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

El Salvador
3.7%
in 2017
Panama
3.3%
in 2016
El Salvador rank
68th
Panama rank
71st

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

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
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How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 68th and Panama ranks 71st of 184 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
1970s 10.3% 13.3% 3.1% Panama
1980s 9.5% 11.7% 2.2% Panama
1990s 6.7% 6.1% 0.6% El Salvador
2000s 6.3% 5.5% 0.8% El Salvador
2010s 5.4% 4.2% 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 Panama?
El Salvador, at 3.7% against 3.3% in Panama as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes between El Salvador and Panama?
0.4%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
27 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 68th and Panama ranks 71st 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.