El Salvador vs Gambia: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
3.3%
in 2017
Gambia
3.6%
in 2018
El Salvador rank
55th
Gambia rank
53rd

Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Gambia currently reports 3.6% against 3.3% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Gambia ahead.

El Salvador ranks 55th and Gambia ranks 53rd of 131 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Gambia Difference Ahead
1970s 3.5% 29.7% 26.2% Gambia
1980s 2.7% 37.0% 34.3% Gambia
1990s 2.2% 20.1% 17.9% Gambia
2000s 3.3% 2.3% 1.0% El Salvador
2010s 4.2% 2.6% 1.6% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes, El Salvador or Gambia?
Gambia, at 3.6% against 3.3% in El Salvador as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Gambia?
0.3%, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Gambia?
16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do El Salvador and Gambia rank globally for repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 55th and Gambia ranks 53rd of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 6 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 6 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,733 data points, 1970–2018
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.