Which has higher repeaters, primary, total, Cameroon or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 12.3% against 12.2% in Cameroon as of 2017.

What is the difference in repeaters, primary, total between Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.1%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe?

24 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Sao Tome and Principe: Repeaters, primary, total

Cameroon

12.2%

in 2018

Sao Tome and Principe

12.3%

in 2017

Cameroon rank

24th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

23rd

Repeaters, primary, total over time

Cameroon
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 12.3% against 12.2% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 23rd of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	25.9%	46.6%	20.7%	Sao Tome and Principe
1980s	29.5%	28.6%	0.9%	Cameroon
1990s	27.6%	30.1%	2.4%	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	21.9%	24.0%	2.0%	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	12.4%	12.2%	0.2%	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters, primary, total, Cameroon or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 12.3% against 12.2% in Cameroon as of 2017.
What is the difference in repeaters, primary, total between Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.1%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe?: 24 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
How do Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for repeaters, primary, total?: Cameroon ranks 24th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 23rd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
Unit: % of total enrollment
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 6,836 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.