Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname

Suriname: Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male was 23.1% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
23.1%
Change on year
down 10.9%
World rank
10th
of 68 countries
All-time high
34.3%
in 2007
All-time low
13.7%
in 1977
Years of data
13
1976–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname, 1976–2018

01020301976199720181976: 16.1 %1977: 13.7 %2007: 34.3 %2008: 29.4 %2010: 24 %2011: 24.4 %2012: 21.8 %2013: 26 %2014: 23.2 %2015: 22 %2016: 26.7 %2017: 26 %2018: 23.1 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 23.1% for repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname peaked at 34.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 1977.

Suriname ranks 10th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male (%) in Suriname, 1976 to 2018.
Year % Change
1976 16.1%
1977 13.7% -15.2%
2007 34.3% +150.8%
2008 29.4% -14.2%
2010 24.0% -18.4%
2011 24.4% +1.5%
2012 21.8% -10.4%
2013 26.0% +18.8%
2014 23.2% -10.8%
2015 22.0% -4.9%
2016 26.7% +21.2%
2017 26.0% -2.8%
2018 23.1% -10.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 14.9% 13.7% 16.1% 2
2000s 31.9% 29.4% 34.3% 2
2010s 24.1% 21.8% 26.7% 9

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 7 Côte d'Ivoire 29.3% compare
  2. 8 Burkina Faso 26.9% compare
  3. 9 Senegal 26.8% compare
  4. 11 Algeria 22.9% compare
  5. 12 Djibouti 22.7% compare
  6. 13 Madagascar 21.4% compare

See the full ranking of 68 places →

More reference data data for Suriname

All data for Suriname →

Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname?
Repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname was 23.1% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 2007.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1977.
How does Suriname rank for repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male?
Suriname ranks 10th out of 68 countries with data for 2018.
Is repetition rate in grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Suriname data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 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 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-4-of-lower-secondary-general-education-male-percent/suriname/

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-4-of-lower-secondary-general-education-male-percent/suriname/">Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male in Suriname</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
68 places, 981 data points, 1971–2019
Last refreshed

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.