Which has higher repeaters, primary, total, Dominican Republic or Uruguay?

Dominican Republic, at 4.6% against 4.2% in Uruguay as of 2018.

What is the difference in repeaters, primary, total between Dominican Republic and Uruguay?

0.4%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Uruguay?

17 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.

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.

Dominican Republic vs Uruguay: Repeaters, primary, total

Dominican Republic

4.6%

in 2018

Uruguay

4.2%

in 2016

Dominican Republic rank

62nd

Uruguay rank

63rd

Repeaters, primary, total over time

Dominican Republic
Uruguay

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 4.6% against 4.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 62nd and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1970s	22.3%	13.6%	8.7%	Dominican Republic
1990s	9.2%	8.9%	0.3%	Dominican Republic
2000s	6.7%	7.4%	0.7%	Uruguay
2010s	6.6%	4.9%	1.7%	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters, primary, total, Dominican Republic or Uruguay?: Dominican Republic, at 4.6% against 4.2% in Uruguay as of 2018.
What is the difference in repeaters, primary, total between Dominican Republic and Uruguay?: 0.4%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Uruguay?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Dominican Republic and Uruguay rank globally for repeaters, primary, total?: Dominican Republic ranks 62nd and Uruguay ranks 63rd 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.