Chile's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 3.01% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.67 percentage points from 4.69% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.01% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 4.69% | 2012 |
| Highest | 13.76% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 3.01% | 2017 |
| Average since 2011 | 4.01% | 2011–2017 |
| First recorded | 11.62% | 1970 |
Over five years it is down 1.67 percentage points from 4.69% in 2012. Since 1970 it is down 8.61 percentage points from 11.62% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 31 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2017, Chile's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.33 percentage points on 2016 (from 3.35% to 3.01%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2016), the average change was +0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.34 percentage points in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.72 percentage points in 1971. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Chile had the 13th highest value of the 50 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 3.01% | 2017 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 4.39% | 2018 |
| High income | 1.42% | 2018 |
Closest to Chile in the 2017 ranking
- Slovak Republic — 10th of 50: 3.3%
- Panama — 11th of 50: 3.18%
- British Virgin Islands — 12th of 50: 3.09%
- Venezuela, RB — 14th of 50: 2.94%
- Austria — 15th of 50: 2.92%
- Spain — 16th of 50: 2.5%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 17 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.01 |
| 2016 | 3.35 |
| 2015 | 3.61 |
| 2014 | 4.05 |
| 2013 | 4.42 |
| 2012 | 4.69 |
| 2011 | 4.91 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 |
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 1.37% (2018)
- Argentina — 3.31% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 3.23% (2018)
- Belize — 6.68% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 3.09% (2017)
- Cayman Islands — 0% (2018)
- Colombia — 1.8% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 2.31% (2018)
- Cuba — 0.45% (2018)
- Dominica
More education data for Chile
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.49 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 1.63 million (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 84.51% (2020)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.97 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.98 (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Chile's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 3.01% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 8.61 percentage points from 11.62% in 1970. The highest value was 13.76% in 1977 and the lowest 3.01% in 2017.
- How does Chile rank?
- 13th highest of 50 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) unusual for Chile?
- In 2017, Chile's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.33 percentage points on 2016 (from 3.35% to 3.01%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2016), the average change was +0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.REPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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