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

5.72 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

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

40 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.

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.

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

Malawi

515,255 number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa

6.23 million number

in 2019

Malawi rank

4th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female over time

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 6.23 million number against 515,255 number in Malawi, a difference of 5.72 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 12.1 times Malawi's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 187 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	37,787 number	1.83 million number	1.79 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	55,645 number	2.78 million number	2.72 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	150,186 number	3.43 million number	3.28 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	265,099 number	5.09 million number	4.82 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	385,746 number	6.01 million number	5.62 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, Malawi or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 6.23 million number against 515,255 number in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female between Malawi and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 5.72 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?: Malawi ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th 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.