Hong Kong vs Mauritania: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes

Hong Kong
0.6%
in 2018
Mauritania
0.7%
in 2018
Hong Kong rank
121st
Mauritania rank
119th

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

  • Hong Kong
  • Mauritania
05101520197719972018

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Hong Kong's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Mauritania ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 121st and Mauritania ranks 119th of 183 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Mauritania Difference Ahead
1970s 4.9% 15.6% 10.7% Mauritania
1980s 1.5% 16.4% 14.9% Mauritania
1990s 1.2% 15.5% 14.3% Mauritania
2000s 1.0% 8.1% 7.1% Mauritania
2010s 0.6% 1.5% 0.8% Mauritania

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, Hong Kong or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Hong Kong as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes between Hong Kong and Mauritania?
0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Mauritania?
16 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2018.
How do Hong Kong and Mauritania rank globally for repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes?
Hong Kong ranks 121st and Mauritania ranks 119th 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.