% | 2016 | |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 98.45% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Hungary | 98.43% | 2015 | |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.36% | 2016 | |
| 30 | Macao | 98.27% | 2009 | |
| 31 | Lithuania | 98.24% | 2015 | |
| 32 | Ukraine | 98.21% | 2016 | |
| 33 | Oman | 98.14% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Montenegro | 98.02% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Poland | 98% | 2015 | |
| 36 | France | 97.96% | 1999 | |
| 37 | Iceland | 97.92% | 2011 | |
| 38 | Jordan | 97.9% | 2010 | |
| 39 | Belarus | 97.87% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Cyprus | 97.61% | 2014 | |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.61% | 2016 | |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 97.59% | 2015 | |
| 43 | Indonesia | 97.58% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Argentina | 97.48% | 2015 | |
| 45 | Croatia | 97.38% | 2015 | |
| 46 | Republic of Macedonia | 97.35% | 2014 | |
| 47 | Mongolia | 97.28% | 2016 | |
| 48 | Liechtenstein | 97.28% | 2015 | |
| 49 | Russia | 97.22% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Seychelles | 96.82% | 2015 | |
| 51 | Malta | 96.57% | 2014 | |
| 52 | Bahrain | 96.57% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Germany | 96.48% | 2012 | |
| 54 | Latvia | 96.44% | 2016 | |
| 55 | Egypt | 96.42% | 2016 | |
| 56 | Malaysia | 96.38% | 2016 | |
| 57 | San Marino | 96.25% | 2011 | |
| 58 | Qatar | 96.19% | 2016 | |
| 59 | Greece | 95.97% | 2015 | |
| 60 | Vietnam | 95.96% | 2014 | |
| 61 | Iran | 95.95% | 2016 | |
| 62 | Aruba | 95.94% | 2013 | |
| 63 | Cuba | 95.76% | 2016 | |
| 64 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 95.39% | 2014 | |
| 65 | Morocco | 95.05% | 2016 | |
| 66 | Mauritius | 95.04% | 2016 | |
| 67 | Moldova | 94.99% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Algeria | 94.85% | 2016 | |
| 69 | Bolivia | 94.68% | 2016 | |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 94.6% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 94.41% | 2015 | |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 94.32% | 1989 | |
| 73 | Netherlands | 94.12% | 1984 | |
| 74 | Romania | 94.05% | 2011 | |
| 75 | Lebanon | 94.03% | 2016 | |
| 76 | Botswana | 94.01% | 2012 | |
| 77 | Ecuador | 93.72% | 2012 | |
| 78 | Armenia | 93.58% | 2016 | |
| 79 | China | 93.57% | 1996 | |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 93.49% | 2015 | |
| 81 | Jamaica | 93.38% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Barbados | 93.37% | 2010 | |
| 83 | Maldives | 93.33% | 2016 | |
| 84 | Tunisia | 93.21% | 2014 | |
| 85 | Brunei | 93.18% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Albania | 93.18% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Syria | 93.16% | 2011 | |
| 88 | Peru | 93.09% | 2016 | |
| 89 | Kenya | 93% | 2014 | |
| 90 | Belize | 93% | 2016 | |
| 91 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 92.69% | 2016 | |
| 92 | Saint Lucia | 92.52% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Kuwait | 92.27% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Thailand | 92.21% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Guyana | 92.19% | 2011 | |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 91.96% | 2012 | |
| 97 | Colombia | 91.68% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 91.32% | 2007 | |
| 99 | Fiji | 91.22% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Namibia | 90.59% | 2012 | |
| 101 | Tonga | 90.39% | 2005 | |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 90.06% | 2015 | |
| 103 | The Bahamas | 89.5% | 2009 | |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89.39% | 2009 | |
| 105 | Bhutan | 88.72% | 2016 | |
| 106 | Turkey | 87.99% | 2014 | |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.82% | 2016 | |
