El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male

El Salvador
4.1%
in 2017
Nicaragua
3.6%
in 2007
El Salvador rank
49th
Nicaragua rank
52nd

Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 4.1% against 3.6% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.5%.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 49th and Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 118 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 3.8% 4.2% 0.4% Nicaragua
1980s 2.8% 3.7% 0.9% Nicaragua
1990s 3.2% 8.3% 5.1% Nicaragua
2000s 4.3% 3.3% 0.9% 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, male, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
El Salvador, at 4.1% against 3.6% in Nicaragua as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, male between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
0.5%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
14 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2007.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, male?
El Salvador ranks 49th and Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 118 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male (%). 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, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
118 places, 2,212 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.