Papua New Guinea: Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Key figures

Since 1987 it is up 8.92 percentage points from 0% in 1987. The World Bank has no value for 15 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2016, Papua New Guinea had the 4th highest value of the 17 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 Papua New Guinea in the 2016 ranking

• Central African Republic — 1st of 17: 22.85%
• Chad — 2nd of 17: 17.2%
• Guinea — 3rd of 17: 12.01%
• Lesotho — 5th of 17: 7.52%
• South Africa — 6th of 17: 6.8%
• Yemen, Rep. — 7th of 17: 5.22%

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 15 values

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

• Brunei Darussalam — 0.05% (2018)
• Cambodia — 4.98% (2018)
• China — 0.00571% (2018)
• Fiji — 0.38% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.37% (2018)
• Indonesia — 0.99% (2018)
• Kiribati — 2.08% (2016)
• Korea, Rep. — 0.00285% (2017)
• Lao PDR — 3.37% (2018)
• Macao SAR, China

More education data for Papua New Guinea

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.65 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.09% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 118.92% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 123.09% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.93 (2018)

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Questions people ask

What is Papua New Guinea's repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)?

8.92% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1987?

It is up 8.92 percentage points from 0% in 1987. The highest value was 9.68% in 2014 and the lowest 0% in 1987.

How does Papua New Guinea rank?

4th highest of 17 economies with data for 2016.

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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