Argentina vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes over time
- Argentina
- El Salvador
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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About this data
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.