Low 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
Low income
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63
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Low income | Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 15.72213
1971 15.85047
1972 15.7767
1973 15.84221
1974 15.412
1975 14.63383
1976 14.37451
1977 14.43631
1978 13.99433
1979 13.92895
1980 13.82102
1981 13.77302
1982 13.90126
1983 13.70679
1984 13.66878
1985 13.73434
1986 14.021
1987 14.50289
1988 14.97761
1989 14.87964
1990 14.71762
1991 14.71393
1992 13.81676
1993 13.80711
1994 14.97482
1995 14.8534
1996 14.43657
1997 13.94443
1998 14.13266
1999 14.10757
2000 14.12464
2001 14.21651
2002 14.18689
2003 14.15378
2004 13.90929
2005 12.08767
2006 11.51386
2007 11.42403
2008 10.77722
2009 11.04289
2010 10.90528
2011 10.77672
2012 10.55972
2013 10.30468
2014 9.67959
2015 9.33906
2016 9.20901
2017 9.16794
2018 9.04789
2019
2020
2021
2022
Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source