Namibia's repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) was 12.84% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.52 percentage points from 14.37% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 12.84% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 12.44% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.37% | 2008 |
| Highest | 23.2% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 10.59% | 1998 |
| Average since 2009 | 12.87% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 23.2% | 1992 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.44 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.86 percentage points in 2009. 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 2018, Namibia had the 7th highest value of the 75 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 12.84% | 2018 |
| World | 2.86% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.38% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 1.77% | 2018 |
Closest to Namibia in the 2018 ranking
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 18 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 12.84 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 12.44 |
| 2012 | 12.41 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 13.16 |
| 2009 | 13.51 |
| 2008 |
Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) in nearby economies
- Benin — 14.79% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 5.63% (2018)
- Burundi — 24.33% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 5.51% (2018)
- Cameroon — 11.92% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 22.85% (2016)
- Chad — 17.2% (2016)
- Comoros — 14.46% (2018)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.98% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire
More education data for Namibia
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 14 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) — 13% (2018)
- Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) — 18.31% (2018)
- Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) — 15.7% (2018)
- Primary education, pupils — 590,029 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.72% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Namibia's repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)?
- 12.84% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is down 10.36 percentage points from 23.2% in 1992. The highest value was 23.2% in 1992 and the lowest 10.59% in 1998.
- How does Namibia rank?
- 7th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.
- 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.FE.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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