What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?

5.98 million number, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?

25 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.

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.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs IDA total: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female

Democratic Republic of Congo

679,135 number

in 2015

IDA total

6.66 million number

in 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

2nd

IDA total rank

3rd

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 6.66 million number against 679,135 number in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 5.98 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 9.8 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 2nd and IDA total ranks 3rd of 187 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1970s	298,868 number	2.49 million number	2.19 million number	IDA total
1980s	353,463 number	3.64 million number	3.29 million number	IDA total
1990s	295,700 number	4.41 million number	4.11 million number	IDA total
2000s	621,199 number	7.00 million number	6.38 million number	IDA total
2010s	662,305 number	7.19 million number	6.53 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female, Democratic Republic of Congo or IDA total?: IDA total, at 6.66 million number against 679,135 number in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?: 5.98 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total?: 25 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and IDA total rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 2nd and IDA total ranks 3rd 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.