Belgium vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes

Belgium
3.0%
in 2017
El Salvador
3.2%
in 2017
Belgium rank
73rd
El Salvador rank
71st

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Belgium
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.2% against 3.0% in Belgium, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 73rd and El Salvador ranks 71st of 183 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium El Salvador Difference Ahead
1970s 20.1% 8.7% 11.4% Belgium
1980s 15.7% 8.9% 6.8% Belgium
2000s 4.4% 5.8% 1.4% El Salvador
2010s 3.1% 4.3% 1.2% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes, Belgium or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 3.2% against 3.0% in Belgium as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes between Belgium and El Salvador?
0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and El Salvador?
19 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.
How do Belgium and El Salvador rank globally for repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes?
Belgium ranks 73rd and El Salvador ranks 71st of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 2 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 2 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,067 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.