Lower middle income | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total 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, total (% of total enrollment)
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
14.65695 1970
14.62087 1971
14.10361 1972
13.48211 1973
12.89925 1974
12.50969 1975
11.9761 1976
11.43891 1977
11.00569 1978
10.48877 1979
9.95439 1980
9.29432 1981
8.71862 1982
8.3247 1983
7.69363 1984
7.02214 1985
6.74377 1986
6.14765 1987
6.0252 1988
5.85768 1989
5.80508 1990
5.67176 1991
5.56404 1992
5.43459 1993
5.28805 1994
5.16745 1995
5.0797 1996
4.96358 1997
4.97822 1998
4.94635 1999
4.91033 2000
4.70492 2001
4.54325 2002
4.28758 2003
4.2249 2004
4.4247 2005
4.32073 2006
4.44959 2007
4.38748 2008
4.61961 2009
4.69971 2010
4.62202 2011
3.49164 2012
3.09149 2013
2.64587 2014
2.171 2015
2.08012 2016
2.01358 2017
1.96032 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Lower middle income | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total 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