Repetition Rates in Schools in Palestine by Scholastic Year, Stage, Region and Sex

Repetition Rates in Schools in Palestine by Scholastic Year, Stage, Region and Sex

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Scholastic Year & Stage	West Bank			Gaza Strip			Palestine
Scholastic Year & Stage	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes
1994/1995
Total	3.46	3.17	3.32	7.68	5.80	6.77	5.07	4.17	4.63
Basic	3.53	3.31	3.42	7.51	6.14	6.84	5.04	4.38	4.72
Secondary	2.60	1.27	1.99	9.64	1.30	5.89	5.37	1.28	3.51
1995/1996
Total	3.29	3.08	3.19	5.75	4.39	5.09	4.25	3.59	3.93
Basic	3.36	3.21	3.29	5.82	4.69	5.27	4.32	3.79	4.06
Secondary	2.47	1.46	1.99	4.94	0.58	2.98	3.47	1.12	2.38
1996/1997
Total	3.20	2.83	3.02	4.21	3.31	3.77	3.60	3.02	3.31
Basic	3.17	2.92	3.05	4.28	3.55	3.92	3.61	3.17	3.39
Secondary	3.48	1.75	2.65	3.41	0.37	1.99	3.45	1.21	2.39
1997/1998
Total	2.38	2.17	2.28	3.49	2.49	3.00	2.83	2.30	2.57
Basic	2.49	2.28	2.39	3.70	2.67	3.19	2.97	2.44	2.71
Secondary	1.11	0.88	1.00	1.21	0.39	0.82	1.15	0.68	0.92
1998/1999
Total	2.32	2.00	2.16	3.24	2.33	2.79	2.69	2.13	2.41
Basic	2.36	2.08	2.22	3.45	2.53	3.00	2.80	2.26	2.53
Secondary	1.85	0.99	1.41	0.98	0.16	0.58	1.47	0.65	1.06
1999/2000
Total	2.17	1.68	1.93	2.97	2.56	2.77	2.49	2.03	2.27
Basic	2.20	1.73	1.97	3.12	2.51	2.82	2.57	2.04	2.31
Secondary	1.86	1.16	1.49	1.34	3.07	2.20	1.63	1.94	1.79
2000/2001
Total	1.82	1.59	1.71	2.56	1.99	2.28	2.12	1.75	1.94
Basic	1.85	1.64	1.74	2.69	2.14	2.42	2.19	1.84	2.02
Secondary	1.54	1.09	1.30	1.16	0.41	0.78	1.38	0.82	1.09
2001/2002
Total	1.52	1.25	1.39	2.08	1.66	1.87	1.75	1.41	1.58
Basic	1.55	1.26	1.41	2.14	1.75	1.95	1.79	1.46	1.63
Secondary	1.23	1.08	1.15	1.40	0.64	1.01	1.30	0.91	1.10
2002/2003
Total	1.42	1.16	1.29	1.68	1.23	1.46	1.53	1.19	1.36
Basic	1.42	1.15	1.29	1.70	1.26	1.49	1.54	1.20	1.37
Secondary	1.42	1.19	1.30	1.45	0.94	1.19	1.43	1.10	1.26
2003/2004
Total	1.38	0.99	1.19	1.66	1.59	1.62	1.50	1.24	1.37
Basic	1.38	1.00	1.20	1.68	1.74	1.71	1.50	1.30	1.40
Secondary	1.40	0.90	1.14	1.50	0.26	0.87	1.45	0.64	1.03
2004/2005
Total	1.47	1.19	1.33	1.95	1.75	1.85	1.67	1.42	1.54
Basic	1.53	1.26	1.39	2.12	1.95	2.03	1.77	1.54	1.66
Secondary	0.98	0.65	0.81	0.53	0.19	0.36	0.79	0.47	0.62
2005/2006
Total	1.53	1.12	1.32	2.00	1.57	1.79	1.72	1.30	1.51
Basic	1.59	1.17	1.38	2.18	1.69	1.94	1.83	1.38	1.61
Secondary	1.08	0.75	0.91	0.55	0.69	0.62	0.86	0.73	0.79
2006/2007
Total	1.55	1.26	1.40	7.03	3.75	5.40	3.79	2.27	3.03
Basic	1.63	1.34	1.49	7.78	4.19	6.01	4.14	2.49	3.33
Secondary	0.90	0.67	0.77	1.24	0.75	0.98	1.04	0.70	0.86
2007/2008
Total	1.60	1.34	1.47	..	..	..	..	..	..
Basic	1.68	1.44	1.56	..	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary	1.00	0.73	0.85	..	..	..	..	..	..
2008/2009
Total	1.57	1.39	1.48	..	..	..	..	..	..
Basic	1.63	1.49	1.56	..	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary	1.14	0.79	0.95	..	..	..	..	..	..
2009/2010
Total	1.54	1.29	1.42	1.90	1.81	1.85	1.69	1.50	1.60
