Congo, Dem. Rep.: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 4.25 percentage points from 14.12% in 2010. Since 1971 it is down 13.02 percentage points from 22.88% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.99 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.72 percentage points in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2015 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.86 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2015 ranking

• Ethiopia — 2nd of 4: 6.88%
• United Arab Emirates — 3rd of 4: 0.17%
• Sweden — 4th of 4: 0%

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 25 values

Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies

• Benin — 15.11% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 5.7% (2018)
• Burundi — 25.72% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 7.75% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12.25% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 22.64% (2016)
• Chad — 16.82% (2016)
• Comoros — 15.95% (2018)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 11.05% (2017)
• Eritrea

More education data for Congo, Dem. Rep.

• 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 — 21.15 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 117.6% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 114.34% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 120.87% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2020)
• Primary education, pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?

9.87% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 13.02 percentage points from 22.88% in 1971. The highest value was 23.08% in 1972 and the lowest 8.97% in 1993.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

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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