Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
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63
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Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
12.10804 1970
12.17138 1971
12.38355 1972
11.51378 1973
11.50956 1974
12.03096 1975
12.23606 1976
12.08148 1977
12.11102 1978
12.53361 1979
12.17912 1980
12.68074 1981
11.87722 1982
11.87385 1983
11.85537 1984
10.51369 1985
9.96013 1986
10.49342 1987
9.91106 1988
9.66532 1989
9.65382 1990
9.50645 1991
9.57978 1992
8.88294 1993
8.69109 1994
8.65673 1995
8.43472 1996
8.51162 1997
8.4637 1998
8.39924 1999
8.67352 2000
8.0251 2001
7.56461 2002
7.13713 2003
6.63029 2004
6.36239 2005
6.75832 2006
7.16633 2007
6.91296 2008
7.12133 2009
6.8122 2010
6.62122 2011
6.37584 2012
6.35691 2013
6.41027 2014
6.06129 2015
6.24828 2016
6.06802 2017
5.92468 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source