Mali vs Suriname: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes

Mali
17.9%
in 2012
Suriname
16.0%
in 2018
Mali rank
11th
Suriname rank
12th

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

  • Mali
  • Suriname
0102030197119942018

How they compare

Mali currently reports 17.9% against 16.0% in Suriname, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 11th and Suriname ranks 12th of 179 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 3 and Suriname in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Suriname Difference Ahead
1970s 27.6% 21.3% 6.4% Mali
1980s 31.5% 20.9% 10.6% Mali
2000s 15.8% 16.9% 1.1% Suriname
2010s 17.4% 17.3% 0.0% Mali

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, Mali or Suriname?
Mali, at 17.9% against 16.0% in Suriname as of 2012.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes between Mali and Suriname?
1.9%, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Suriname?
14 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2012.
How do Mali and Suriname rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes?
Mali ranks 11th and Suriname ranks 12th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mali vs Suriname: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/mali/suriname/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/mali/suriname/">Mali vs Suriname: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.