Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male was 10.1% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
10.1%
Change on year
down 8.2%
World rank
32nd
of 186 countries
All-time high
12.4%
in 2016
All-time low
0.0%
in 1990
Years of data
19
1983–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia, 1983–2018

02.557.51012.51983200020181983: 6.4 %1990: 0 %1992: 0 %1999: 3.8 %2002: 7 %2003: 6.8 %2004: 7.2 %2005: 7.5 %2006: 7.9 %2007: 10.5 %2008: 9 %2009: 9 %2010: 9.3 %2011: 9.9 %2012: 10.4 %2013: 9 %2016: 12.4 %2017: 11 %2018: 10.1 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Saint Lucia recorded 10.1% for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male in 2018.

The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia peaked at 12.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.

That places Saint Lucia 32nd out of 186 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%) in Saint Lucia, 1983 to 2018.
Year % Change
1983 6.4%
1990 0.0% -100.0%
1992 0.0%
1999 3.8%
2002 7.0% +82.4%
2003 6.8% -2.7%
2004 7.2% +7.0%
2005 7.5% +3.2%
2006 7.9% +6.3%
2007 10.5% +31.7%
2008 9.0% -13.8%
2009 9.0% -0.6%
2010 9.3% +3.6%
2011 9.9% +6.6%
2012 10.4% +5.2%
2013 9.0% -13.4%
2016 12.4% +37.7%
2017 11.0% -11.2%
2018 10.1% -8.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 6.4% 6.4% 6.4% 1
1990s 1.3% 0.0% 3.8% 3
2000s 8.1% 6.8% 10.5% 8
2010s 10.3% 9.0% 12.4% 7

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 29 Morocco 11.3% compare
  2. 30 Bahamas 11.0% compare
  3. 31 Belize 10.3% compare
  4. 33 Lesotho 10.0% compare
  5. 34 Gambia 9.4% compare
  6. 35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.4% compare

See the full ranking of 186 places →

More education data for Saint Lucia

All data for Saint Lucia →

Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia?
Repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia was 10.1% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 12.4% in 2016.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
How does Saint Lucia rank for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male?
Saint Lucia ranks 32nd out of 186 countries with data for 2018.
Is repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, male rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-percent/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-percent/st-lucia/">Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Saint Lucia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 3,824 data points, 1970–2019
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.