Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador

El Salvador: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education was 1.2% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.2%
Change on year
up 19.7%
World rank
85th
of 153 countries
All-time high
1.7%
in 2012
All-time low
0.3%
in 1992
Years of data
30
1970–2017

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador, 1970–2017

0.511.51970199320171970: 1 %1971: 0.495 %1972: 0.489 %1973: 0.495 %1975: 0.934 %1976: 1.3 %1980: 0.746 %1981: 1.1 %1982: 1.1 %1983: 1.1 %1987: 0.41 %1988: 0.593 %1991: 0.383 %1992: 0.329 %1995: 0.418 %2001: 1.1 %2002: 1 %2005: 1.6 %2006: 1.7 %2007: 1.4 %2008: 1.4 %2009: 1.5 %2010: 1.5 %2011: 1.6 %2012: 1.7 %2013: 1.6 %2014: 1.7 %2015: 1.5 %2016: 0.98 %2017: 1.2 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 1.2% for repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.7% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador peaked at 1.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1992.

That places El Salvador 85th out of 153 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (%) in El Salvador, 1970 to 2017.
Year % Change
1970 1.0%
1971 0.5% -52.1%
1972 0.5% -1.1%
1973 0.5% +1.2%
1975 0.9% +88.7%
1976 1.3% +40.7%
1980 0.7% -43.2%
1981 1.1% +51.3%
1982 1.1% +0.8%
1983 1.1% -4.4%
1987 0.4% -62.3%
1988 0.6% +44.6%
1991 0.4% -35.4%
1992 0.3% -14.2%
1995 0.4% +27.3%
2001 1.1% +154.5%
2002 1.0% -2.4%
2005 1.6% +52.5%
2006 1.7% +4.7%
2007 1.4% -18.6%
2008 1.4% +3.0%
2009 1.5% +10.4%
2010 1.5% -3.4%
2011 1.6% +5.8%
2012 1.7% +9.3%
2013 1.6% -6.2%
2014 1.7% +4.0%
2015 1.5% -7.7%
2016 1.0% -36.6%
2017 1.2% +19.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8% 0.5% 1.3% 6
1980s 0.9% 0.4% 1.1% 6
1990s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 3
2000s 1.4% 1.0% 1.7% 7
2010s 1.5% 1.0% 1.7% 8

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 82 Uganda 1.3% compare
  2. 83 Qatar 1.2% compare
  3. 84 Greece 1.2% compare
  4. 86 Israel 1.2% compare
  5. 87 Kuwait 1.1% compare
  6. 88 Costa Rica 1.1% compare

See the full ranking of 153 places →

More reference data data for El Salvador

All data for El Salvador →

Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador?
Repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador was 1.2% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2012.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1992.
How does El Salvador rank for repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education?
El Salvador ranks 85th out of 153 countries with data for 2017.
Is repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 30 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-lower-secondary-general-education-female-percent/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-lower-secondary-general-education-female-percent/el-salvador/">Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education in El Salvador</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
153 places, 2,512 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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