Brazil vs Burkina Faso: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both

Brazil
15.8%
in 2010
Burkina Faso
16.7%
in 2018
Brazil rank
21st
Burkina Faso rank
20th

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both over time

  • Brazil
  • Burkina Faso
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 16.7% against 15.8% in Brazil, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 21st and Burkina Faso ranks 20th of 161 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Burkina Faso in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Burkina Faso Difference Ahead
1970s 11.7% 10.2% 1.5% Brazil
1980s 14.8% 14.9% 0.2% Burkina Faso
1990s 14.2% 27.8% 13.6% Burkina Faso
2000s 17.1% 24.2% 7.1% Burkina Faso
2010s 15.8% 25.4% 9.5% Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both, Brazil or Burkina Faso?
Burkina Faso, at 16.7% against 15.8% in Brazil as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both between Brazil and Burkina Faso?
0.9%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Burkina Faso?
15 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2010.
How do Brazil and Burkina Faso rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both?
Brazil ranks 21st and Burkina Faso ranks 20th of 161 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 3 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 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
161 places, 3,005 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.