Indonesia vs Samoa: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

Indonesia
3.3%
in 2017
Samoa
3.6%
in 2018
Indonesia rank
79th
Samoa rank
77th

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

  • Indonesia
  • Samoa
05101520197119942018

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 3.6% against 3.3% in Indonesia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 79th and Samoa ranks 77th of 188 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia Samoa Difference Ahead
1990s 13.1% 2.8% 10.3% Indonesia
2000s 7.6% 4.1% 3.5% Indonesia
2010s 4.1% 3.9% 0.2% Indonesia

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, Indonesia or Samoa?
Samoa, at 3.6% against 3.3% in Indonesia as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Indonesia and Samoa?
0.3%, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Samoa?
16 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2017.
How do Indonesia and Samoa rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
Indonesia ranks 79th and Samoa ranks 77th 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.