World Bank · Education
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes
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.
- Coverage
- 198 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2019
- Series
- 198
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both
- Interva ID
- worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both
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
73%174 of 198 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 72% 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 198 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 22 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 2026-11-07.
By country
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes for each of the 198 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 1973–2017
- Albania 1995–2018
- Algeria 1971–2018
- Andorra 2001–2018
- Angola 1980–2009
- Antigua and Barbuda 1974–2011
- Argentina 1970–2016
- Armenia 1993–2018
- Aruba 1999–2013
- Austria 1971–2017
- Azerbaijan 1992–2018
- Bahamas 1993–2012
- Bahrain 1981–2018
- Bangladesh 1975–2010
- Belarus 1971–2017
- Belgium 1973–2017
- Belize 1991–2018
- Benin 1971–2018
- Bermuda 1974–1974
- Bhutan 1976–2017
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2009–2017
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007–2018
- Botswana 1970–2012
- Brazil 1971–2010
- Brunei Darussalam 1971–2018
- Bulgaria 1971–2017
- Burkina Faso 1971–2018
- Burundi 1972–2018
- Cabo Verde 1978–2017
- Cambodia 1994–2018
- Cameroon 1972–2018
- Canada 1997–2010
- Cayman Islands 2000–2017
- Central African Republic 1971–2011
- Chad 1973–2017
- Chile 1970–2017
- China 1988–2018
- Colombia 1970–2017
- Comoros 1985–2017
- Congo 1971–2009
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 1971–2014
- Costa Rica 1970–2018
- Côte d'Ivoire 1972–2016
- Croatia 1993–2017
- Cuba 1971–2018
- Cyprus 1971–2017
- Czechia 1992–2017
- Denmark 1970–2017
- Djibouti 1986–2019
- Dominica 2000–2014
- Dominican Republic 1980–2018
- Ecuador 1971–2017
- Egypt 1971–2018
- El Salvador 1970–2017
- Equatorial Guinea 1993–2011
- Eritrea 1991–2017
- Estonia 1992–2017
- Eswatini 1970–2017
- Ethiopia 1981–2014
- Fiji 1971–2015
- Finland 1986–2017
- France 1971–2017
- French Polynesia 1974–1982
- Gabon 1971–2002
- Gambia 1971–2018
- Georgia 1994–2018
- Germany 1992–2017
- Ghana 1971–2017
- Gibraltar 2015–2018
- Greece 1971–2017
- Grenada 1975–2017
- Guatemala 1970–2018
- Guinea 1976–2013
- Guinea-Bissau 1978–2005
- Guyana 1971–2008
- Haiti 1978–1996
- Honduras 1979–2016
- Hong Kong 1979–2018
- Hungary 1971–2017
- Iceland 1997–2017
- India 1973–2016
- Indonesia 1971–2017
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1983–2016
- Iraq 1971–2003
- Ireland 1991–2017
- Israel 2001–2017
- Italy 1971–2017
- Jamaica 1975–2018
- Japan 1970–2014
- Jordan 1971–2018
- Kazakhstan 1993–2018
- Kenya 1970–2015
- Kiribati 1976–1995
- Korea, Republic of 1971–2017
- Kuwait 1972–2018
- Kyrgyzstan 1994–2018
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1991–2018
- Latvia 1994–2017
- Lebanon 1996–2018
- Lesotho 1970–2015
- Liberia 2008–2016
- Libya 1971–1980
- Liechtenstein 2002–2017
- Lithuania 1993–2017
- Luxembourg 1974–2017
- Macao 1989–2018
- Madagascar 1971–2018
- Malawi 1973–2013
- Malaysia 1973–1990
- Maldives 1996–2018
- Mali 1971–2016
- Malta 1972–2017
- Marshall Islands 2015–2015
- Mauritania 1975–2017
- Mauritius 1982–2018
- Mexico 1974–2017
- Moldova, Republic of 1994–2018
- Monaco 1991–2018
- Mongolia 1978–2017
- Montenegro 2010–2017
- Morocco 1971–2018
- Mozambique 1972–2018
- Myanmar 1971–2017
- Namibia 1991–2017
- Nauru 1990–2011
- Nepal 1987–2016
- Netherlands 1971–1984
- New Caledonia 1981–1989
- New Zealand 1970–1991
- Nicaragua 1970–2007
- Niger 1971–2014
- North Macedonia 1993–2017
- Norway 1970–1992
- Oman 1974–2018
- Pakistan 2004–2018
- Palau 1998–2003
- Palestine, State of 1995–2018
- Panama 1970–2016
- Papua New Guinea 1986–1999
- Paraguay 1970–2011
- Peru 1972–2017
- Philippines 1980–2017
- Poland 1971–2017
- Portugal 1971–1990
- Puerto Rico 2014–2014
- Qatar 1971–2018
- Romania 1989–2017
- Russian Federation 1993–2017
- Rwanda 1971–2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1991–2014
- Saint Lucia 1983–2018
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1998–2017
- Samoa 1994–2018
- San Marino 1971–2018
- Sao Tome and Principe 1976–2016
- Saudi Arabia 2007–2016
- Senegal 1971–2014
- Serbia 2006–2018
- Seychelles 1970–1993
- Sierra Leone 1977–2017
- Singapore 1971–2017
- Slovakia 1991–2017
- Slovenia 1992–2017
- Solomon Islands 1974–2017
- Somalia 1974–1974
- South Africa 1990–2017
- Spain 1980–2017
- Sri Lanka 1974–2016
- Sudan 2009–2016
- Suriname 1975–2018
- Sweden 1970–2014
- Switzerland 1977–2017
- Syrian Arab Republic 1971–2012
- Tajikistan 1994–2016
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1970–2018
- Thailand 1974–2017
- Timor-Leste 2008–2018
- Togo 1971–2017
- Tonga 1977–2005
- Trinidad and Tobago 1987–2009
- Tunisia 1971–2016
- Türkiye 1983–2017
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1993–1993
- Tuvalu 1989–2018
- Uganda 1985–2016
- Ukraine 1971–2018
- United Arab Emirates 1973–2014
- United Kingdom 1990–2011
- Uruguay 1970–2015
- Uzbekistan 1993–2018
- Vanuatu 1991–2009
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1971–2016
- Viet Nam 1978–2018
- Virgin Islands, British 1993–2017
- Virgin Islands, U.S. 1992–1992
- Yemen 2001–2012
- Zambia 1972–2012
- Zimbabwe 1983–2012
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 2019 | 4.46 | percent |
| Albania | 2018 | 0.63 | percent |
| Algeria | 2018 | 5.31 | percent |
| Andorra | 2018 | 1.39 | percent |
| Armenia | 2018 | 0.14 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2018 | 0.12 | percent |
| Bahrain | 2018 | 0.40 | percent |
| Belize | 2018 | 7.15 | percent |
| Benin | 2018 | 16.03 | percent |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | 0.08 | 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
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- 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 primary education (all grades), both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both,
title = {Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-repetition-rate-in-primary-education-all-grades-both; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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