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

El Salvador
3.7%
in 2017
Luxembourg
3.8%
in 2017
El Salvador rank
68th
Luxembourg rank
66th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Luxembourg
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 3.8% against 3.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 1974 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 68th and Luxembourg ranks 66th of 184 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Luxembourg Difference Ahead
1970s 9.0% 5.7% 3.3% El Salvador
1980s 9.6% 5.7% 3.9% El Salvador
2000s 6.4% 3.5% 2.9% El Salvador
2010s 4.8% 3.7% 1.1% 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, El Salvador or Luxembourg?
Luxembourg, at 3.8% against 3.7% in El Salvador as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes between El Salvador and Luxembourg?
0.1%, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Luxembourg?
16 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Luxembourg rank globally for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 68th and Luxembourg ranks 66th 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.