World Bank · Education
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes
Number of repeaters in lower secondary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in lower secondary education in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in lower secondary education in the previous school year t.
- Coverage
- 182 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2019
- Series
- 182
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all
- Interva ID
- worldbank-repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all
Recency
stale
data to 2019; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2019; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 6 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
84%127 of 182 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 84% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 182 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 12 observations; the earliest begins in 1970.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-08.
By country
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes for each of the 182 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2015–2017
- Albania 2000–2018
- Algeria 1998–2018
- Andorra 2006–2018
- Angola 2008–2010
- Antigua and Barbuda 2008–2017
- Argentina 1999–2016
- Armenia 2002–2018
- Aruba 1999–2013
- Austria 2001–2017
- Azerbaijan 1999–2018
- Bahamas 2004–2009
- Bahrain 1999–2018
- Bangladesh 1998–2017
- Barbados 1998–2002
- Belarus 1999–2017
- Belgium 2005–2017
- Belize 1999–2018
- Benin 2000–2015
- Bhutan 1998–2017
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1998–2017
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009–2018
- Botswana 1998–2013
- Brazil 2008–2010
- Brunei Darussalam 2003–2018
- Bulgaria 2001–2017
- Burkina Faso 2000–2018
- Burundi 2003–2018
- Cabo Verde 2003–2017
- Cambodia 2000–2018
- Cameroon 2006–2015
- Cayman Islands 2000–2017
- Central African Republic 2008–2011
- Chad 2002–2017
- Chile 2010–2017
- China 2007–2015
- Colombia 2001–2017
- Comoros 2002–2013
- Congo 2000–2011
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2012–2013
- Costa Rica 1999–2018
- Côte d'Ivoire 2000–2018
- Croatia 1999–2017
- Cuba 1999–2018
- Cyprus 1999–2017
- Czechia 2002–2017
- Denmark 2008–2017
- Djibouti 1999–2019
- Dominica 2003–2015
- Dominican Republic 1999–2018
- Ecuador 1999–2017
- Egypt 2002–2018
- El Salvador 2001–2017
- Equatorial Guinea 1999–2011
- Eritrea 1999–2017
- Estonia 1999–2017
- Eswatini 1998–2017
- Ethiopia 2004–2014
- Fiji 2002–2015
- Finland 2004–2017
- France 2005–2017
- Gambia 1999–2018
- Georgia 1999–2018
- Germany 2004–2017
- Ghana 1999–2018
- Gibraltar 2015–2018
- Greece 2004–2017
- Grenada 2002–2017
- Guatemala 1999–2018
- Guinea 1999–2015
- Guyana 1999–2009
- Honduras 2012–2016
- Hong Kong 2001–2018
- Hungary 2013–2017
- Iceland 1997–2017
- India 2002–2016
- Indonesia 2002–2016
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2000–2016
- Iraq 1999–1999
- Ireland 1998–2017
- Israel 2001–2017
- Italy 2001–2017
- Jamaica 2000–2018
- Japan 1970–1993
- Jordan 2002–2018
- Kazakhstan 2000–2018
- Kenya 2014–2015
- Kiribati 2015–2015
- Korea, Republic of 1997–2017
- Kuwait 1999–2018
- Kyrgyzstan 1999–2018
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1999–2018
- Latvia 2013–2017
- Lebanon 1999–2018
- Lesotho 1998–2016
- Liberia 2008–2016
- Liechtenstein 2004–2017
- Lithuania 1999–2017
- Luxembourg 2005–2017
- Macao 1999–2018
- Madagascar 2000–2018
- Malawi 1998–2011
- Maldives 2005–2018
- Mali 2001–2016
- Malta 1998–2017
- Mauritania 2000–2018
- Mauritius 1998–2018
- Mexico 2002–2017
- Moldova, Republic of 1999–2018
- Monaco 2003–2019
- Mongolia 1999–2017
- Montenegro 2011–2018
- Morocco 1999–2018
- Mozambique 1998–2018
- Myanmar 1999–2016
- Namibia 1998–2012
- Nauru 1997–2013
- Nepal 1999–2016
- Nicaragua 1999–2007
- Niger 2000–2018
- North Macedonia 1999–2017
- Oman 2000–2018
- Pakistan 2004–2018
- Palau 2003–2003
- Palestine, State of 1999–2018
- Panama 2004–2016
- Papua New Guinea 1997–2011
- Paraguay 2001–2011
- Peru 2000–2018
- Philippines 1998–2017
- Poland 1998–2017
- Qatar 2004–2018
- Romania 2001–2017
- Russian Federation 2001–2017
- Rwanda 2011–2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2000–2015
- Saint Lucia 1998–2018
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2002–2017
- Samoa 1998–2018
- San Marino 1999–2018
- Sao Tome and Principe 2003–2016
- Saudi Arabia 2007–2018
- Senegal 2000–2014
- Serbia 2006–2018
- Seychelles 1979–1999
- Sierra Leone 2011–2018
- Singapore 2007–2017
- Slovakia 2004–2017
- Slovenia 1999–2017
- Solomon Islands 1999–2017
- South Africa 1998–2017
- Spain 2008–2017
- Sri Lanka 2001–2016
- Sudan 2009–2016
- Suriname 2006–2018
- Sweden 2008–2014
- Switzerland 2004–2017
- Syrian Arab Republic 1999–2012
- Tajikistan 1999–2016
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2001–2017
- Thailand 2014–2017
- Timor-Leste 2008–2018
- Togo 1999–2018
- Tonga 2003–2003
- Trinidad and Tobago 1998–2009
- Tunisia 2004–2017
- Türkiye 2003–2017
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2000–2014
- Tuvalu 1989–2018
- Uganda 2000–2016
- Ukraine 1999–2018
- United Arab Emirates 2000–2013
- United States 2016–2017
- Uruguay 2001–2009
- Uzbekistan 1999–2018
- Vanuatu 2005–2009
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1999–2016
- Viet Nam 1999–2018
- Virgin Islands, British 2000–2017
- Yemen 2004–2012
- Zambia 1999–2012
- Zimbabwe 2012–2012
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 2019 | 8.08 | percent |
| Monaco | 2019 | 0.77 | percent |
| Albania | 2018 | 0.87 | percent |
| Algeria | 2018 | 17.91 | percent |
| Andorra | 2018 | 1.78 | percent |
| Armenia | 2018 | 0.15 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2018 | 0.25 | percent |
| Bahrain | 2018 | 0.95 | percent |
| Belize | 2018 | 4.55 | percent |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | 0.27 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
Education Statistics
declared by worldbank in source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-worldbank-repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all,
title = {Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-repetition-rate-in-lower-secondary-general-education-all; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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