Suriname: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Suriname's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2017 (from 16.81% to 16.44%).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.78 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.27 percentage points in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Suriname had the 3rd 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.

Closest to Suriname in the 2018 ranking

• Madagascar — 1st of 79: 26.07%
• Burundi — 2nd of 79: 25.72%
• Comoros — 4th of 79: 15.95%
• Namibia — 5th of 79: 15.67%
• Benin — 6th of 79: 15.11%

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 26 values

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 Suriname

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 60,612 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 91.92% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 63,941 (2023)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 76.11% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 89.67% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.09% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Suriname's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?

16.44% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is down 7.46 percentage points from 23.9% in 1976. The highest value was 25.79% in 1979 and the lowest 13.98% in 2006.

How does Suriname rank?

3rd highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) unusual for Suriname?

In 2018, Suriname's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2017 (from 16.81% to 16.44%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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