Malawi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male

Malawi
22.5%
in 2018
Sao Tome and Principe
26.7%
in 2016
Malawi rank
6th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
4th

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male over time

  • Malawi
  • Sao Tome and Principe
101520253035197319952018

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 26.7% against 22.5% in Malawi, a difference of 4.2%.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Malawi ranks 6th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th of 174 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1980s 17.1% 28.5% 11.4% Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 20.1% 24.6% 4.5% Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 20.4% 24.5% 4.0% Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male, Malawi or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 26.7% against 22.5% in Malawi as of 2016.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male between Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
4.2%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
8 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2013.
How do Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male?
Malawi ranks 6th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th of 174 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-primary-education-male-percent/malawi/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-primary-education-male-percent/malawi/sao-tome-and-principe/">Malawi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
174 places, 3,410 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.