Burundi vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female

Burundi
278,269 number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
6.23 million number
in 2019
Burundi rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
7th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

  • Burundi
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
02.0M4.0M6.0M197119952019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 6.23 million number against 278,269 number in Burundi, a difference of 5.95 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 22.4 times Burundi's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 187 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 12,366 number 1.78 million number 1.77 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 28,323 number 2.77 million number 2.75 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 62,635 number 3.15 million number 3.09 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 160,520 number 5.08 million number 4.92 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 278,710 number 6.05 million number 5.77 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female, Burundi or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 6.23 million number against 278,269 number in Burundi as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Burundi and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
5.95 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
41 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Burundi and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?
Burundi ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 6,486 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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