Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait

Kuwait: Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female was 0.3% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.3%
Change on year
down 14.0%
World rank
111th
of 141 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2012
All-time low
0.3%
in 2018
Years of data
6
2009–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait, 2009–2018

00.10.20.30.42009201320182009: 0.424 %2011: 0.41 %2012: 0.429 %2015: 0.428 %2016: 0.303 %2018: 0.26 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 0.3% for repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait peaked at 0.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.

That places Kuwait 111th out of 141 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) in Kuwait, 2009 to 2018.
Year % Change
2009 0.4%
2011 0.4% -3.3%
2012 0.4% +4.7%
2015 0.4% -0.3%
2016 0.3% -29.3%
2018 0.3% -14.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 108 Bahrain 0.3% compare
  2. 109 Latvia 0.3% compare
  3. 110 Ecuador 0.3% compare
  4. 112 Hong Kong, China 0.2% compare
  5. 113 Georgia 0.2% compare
  6. 114 Myanmar 0.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait?
Repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female in Kuwait was 0.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2012.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
How does Kuwait rank for repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female?
Kuwait ranks 111th out of 141 countries with data for 2018.
Is repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, female rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 2,591 data points, 1970–2018
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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.