Greece vs Sierra Leone: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes

Greece
0.5%
in 2017
Sierra Leone
0.6%
in 2017
Greece rank
100th
Sierra Leone rank
98th

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

  • Greece
  • Sierra Leone
051015197119942017

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Greece ranks 100th and Sierra Leone ranks 98th of 131 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3% 12.6% 12.3% Sierra Leone
2010s 0.4% 1.2% 0.7% Sierra Leone

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, Greece or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Greece as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes between Greece and Sierra Leone?
0.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sierra Leone?
5 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
How do Greece and Sierra Leone rank globally for repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes?
Greece ranks 100th and Sierra Leone ranks 98th 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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About this data

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.