Eritrea: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Eritrea's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2017 (from 7.85% to 8.12%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2017), the average change was −1.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 3.62 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.45 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.81 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 75% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 4.47% for 2021. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2015 to 2018 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.6%, against 3.85% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2018, Eritrea had the 14th highest value of the 79 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.

Closest to Eritrea in the 2018 ranking

• Guatemala — 11th of 79: 9.01%
• Djibouti — 12th of 79: 8.67%
• Mozambique — 13th of 79: 8.65%
• Cabo Verde — 15th of 79: 7.75%
• Togo — 16th of 79: 7.56%
• Bhutan — 17th of 79: 7.3%

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 24 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)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.87% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More education data for Eritrea

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.86 (2019)
• Primary education, teachers — 12,025 (2022)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 44.08% (2022)
• Primary education, pupils — 398,090 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 89.73% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Eritrea's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?

8.12% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 24.09 percentage points from 32.21% in 1992. The highest value was 32.21% in 1992 and the lowest 6.04% in 2015.

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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