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Namibia: Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes

16.14percent · 2017+20.5% since 1999

Number of repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in primary education in the previous school year t. Annual figures for Namibia from 1991 to 2017.

19912017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201716.14
201215.232
200915.578
200815.806
200516.325
200415.167
200315.097
200213.269
200113.317
200013.321
199913.398
199812.193
199712.283
199513.452
199417.642
199323.755
199125.157

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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