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

El Salvador
4.7%
in 2017
Guatemala
5.3%
in 2018
El Salvador rank
52nd
Guatemala rank
49th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
0246199920082018

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 5.3% against 4.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.6%.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Guatemala ahead.

El Salvador ranks 52nd and Guatemala ranks 49th 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 Guatemala Difference Ahead
2000s 5.4% 3.5% 1.9% El Salvador
2010s 5.6% 5.4% 0.2% 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 Guatemala?
Guatemala, at 5.3% against 4.7% in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) between El Salvador and Guatemala?
0.6%, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
14 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades)?
El Salvador ranks 52nd and Guatemala ranks 49th of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%). 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), male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 1,981 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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