El Salvador vs Kenya: Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
3.3%
in 2017
Kenya
3.3%
in 2014
El Salvador rank
60th
Kenya rank
61st

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kenya
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.3% against 3.3% in Kenya, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Kenya ahead.

El Salvador ranks 60th and Kenya ranks 61st of 157 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Kenya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kenya Difference Ahead
1970s 3.0% 5.2% 2.3% Kenya
1980s 4.1% 13.0% 8.9% Kenya
2010s 4.4% 3.3% 1.2% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes, El Salvador or Kenya?
El Salvador, at 3.3% against 3.3% in Kenya as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Kenya?
0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kenya?
6 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.
How do El Salvador and Kenya rank globally for repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 60th and Kenya ranks 61st of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 5 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 5 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 3,216 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.