Saudi Arabia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 1.23% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.08 percentage points from 3.31% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.23% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 1.38% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.31% | 2008 |
| Highest | 13.63% | 1979 |
| Lowest | 0.96% | 2014 |
| Average since 2011 | 1.35% | 2011–2018 |
| First recorded | 13.63% | 1979 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.21 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.55 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 33% 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
In 2018, Saudi Arabia had the 49th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1.23% | 2018 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| High income | 1.42% | 2018 |
Closest to Saudi Arabia 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 12 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1.23 |
| 2017 | 1.37 |
| 2016 | 1.23 |
| 2015 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.9649 |
| 2013 | 1.38 |
| 2012 | 1.44 |
| 2011 | 1.98 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 |
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 4.08% (2018)
- Algeria — 5.5% (2018)
- Bahrain — 0.33% (2018)
- Djibouti — 8.67% (2018)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.11% (2018)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 1.39% (2017)
- Israel — 0.77% (2017)
- Jordan — 1.15% (2018)
- Kuwait — 0.51% (2018)
- Lebanon
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- 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)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 83.88% (2024)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2024)
- School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 84.15% (2024)
- School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 83.65% (2024)
- Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 48.05% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Saudi Arabia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 1.23% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1979?
- It is down 12.4 percentage points from 13.63% in 1979. The highest value was 13.63% in 1979 and the lowest 0.96% in 2014.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank?
- 49th highest of 79 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.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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