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