Ethiopia vs Zambia: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education

Ethiopia
6.3%
in 2014
Zambia
6.1%
in 2012
Ethiopia rank
46th
Zambia rank
47th

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Zambia
05101520197519942014

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 6.3% against 6.1% in Zambia, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zambia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 46th and Zambia ranks 47th of 172 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Zambia Difference Ahead
2000s 10.4% 4.4% 6.1% Ethiopia
2010s 13.8% 6.3% 7.5% Ethiopia

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, Ethiopia or Zambia?
Ethiopia, at 6.3% against 6.1% in Zambia as of 2014.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education between Ethiopia and Zambia?
0.2%, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2010.
How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education?
Ethiopia ranks 46th and Zambia ranks 47th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ethiopia vs Zambia: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-lower-secondary-general-education-female-percent/ethiopia/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-lower-secondary-general-education-female-percent/ethiopia/zambia/">Ethiopia vs Zambia: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
172 places, 3,110 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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