High income | Repeaters, primary, female (% of female 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
High income
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63
Source
High income | Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 2.8716
1971 2.92362
1972 2.83518
1973 2.73874
1974 2.64927
1975 2.50892
1976 2.3335
1977 2.38386
1978 2.33162
1979 2.25183
1980 2.20004
1981 2.13298
1982 2.10646
1983 2.08096
1984 1.97975
1985 1.98686
1986 1.91783
1987 1.94212
1988 1.79993
1989 1.7764
1990 1.71259
1991 1.68262
1992 1.60577
1993 1.60943
1994 1.58779
1995 1.57141
1996 1.56918
1997 1.5617
1998 1.53785
1999 1.54916
2000 1.54545
2001 1.51805
2002 1.49548
2003 1.46123
2004 1.45085
2005 1.44585
2006 1.39119
2007 1.34179
2008 1.39097
2009 1.33956
2010 1.32389
2011 1.32244
2012 1.27309
2013 1.26618
2014 1.25057
2015 1.25874
2016 1.27266
2017 1.26204
2018 1.17117
2019
2020
2021
2022

High income | Repeaters, primary, female (% of female 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
High income
Records
63
Source