What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Afghanistan and OECD members?

358,517 number, with OECD members ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and OECD members?

12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs OECD members: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female

Afghanistan

97,015 number

in 2018

OECD members

455,532 number

in 2019

Afghanistan rank

27th

OECD members rank

28th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

Afghanistan
OECD members

How they compare

OECD members currently reports 455,532 number against 97,015 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 358,517 number.

That makes OECD members's figure about 4.7 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, OECD members has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 27th and OECD members ranks 28th of 187 countries.

OECD members has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	OECD members	Difference	Ahead
1970s	31,499 number	1.89 million number	1.86 million number	OECD members
1980s	12,222 number	1.82 million number	1.81 million number	OECD members
1990s	17,696 number	1.34 million number	1.32 million number	OECD members
2010s	89,764 number	486,180 number	396,416 number	OECD members

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female, Afghanistan or OECD members?: OECD members, at 455,532 number against 97,015 number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Afghanistan and OECD members?: 358,517 number, with OECD members ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and OECD members?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and OECD members rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?: Afghanistan ranks 27th and OECD members ranks 28th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (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, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 6,486 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Number of female pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.