El Salvador vs Uruguay: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
3.1%
in 2017
Uruguay
3.5%
in 2016
El Salvador rank
64th
Uruguay rank
61st

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 3.5% against 3.1% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.4%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

El Salvador ranks 64th and Uruguay ranks 61st of 179 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 8.3% 15.5% 7.2% Uruguay
1980s 6.2% 7.7% 1.5% Uruguay
1990s 5.1% 8.6% 3.5% Uruguay
2000s 4.5% 6.8% 2.3% Uruguay
2010s 4.2% 4.2% 0.0% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes, El Salvador or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 3.5% against 3.1% in El Salvador as of 2016.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Uruguay?
0.4%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Uruguay?
25 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do El Salvador and Uruguay rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 64th and Uruguay ranks 61st of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 3 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 3 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 3,950 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.