Slovak Republic: Progression to secondary school (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.95 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.47 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 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 9 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 98.98% for 2019. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2013 to 2016 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.08%, against 0.12% 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.

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How it compares

In 2016, Slovak Republic had the 25th highest value of the 46 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 Slovak Republic in the 2016 ranking

• Lithuania — 22nd of 46: 99.21%
• Panama — 23rd of 46: 99.19%
• Singapore — 24th of 46: 99.13%
• Latvia — 26th of 46: 98.98%
• Greece — 27th of 46: 98.93%
• Qatar — 28th of 46: 98.91%

What this measures

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Limitations: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies

• Albania — 98.53% (2017)
• Armenia — 98.27% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 99.23% (2017)
• Belarus — 98.16% (2017)
• Bulgaria — 99.33% (2016)
• Croatia — 98.58% (2016)
• Cyprus — 99.74% (2016)
• Czechia — 99.95% (2016)
• Denmark — 99.94% (2016)
• Estonia — 99.83% (2016)
• Finland

More education data for Slovak Republic

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 9 (2025)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 101.78% (2020)
• Primary education, pupils — 244,806 (2024)
• Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) — 99.96% (2023)
• Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) — 99.53% (2023)
• Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) — 99.74% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Slovak Republic's progression to secondary school (%)?

99.11% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is up 2.21 percentage points from 96.89% in 1992. The highest value was 99.97% in 1998 and the lowest 96.89% in 1992.

How does Slovak Republic rank?

25th highest of 46 economies with data for 2016.

Where is Slovak Republic's progression to secondary school (%) heading?

From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 9 observed years. Extending that straight line gives about 98.98% for 2019. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2013 to 2016 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.08%, against 0.12% 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.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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