| 108 | India | 87.74% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Philippines | 87.52% | 2015 | |
| 110 | Grenada | 86.89% | 1984 | |
| 111 | Samoa | 86.81% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Panama | 85.96% | 2013 | |
| 113 | Djibouti | 84.4% | 2013 | |
| 114 | Bermuda | 84.24% | 2005 | |
| 115 | Paraguay | 84.15% | 2011 | |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 83.47% | 2008 | |
| 117 | Venezuela | 82.96% | 2016 | |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 82.93% | 2013 | |
| 119 | Honduras | 82.69% | 2016 | |
| 120 | Monaco | 81.87% | 1991 | |
| 121 | Libya | 81.64% | 1980 | |
| 122 | Ghana | 81.59% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Laos | 81.08% | 2016 | |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 81.08% | 2014 | |
| 125 | Brazil | 80.62% | 2003 | |
| 126 | East Timor | 80.55% | 2015 | |
| 127 | Swaziland | 80.32% | 2015 | |
| 128 | South Africa | 79.7% | 2015 | |
| 129 | Dominica | 79.5% | 2014 | |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 79.04% | 2016 | |
| 131 | Kiribati | 78.91% | 2003 | |
| 132 | Guatemala | 78.4% | 2016 | |
| 133 | Belgium | 77.78% | 1987 | |
| 134 | Pakistan | 77.27% | 2015 | |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 76.93% | 2012 | |
| 136 | Cambodia | 76.25% | 2016 | |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 75.57% | 1984 | |
| 138 | Myanmar | 75.36% | 2016 | |
| 139 | Sudan | 75.19% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Gambia | 75.05% | 2015 | |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 74.65% | 2004 | |
| 142 | El Salvador | 74.29% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Saudi Arabia | 74.18% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Nepal | 73.55% | 2016 | |
| 145 | Ivory Coast | 73.26% | 2016 | |
| 146 | Eritrea | 73.08% | 2014 | |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.07% | 2011 | |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 71.45% | 2008 | |
| 149 | Mauritania | 71.16% | 2016 | |
| 150 | Comoros | 70.9% | 2013 | |
| 151 | Republic of the Congo | 70.29% | 2007 | |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 69.87% | 2016 | |
| 153 | Yemen | 69.47% | 2012 | |
| 154 | Lesotho | 69.28% | 2015 | |
| 155 | Andorra | 69.27% | 2016 | |
| 156 | Suriname | 68.39% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Liberia | 67.77% | 2008 | |
| 158 | Portugal | 66.4% | 1974 | |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 66.2% | 2009 | |
| 160 | Guinea | 65.89% | 2013 | |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 65.64% | 2016 | |
| 162 | Niger | 64.4% | 2013 | |
| 163 | Nigeria | 64.38% | 2009 | |
| 164 | Tanzania | 64.29% | 2012 | |
| 165 | Senegal | 62.06% | 2016 | |
| 166 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 1982 | |
| 167 | Mali | 61.59% | 2011 | |
| 168 | Gabon | 59.81% | 2002 | |
| 169 | Rwanda | 57.06% | 2016 | |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 56.18% | 1997 | |
| 171 | Zambia | 55.49% | 2012 | |
| 172 | Togo | 54.15% | 2014 | |
| 173 | Malawi | 54.07% | 2013 | |
| 174 | Tuvalu | 51.75% | 2015 | |
| 175 | Iraq | 49.5% | 1999 | |
| 176 | Nicaragua | 48.41% | 2007 | |
| 177 | Benin | 47.49% | 2015 | |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 47.03% | 2016 | |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 46.56% | 2011 | |
| 180 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 45.26% | 2014 | |
| 181 | Burundi | 43.23% | 2016 | |
| 182 | Cameroon | 41.21% | 2016 | |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 38.25% | 2014 | |
| 184 | Uganda | 35.5% | 2016 | |
| 185 | Madagascar | 35.1% | 2015 | |
| 186 | Mozambique | 33.23% | 2014 | |
| 187 | Haiti | 32.23% | 1985 | |
| 188 | Angola | 31.87% | 2009 | |
| 189 | Chad | 28.56% | 2015 | |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.43% | 1987 |