El Salvador vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male

El Salvador
4.4%
in 2017
Lao People's Democratic Republic
4.6%
in 2018
El Salvador rank
63rd
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
62nd

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

  • El Salvador
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 4.6% against 4.4% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

El Salvador ranks 63rd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 62nd of 181 countries.

Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1990s 7.7% 27.1% 19.4% Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 7.4% 19.1% 11.7% Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 6.1% 8.0% 1.9% Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male, El Salvador or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 4.6% against 4.4% in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male between El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
0.2%, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
22 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male?
El Salvador ranks 63rd and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 62nd of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%). 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), male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 3,893 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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