El Salvador vs Greece: Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades)

El Salvador
3.6%
in 2017
Greece
3.4%
in 2017
El Salvador rank
57th
Greece rank
60th

Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Greece
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.6% against 3.4% in Greece, a difference of 0.2%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2005 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 57th and Greece ranks 60th of 156 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Greece Difference Ahead
2000s 4.9% 3.7% 1.2% El Salvador
2010s 4.4% 3.5% 0.9% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), El Salvador or Greece?
El Salvador, at 3.6% against 3.4% in Greece as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) between El Salvador and Greece?
0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Greece?
10 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Greece rank globally for repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades)?
El Salvador ranks 57th and Greece ranks 60th of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 2,040 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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