El Salvador vs Sierra Leone: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
5.8%
in 2017
Sierra Leone
6.4%
in 2018
El Salvador rank
55th
Sierra Leone rank
52nd

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

  • El Salvador
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 6.4% against 5.8% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

El Salvador ranks 55th and Sierra Leone ranks 52nd of 188 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 16.5% 19.8% 3.4% Sierra Leone
2010s 7.4% 8.8% 1.4% Sierra Leone

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, El Salvador or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 6.4% against 5.8% in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
0.6%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
5 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Sierra Leone rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 55th and Sierra Leone ranks 52nd 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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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.