Argentina vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes

Argentina
3.3%
in 2016
El Salvador
3.7%
in 2017
Argentina rank
70th
El Salvador rank
68th

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes over time

  • Argentina
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.7% against 3.3% in Argentina, a difference of 0.4%.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

Argentina ranks 70th and El Salvador ranks 68th of 184 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina El Salvador Difference Ahead
1970s 9.4% 11.3% 1.9% El Salvador
1990s 5.6% 6.3% 0.7% El Salvador
2000s 5.9% 6.4% 0.5% El Salvador
2010s 2.9% 5.2% 2.3% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes, Argentina or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 3.7% against 3.3% in Argentina as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes between Argentina and El Salvador?
0.4%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and El Salvador?
22 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Argentina and El Salvador rank globally for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes?
Argentina ranks 70th and El Salvador ranks 68th of 184 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), 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 primary education (all grades), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 4,392 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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