What is the difference in repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Türkiye and United States of America?

5,546 number, with Türkiye ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and United States of America?

12 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Türkiye vs United States of America: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

Türkiye

93,018 number

in 2018

United States of America

87,472 number

in 2018

Türkiye rank

17th

United States of America rank

18th

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes over time

Türkiye
United States of America

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 93,018 number against 87,472 number in United States of America, a difference of 5,546 number.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.1 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Türkiye ahead.

Türkiye ranks 17th and United States of America ranks 18th of 189 countries.

Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Türkiye	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	56,586 number	0 number	56,586 number	Türkiye
2010s	83,365 number	29,859 number	53,506 number	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes, Türkiye or United States of America?: Türkiye, at 93,018 number against 87,472 number in United States of America as of 2018.
What is the difference in repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Türkiye and United States of America?: 5,546 number, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and United States of America?: 12 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2018.
How do Türkiye and United States of America rank globally for repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?: Türkiye ranks 17th and United States of America ranks 18th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Türkiye vs United States of America: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number/turkiye/united-states/

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://education.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number/turkiye/united-states/">Türkiye vs United States of America: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 189 places, 5,062 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.