Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
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63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 15.08885
1971 15.2072
1972 14.90041
1973 14.3541
1974 13.8252
1975 13.29194
1976 12.72622
1977 12.15579
1978 12.12653
1979 11.57226
1980 11.1291
1981 10.44301
1982 9.94064
1983 9.46196
1984 8.83481
1985 8.24352
1986 7.82029
1987 7.29652
1988 7.16595
1989 7.07609
1990 7.10228
1991 7.02732
1992 6.91995
1993 6.66574
1994 6.45264
1995 6.3295
1996 6.092
1997 5.92862
1998 5.98974
1999 6.05072
2000 6.17922
2001 5.75711
2002 5.69814
2003 5.24947
2004 5.20377
2005 5.37041
2006 5.23546
2007 5.26713
2008 5.12487
2009 5.37976
2010 5.39917
2011 5.32498
2012 4.31129
2013 3.81609
2014 3.30972
2015 2.87105
2016 2.72067
2017 2.72573
2018 2.6616
2019
2020
2021
2022
Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source