Benin | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. Development relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources. Limitations and exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills. Statistical concept and methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 18.44611
1972 16.90436
1973 18.33718
1974 20.09095
1975 16.7835
1976 20.28476
1977 20.95282
1978 20.02447
1979 18.11105
1980 23.04987
1981 18.62569
1982 17.1368
1983 21.24912
1984 27.78808
1985 25.22535
1986 26.34609
1987 25.83155
1988 25.95945
1989 25.93185
1990 24.54846
1991 21.16907
1992 22.74816
1993 23.58139
1994 24.52075
1995 24.27993
1996 24.91017
1997 25.13915
1998 23.75915
1999
2000 19.96927
2001 19.90074
2002 20.92196
2003 19.89452
2004 23.00914
2005 16.68869
2006
2007
2008 14.27939
2009
2010 13.44996
2011 10.90059
2012 11.65282
2013 11.26155
2014 11.01254
2015 11.0379
2016 10.22641
2017
2018 15.39962
2019
2020
2021
2022

Benin | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. Development relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources. Limitations and exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills. Statistical concept and methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source