Lower 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
Lower middle income
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63
Source
Lower middle income | Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
1960
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 14.8262
1971 14.97682
1972 14.5854
1973 13.89704
1974 13.36104
1975 12.94207
1976 12.39313
1977 11.81301
1978 11.34829
1979 10.77177
1980 10.25725
1981 9.53538
1982 8.94085
1983 8.53285
1984 7.86612
1985 7.16025
1986 6.84395
1987 6.24988
1988 6.13511
1989 5.96407
1990 5.85569
1991 5.71344
1992 5.59882
1993 5.46047
1994 5.30732
1995 5.21824
1996 5.08272
1997 4.98939
1998 5.05358
1999 5.04855
2000 5.06879
2001 4.81797
2002 4.70619
2003 4.45204
2004 4.39401
2005 4.66894
2006 4.59112
2007 4.72354
2008 4.67146
2009 4.90812
2010 4.97272
2011 4.8264
2012 3.68449
2013 3.27774
2014 2.81234
2015 2.33449
2016 2.26296
2017 2.17858
2018 2.14206
2019
2020
2021
2022

Lower 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source