Basic	1.62	1.38	1.50	1.96	1.88	1.92	1.76	1.58	1.70
Secondary	0.97	0.79	0.87	1.48	1.40	1.44	1.18	1.04	1.10
2010/2011
Total	1.79	1.56	1.67	4.10	4.05	4.08	2.72	2.56	2.60
Basic	1.87	1.69	1.78	4.10	4.05	4.07	2.77	2.64	2.70
Secondary	1.22	0.81	0.99	4.17	4.05	4.11	2.40	2.09	2.20
2011/2012
Total	1.50	1.24	1.37	0.86	0.64	0.75	1.24	1.00	1.10
Basic	1.52	1.32	1.42	0.87	0.61	0.74	1.26	1.03	1.10
Secondary	1.34	0.77	1.03	0.78	0.82	0.80	1.10	0.79	0.90
2012/2013
Total	1.40	1.27	1.33	..	..	..	..	..	1.20
Basic	1.45	1.33	1.39	..	..	..	..	..	1.20
Secondary	1.01	0.90	0.95	..	..	..	..	..	0.90
2013/2014
Total	1.47	1.25	1.36	1.92	0.84	1.38	1.66	1.08	1.37
Basic	1.55	1.32	1.44	2.13	0.92	1.53	1.79	1.16	1.47
Secondary	0.87	0.76	0.81	0.30	0.34	0.32	0.63	0.59	0.61
2014/2015
Total	1.24	1.09	1.16	0.88	0.35	0.62	1.09	0.78	0.93
Basic	1.30	1.18	1.24	0.99	0.39	0.69	1.17	0.85	1.01
Secondary	0.71	0.46	0.57	0.03	0.06	0.04	0.42	0.30	0.35
2015/2016
Total	1.21	1.15	1.18	..	..	..	..	..	..
Basic	1.28	1.22	1.25	..	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary	0.61	0.72	0.67	..	..	..	..	..	..
2016/2017
Total	1.19	0.99	1.09	0.95	0.79	0.87	1.09	0.91	1.00
Basic	1.11	0.91	1.01	0.96	0.74	0.85	1.05	0.84	0.94
Secondary	1.85	1.54	1.67	0.90	1.01	0.96	1.33	1.27	1.30
2017/2018
Total	1.04	0.85	0.94	0.76	0.55	0.66	0.92	0.72	0.82
Basic	1.06	0.84	0.95	0.74	0.51	0.63	0.92	0.70	0.81
Secondary	0.93	0.86	0.89	0.87	0.70	0.78	0.91	0.80	0.85
2018/2019
Total	1.09	0.75	0.92	0.66	0.56	0.61	0.90	0.67	0.78
Basic	1.01	0.75	0.88	0.65	0.49	0.57	0.85	0.64	0.75
Secondary	1.50	0.75	1.07	0.71	0.83	0.78	1.15	0.78	0.95
2019/2020
Total	0.20	0.10	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.05	0.08
Basic	0.20	0.09	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.05	0.08
Secondary	0.23	0.13	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.08	0.10
2020/2021
Total	0.19	0.11	0.15	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.11	0.06	0.09
Basic	0.17	0.10	0.14	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.10	0.06	0.08
Secondary	0.26	0.13	0.19	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.15	0.08	0.11
2021/2022
Total	0.57	0.52	0.55	0.34	0.35	0.34	0.47	0.44	0.46
Basic	0.56	0.51	0.53	0.30	0.27	0.28	0.45	0.40	0.42
Secondary	0.62	0.57	0.59	0.52	0.65	0.59	0.57	0.60	0.59
2022/2023
Total	0.32	0.25	0.28	..	..	..	..	..	..
Basic	0.32	0.22	0.27	..	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary	0.32	0.35	0.34	..	..	..	..	..	..
2023/2024
Total	0.32	0.27	0.29	..	..	..	..	..	..
Basic	0.31	0.25	0.28	..	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary	0.39	0.32	0.35	..	..	..	..	..	..

(..) means not available
Data for Gaza Strip is not available for scholastic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 due to the ongoing aggression on the Strip since October 7, 2023.
Source: Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 2025. Data base of education survey for scholastic years 1995\1996-2024\2025. Ramallah - Palestine