Burkina Faso vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes

Burkina Faso
205,925 number
in 2019
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1.09 million number
in 2019
Burkina Faso rank
31st
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
32nd

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
05.0M10.0M15.0M197119952019

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 1.09 million number against 205,925 number in Burkina Faso, a difference of 888,735 number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 5.3 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 29 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 31st and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 190 countries.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 71,580 number 14.51 million number 14.43 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 101,457 number 9.41 million number 9.30 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 165,571 number 2.91 million number 2.74 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 183,906 number 1.45 million number 1.27 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes, Burkina Faso or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 1.09 million number against 205,925 number in Burkina Faso as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes between Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
888,735 number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
29 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes?
Burkina Faso ranks 31st and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,144 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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