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

639,161 number, with South Asia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and South Asia?

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 South Asia: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female

Afghanistan

97,015 number

in 2018

South Asia

736,176 number

in 2019

Afghanistan rank

27th

South Asia rank

27th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

Afghanistan
South Asia

How they compare

South Asia currently reports 736,176 number against 97,015 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 639,161 number.

That makes South Asia's figure about 7.6 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, South Asia has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 27th of 187 countries.

South Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	31,499 number	4.46 million number	4.43 million number	South Asia
1980s	12,222 number	3.34 million number	3.33 million number	South Asia
1990s	17,696 number	2.70 million number	2.69 million number	South Asia
2010s	89,764 number	1.23 million number	1.14 million number	South Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female, Afghanistan or South Asia?: South Asia, at 736,176 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 South Asia?: 639,161 number, with South Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and South Asia?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and South Asia rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?: Afghanistan ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 27th 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: 04 September 2026

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