Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa

Samoa: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male was 0.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.6%
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
135th
of 172 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 2000
All-time low
0.3%
in 2016
Years of data
10
1998–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa, 1998–2018

0.250.50.7511.21998200820181998: 0.421 %2000: 1.4 %2009: 0.798 %2010: 0.655 %2011: 0.701 %2014: 0.414 %2015: 0.617 %2016: 0.327 %2017: 0.582 %2018: 0.575 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa is 0.6%, measured in 2018.

The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa peaked at 1.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2016.

Samoa ranks 135th of 172 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (%) in Samoa, 1998 to 2018.
Year % Change
1998 0.4%
2000 1.4% +225.8%
2009 0.8% -41.8%
2010 0.7% -18.0%
2011 0.7% +7.1%
2014 0.4% -41.0%
2015 0.6% +49.1%
2016 0.3% -47.0%
2017 0.6% +77.9%
2018 0.6% -1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
2000s 1.1% 0.8% 1.4% 2
2010s 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 132 Singapore 0.6% compare
  2. 133 Montenegro 0.6% compare
  3. 134 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.6% compare
  4. 136 Liechtenstein 0.5% compare
  5. 137 Fiji 0.5% compare
  6. 138 Denmark 0.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa?
Repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male in Samoa was 0.6% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2000.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
How does Samoa rank for repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male?
Samoa ranks 135th out of 172 countries with data for 2018.
Is repetition rate in grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Samoa data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
172 places, 3,106 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.