Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Latin America & Caribbean
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
16.10582 1970
14.65635 1971
15.47815 1972
15.40979 1973
14.87844 1974
14.27061 1975
14.30694 1976
14.44081 1977
15.25903 1978
14.05241 1979
15.7836 1980
15.46584 1981
15.43407 1982
15.05496 1983
14.80562 1984
14.47617 1985
14.54498 1986
13.84487 1987
13.7931 1988
13.581 1989
13.88689 1990
13.3679 1991
13.45812 1992
12.69675 1993
12.80756 1994
13.32791 1995
13.09855 1996
12.73914 1997
13.15098 1998
12.73877 1999
12.82396 2000
11.72095 2001
11.44474 2002
10.94215 2003
10.76412 2004
10.27734 2005
9.42558 2006
8.41399 2007
7.63184 2008
7.00667 2009
6.52751 2010
6.30912 2011
6.13926 2012
5.6199 2013
4.88256 2014
4.74544 2015
4.53564 2016
4.76392 2017
4.85192 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Latin America & Caribbean
Records
63
Source