Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini

Eswatini: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female was 6.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
6.0%
Change on year
down 35.9%
World rank
49th
of 186 countries
All-time high
18.6%
in 2006
All-time low
6.0%
in 2017
Years of data
46
1970–2017

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini, 1970–2017

5101520197019932017

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2017, repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini stood at 6.0%. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.

The figure is down 35.9% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini peaked at 18.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2017.

That places Eswatini 49th out of 186 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2017.
Year % Change
1970 14.3%
1971 14.2% -0.4%
1972 11.7% -17.7%
1973 8.8% -25.1%
1974 8.9% +1.9%
1975 12.0% +34.3%
1976 9.5% -20.8%
1977 10.2% +7.9%
1978 10.1% -1.0%
1979 9.5% -6.2%
1980 12.2% +28.9%
1981 12.2% -0.6%
1982 12.6% +3.3%
1983 11.8% -5.9%
1984 13.8% +16.4%
1985 15.4% +11.7%
1986 17.0% +10.6%
1987 16.5% -3.2%
1988 15.6% -5.4%
1989 17.3% +11.0%
1990 16.2% -6.4%
1991 17.5% +8.4%
1992 17.1% -2.2%
1993 13.3% -22.3%
1994 15.5% +16.4%
1995 15.3% -1.2%
1996 15.2% -0.6%
1997 15.4% +1.4%
1998 16.0% +3.7%
1999 16.6% +3.8%
2000 16.3% -1.9%
2001 15.9% -2.7%
2002 15.9% +0.2%
2003 17.0% +6.9%
2004 17.9% +5.3%
2005 17.5% -2.1%
2006 18.6% +6.0%
2009 13.5% -27.1%
2010 12.9% -4.8%
2011 13.1% +1.5%
2012 14.0% +7.0%
2013 12.5% -10.8%
2014 11.8% -5.3%
2015 10.7% -9.3%
2016 9.4% -12.1%
2017 6.0% -35.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 10.9% 8.8% 14.3% 10
1980s 14.4% 11.8% 17.3% 10
1990s 15.8% 13.3% 17.5% 10
2000s 16.6% 13.5% 18.6% 8
2010s 11.3% 6.0% 14.0% 8

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 46 Sierra Leone 6.3% compare
  2. 47 Libya 6.3% compare
  3. 48 Paraguay 6.1% compare
  4. 50 Liechtenstein 6.0% compare
  5. 51 Slovakia 5.6% compare
  6. 52 Dominica 5.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini?
Repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female in Eswatini was 6.0% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 2006.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2017.
How does Eswatini rank for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female?
Eswatini ranks 49th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
Is repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, female rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 3,825 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.