Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico

Mexico: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male was 0.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
up 53.8%
World rank
116th
of 153 countries
All-time high
1.2%
in 1993
All-time low
0.5%
in 2016
Years of data
20
1992–2017

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico, 1992–2017

00.250.50.7511.21992200420171992: 1.1 %1993: 1.2 %1994: 0.92 %1996: 1.1 %2002: 0.862 %2003: 0.814 %2004: 0.93 %2005: 0.905 %2006: 0.764 %2007: 0.789 %2008: 0.79 %2009: 0.652 %2010: 0.722 %2011: 0.698 %2012: 0.698 %2013: 0.65 %2014: 0.499 %2015: 0.514 %2016: 0.456 %2017: 0.701 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2017, repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico stood at 0.7%.

That represents a change of up 53.8% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico peaked at 1.2% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2016.

That places Mexico 116th out of 153 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (%) in Mexico, 1992 to 2017.
Year % Change
1992 1.1%
1993 1.2% +16.1%
1994 0.9% -24.9%
1996 1.1% +21.9%
2002 0.9% -23.2%
2003 0.8% -5.5%
2004 0.9% +14.2%
2005 0.9% -2.7%
2006 0.8% -15.6%
2007 0.8% +3.2%
2008 0.8% +0.2%
2009 0.7% -17.4%
2010 0.7% +10.7%
2011 0.7% -3.3%
2012 0.7% -0.1%
2013 0.6% -6.9%
2014 0.5% -23.2%
2015 0.5% +3.0%
2016 0.5% -11.2%
2017 0.7% +53.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.1% 0.9% 1.2% 4
2000s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 8
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 8

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  3. 115 Myanmar 0.7% compare
  4. 117 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% compare
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  6. 119 Lithuania 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico?
Repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male in Mexico was 0.7% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 1993.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
How does Mexico rank for repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male?
Mexico ranks 116th out of 153 countries with data for 2017.
Is repetition rate in grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mexico 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
153 places, 2,514 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.