Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

Bulgaria
0.1%
in 2017
Ukraine
0.1%
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
151st
Ukraine rank
150th

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
02468197119942018

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 151st and Ukraine ranks 150th of 188 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 4 and Ukraine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Ukraine Difference Ahead
1970s 5.3% 0.6% 4.7% Bulgaria
1980s 2.5% 0.8% 1.7% Bulgaria
1990s 3.9% 1.6% 2.4% Bulgaria
2000s 0.8% 0.3% 0.5% Bulgaria
2010s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Ukraine

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, Bulgaria or Ukraine?
Ukraine, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Bulgaria as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Bulgaria and Ukraine?
0.0%, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Ukraine?
37 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Bulgaria and Ukraine rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
Bulgaria ranks 151st and Ukraine ranks 150th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/bulgaria/ukraine/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/bulgaria/ukraine/">Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.