Brazil vs Burundi: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

Brazil
27.3%
in 2003
Burundi
30.7%
in 2018
Brazil rank
5th
Burundi rank
4th

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Brazil
  • Burundi
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 30.7% against 27.3% in Brazil, a difference of 3.4%.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 5th and Burundi ranks 4th of 188 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Burundi Difference Ahead
1970s 26.3% 22.0% 4.2% Brazil
1980s 27.8% 20.4% 7.4% Brazil
1990s 23.5% 20.7% 2.8% Brazil
2000s 28.9% 27.0% 1.8% Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes, Brazil or Burundi?
Burundi, at 30.7% against 27.3% in Brazil as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Brazil and Burundi?
3.4%, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Burundi?
18 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2003.
How do Brazil and Burundi rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
Brazil ranks 5th and Burundi ranks 4th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 4,401 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.