Paraguay's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 2.86% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.98 percentage points from 4.84% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.86% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 4.6% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.84% | 2006 |
| Highest | 17.67% | 1970 |
| Lowest | 2.86% | 2016 |
| Average since 2007 | 4.33% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 17.67% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.17 percentage points in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.6 percentage points in 1983. 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 2016, Paraguay had the 12th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 2.86% | 2016 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 4.39% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 2.36% | 2018 |
Closest to Paraguay in the 2016 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 42 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.86 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 4.56 |
| 2011 | 4.6 |
| 2010 | 4.79 |
| 2009 | 4.97 |
| 2008 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 4.06 |
| 2006 |
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)
- Chile — 3.01% (2017)
- Colombia — 1.8% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 2.31% (2018)
- Cuba
More education data for Paraguay
- 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 — 710,209 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 89.44% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 88.78% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 90.07% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 570,654 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 79.13% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Paraguay's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 2.86% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 14.81 percentage points from 17.67% in 1970. The highest value was 17.67% in 1970 and the lowest 2.86% in 2016.
- How does Paraguay rank?
- 12th 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.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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