Egypt vs ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes

Egypt
95,355
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
8.48 million
in 2024
Egypt rank
44th
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
47th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes over time

  • Egypt
  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
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How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) currently reports 8.48 million against 95,355 in Egypt, a difference of 8.38 million.

That makes ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s figure about 88.9 times Egypt's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 44th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 47th of 205 countries.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Difference Ahead
1970s 246,504 17.09 million 16.84 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
1980s 197,584 14.48 million 14.29 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
1990s 508,714 13.48 million 12.97 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2000s 353,621 13.76 million 13.41 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2010s 318,562 10.21 million 9.89 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2020s 101,072 7.38 million 7.27 million ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes, Egypt or ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), at 8.48 million against 95,355 in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes between Egypt and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
8.38 million, with ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Egypt and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes?
Egypt ranks 44th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 47th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
425 places, 16,731 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release