Tunisia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 11.24% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.83 percentage points from 7.41% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.24% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.41% | 2007 |
| Highest | 29.35% | 1972 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 2015 |
| Average since 2008 | 7.25% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 29.23% | 1971 |
Since 1971 it is down 17.99 percentage points from 29.23% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2017, Tunisia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2016 (from 11.52% to 11.24%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2016), the average change was −0.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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 11.49 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.4 percentage points in 1973. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 8 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 2017, Tunisia had the 5th highest value of the 50 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 11.24% | 2017 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 1.96% | 2018 |
Closest to Tunisia in the 2017 ranking
- Mali — 1st of 50: 19.68%
- Eswatini — 2nd of 50: 13.45%
- São Tomé and Principe — 3rd of 50: 12.25%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 5th of 50: 11.05%
- Uganda — 6th of 50: 8.8%
- Liechtenstein — 7th of 50: 3.62%
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 44 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.24 |
| 2016 | 11.52 |
| 2015 | 0.0311 |
| 2014 | 6.82 |
| 2013 | 7.21 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 5.95 |
| 2009 | 6.78 |
| 2008 | 8.46 |
| 2007 |
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 Tunisia
- 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)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tunisia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 11.24% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 17.99 percentage points from 29.23% in 1971. The highest value was 29.35% in 1972 and the lowest 0.03% in 2015.
- How does Tunisia rank?
- 5th highest of 50 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) unusual for Tunisia?
- In 2017, Tunisia's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2016 (from 11.52% to 11.24%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2016), the average change was −0.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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.
Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in