Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
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63
Source
Low & middle income | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
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1969
1970
1971 12.16678
1972 12.10674
1973 11.75288
1974 11.41889
1975 11.20815
1976 11.06078
1977 10.90525
1978 10.82174
1979 10.46374
1980 10.44747
1981 10.11023
1982 9.93467
1983 9.69604
1984 9.40867
1985 9.0378
1986 8.97863
1987 8.62251
1988 8.54779
1989 8.42438
1990 8.13392
1991 7.91191
1992 7.51079
1993 7.11023
1994 6.93151
1995 6.74067
1996 6.37367
1997 6.09822
1998 6.1489
1999 5.98658
2000 6.01726
2001 5.69097
2002 5.75553
2003 5.6244
2004 5.49993
2005 5.49124
2006 5.41111
2007 5.41596
2008 5.28337
2009 5.4145
2010 5.33121
2011 5.19967
2012 4.63887
2013 4.376
2014 4.02477
2015 3.69349
2016 3.61357
2017 3.63652
2018 3.60614
2019
2020
2021
2022
Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source