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Sri Lanka: Repeaters, primary, total

0.99percent · 2017+23.0% since 2007

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2017.

19702017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20170.994
20160.853
20150.931
20140.886
20130.791
20120.802
20110.707
20100.732
20090.874
20080.824
20070.808
20060.949
20050.805
20030.81
20011.406
19985.133
19927.056
19917.711
19908.043
19897.167
19878.858
19867.891
19858.21
19849.35
198310.224
198210.431
198110.79
198010.432
197911.946
19789.075
197711.944
197613.225
197515.41
197417.299
197218.428
197022.205

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Repeaters, primary, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repeaters-primary-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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