Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini

Eswatini: Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes was 10.1% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
10.1%
Change on year
down 24.3%
World rank
28th
of 184 countries
All-time high
18.3%
in 2006
All-time low
10.1%
in 2017
Years of data
46
1970–2017

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini, 1970–2017

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 10.1% for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.

That represents a change of down 24.3% on the previous year and down 44.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini peaked at 18.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2017.

Eswatini ranks 28th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2017.
Year % Change
1970 15.8%
1971 16.5% +4.4%
1972 14.2% -13.7%
1973 11.0% -23.0%
1974 10.5% -3.8%
1975 10.9% +3.6%
1976 11.0% +0.5%
1977 11.1% +1.3%
1978 11.4% +2.5%
1979 11.5% +1.2%
1980 12.6% +9.6%
1981 13.4% +5.9%
1982 13.4% -0.2%
1983 13.0% -2.4%
1984 14.5% +11.0%
1985 15.2% +4.8%
1986 15.9% +4.6%
1987 15.6% -1.7%
1988 15.3% -1.8%
1989 15.8% +2.8%
1990 15.9% +1.0%
1991 16.0% +0.7%
1992 16.3% +1.8%
1993 15.3% -6.2%
1994 16.3% +6.5%
1995 15.6% -4.3%
1996 16.0% +2.8%
1997 15.5% -3.0%
1998 17.4% +12.1%
1999 16.2% -7.2%
2000 16.6% +2.5%
2001 15.3% -7.8%
2002 16.3% +6.8%
2003 16.9% +3.9%
2004 17.6% +3.8%
2005 17.1% -2.5%
2006 18.3% +6.5%
2009 15.8% -13.7%
2010 15.4% -2.4%
2011 15.5% +0.5%
2012 16.9% +9.0%
2013 15.8% -6.6%
2014 15.7% -0.6%
2015 13.8% -12.0%
2016 13.4% -3.1%
2017 10.1% -24.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 12.4% 10.5% 16.5% 10
1980s 14.5% 12.6% 15.9% 10
1990s 16.1% 15.3% 17.4% 10
2000s 16.7% 15.3% 18.3% 8
2010s 14.6% 10.1% 16.9% 8

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 25 Angola 11.5% compare
  2. 26 Nicaragua 10.9% compare
  3. 27 Bangladesh 10.2% compare
  4. 29 Rwanda 10.1% compare
  5. 30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.0% compare
  6. 31 Libya 9.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini?
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes in Eswatini was 10.1% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 18.3% in 2006.
What is the lowest repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2017.
How does Eswatini rank for repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes?
Eswatini ranks 28th out of 184 countries with data for 2017.
Is repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 4,392 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in primary education in the previous school year t.