What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?

5.90 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?

13 years are reported by both, from 1976 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.

Bangladesh vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female

Bangladesh

332,343 number

in 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa

6.23 million number

in 2019

Bangladesh rank

7th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

5th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

Bangladesh
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 6.23 million number against 332,343 number in Bangladesh, a difference of 5.90 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 18.8 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th of 187 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	556,721 number	1.74 million number	1.18 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	601,198 number	2.53 million number	1.93 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	950,856 number	5.32 million number	4.37 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	605,721 number	6.03 million number	5.42 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female, Bangladesh or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 6.23 million number against 332,343 number in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 5.90 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?: Bangladesh ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th 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.