El Salvador vs Zambia: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both

El Salvador
5.4%
in 2017
Zambia
5.8%
in 2012
El Salvador rank
64th
Zambia rank
61st

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both over time

  • El Salvador
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 5.8% against 5.4% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 61st of 178 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 1.3% 0.0% 1.2% El Salvador
1980s 1.8% 0.1% 1.8% El Salvador
2000s 6.6% 4.8% 1.8% El Salvador
2010s 7.0% 5.9% 1.1% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both, El Salvador or Zambia?
Zambia, at 5.8% against 5.4% in El Salvador as of 2012.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both between El Salvador and Zambia?
0.4%, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Zambia?
11 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2012.
How do El Salvador and Zambia rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both?
El Salvador ranks 64th and Zambia ranks 61st of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,631 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.