El Salvador vs Greece: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both

El Salvador
1.7%
in 2017
Greece
1.6%
in 2017
El Salvador rank
86th
Greece rank
89th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Greece
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.7% against 1.6% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Greece ahead.

El Salvador ranks 86th and Greece ranks 89th of 161 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Greece in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Greece Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7% 8.0% 7.2% Greece
1980s 0.9% 0.9% 0.1% El Salvador
1990s 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% Greece
2000s 2.3% 1.4% 0.9% El Salvador
2010s 2.0% 1.7% 0.4% El Salvador

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, El Salvador or Greece?
El Salvador, at 1.7% against 1.6% in Greece as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both between El Salvador and Greece?
0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Greece?
22 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Greece rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both?
El Salvador ranks 86th and Greece ranks 89th 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.