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Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
180
Highest
656,820 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
2,495 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,260

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 656,820 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,495 number, and the mean is 18,793 number.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 1,077.2%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 656,820 number 2011 down 42.5% volatile
2 Algeria 188,933 number 2019 down 10.1% volatile
3 Egypt 144,874 number 2019 down 7.5% volatile
4 South Africa 133,964 number 2018 up 7.7% falling
5 Morocco 127,491 number 2019 up 218.0% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 110,240 number 2014 up 18.3% volatile
7 Angola 96,331 number 2016 up 186.7% volatile
8 India 86,903 number 2017 down 91.1% falling
9 Iraq 86,677 number 2007 down 15.2% volatile
10 Mali 83,301 number 2017 up 189.3% volatile
11 Argentina 68,773 number 2017 down 13.2% rising
12 Burkina Faso 66,541 number 2019 up 123.6% volatile
13 Ethiopia 65,363 number 2017 down 31.0% volatile
14 Benin 55,295 number 2016 up 232.8% volatile
15 Kenya 53,805 number 2016 — rising
16 Niger 53,583 number 2019 up 260.4% volatile
17 Bangladesh 53,519 number 2019 down 36.3% falling
18 Pakistan 50,103 number 2019 down 42.5% falling
19 Spain 50,068 number 2018 down 33.9% falling
20 Burundi 48,502 number 2019 up 113.6% volatile
21 Tunisia 48,076 number 2018 down 26.5% volatile
22 Afghanistan 47,272 number 2018 — volatile
23 Philippines 40,632 number 2018 down 41.2% rising
24 Malawi 38,381 number 2012 up 119.6% volatile
25 Venezuela 35,646 number 2017 down 15.3% rising
26 Togo 34,341 number 2019 up 42.8% volatile
27 Cote d'Ivoire 32,911 number 2019 up 180.4% volatile
28 Mozambique 30,927 number 2019 up 50.1% rising
29 Madagascar 27,891 number 2019 down 3.9% volatile
30 Saudi Arabia 27,400 number 2019 up 2.4% volatile
31 Colombia 26,910 number 2018 down 21.5% volatile
32 Chad 26,191 number 2018 up 57.5% volatile
33 Nepal 25,289 number 2019 down 46.3% rising
34 Eswatini 25,168 number 2018 up 1,077.2% volatile
35 Cameroon 23,595 number 2016 up 60.7% volatile
36 Senegal 23,429 number 2019 up 43.6% volatile
37 Yemen 22,893 number 2016 up 28.4% rising
38 Thailand 22,445 number 2018 — rising
39 Turkey 21,549 number 2018 down 67.8% volatile
40 Mexico 19,414 number 2018 down 17.1% rising
41 Namibia 18,491 number 2017 up 77.3% volatile
42 Iran 17,956 number 2017 down 85.9% falling
43 Guinea 17,675 number 2014 up 91.5% volatile
44 Peru 17,566 number 2019 down 56.7% rising
45 Vietnam 16,660 number 2018 down 58.7% falling
46 Guatemala 16,229 number 2019 up 52.7% volatile
47 Italy 15,959 number 2018 down 8.9% volatile
48 Bolivia 15,470 number 2018 up 387.2% volatile
49 Sudan 13,631 number 2017 down 24.4% flat
50 Uruguay 13,566 number 2010 up 119.7% rising
51 Libya 13,435 number 1983 up 264.9% volatile
52 Zambia 13,346 number 2013 up 280.2% volatile
53 Congo 12,756 number 2012 down 20.8% volatile
54 Indonesia 12,638 number 2017 down 17.2% falling
55 Honduras 12,604 number 2019 up 80.7% rising
56 Ghana 12,120 number 2019 down 32.5% volatile
57 Germany 11,891 number 2018 down 29.6% falling
58 Eritrea 11,217 number 2018 up 30.6% rising
59 Nicaragua 10,811 number 2010 up 60.4% rising
60 Chile 10,681 number 2018 down 43.6% rising
61 Dominican Republic 10,530 number 2019 up 14.3% rising
62 Portugal 9,885 number 2018 — volatile
63 Rwanda 9,700 number 2019 down 9.7% volatile
64 Central African Republic 9,649 number 2016 up 93.1% volatile
65 Romania 9,345 number 2018 up 19.7% falling
66 Ecuador 9,078 number 2018 down 12.1% falling
67 Lebanon 8,390 number 2019 down 31.6% rising
68 Syria 7,882 number 2013 down 41.7% falling
69 Cambodia 6,774 number 2019 up 30.2% rising
70 Greece 6,367 number 2018 down 7.2% falling
71 China 6,201 number 2016 down 87.0% volatile
72 France 6,050 number 2018 down 88.4% volatile
73 El Salvador 5,850 number 2018 down 30.1% volatile
74 Myanmar 5,764 number 2017 up 105.8% volatile
75 Haiti 5,455 number 1997 up 82.0% rising
76 Lesotho 4,998 number 2017 up 30.3% volatile
77 Sierra Leone 4,739 number 2019 down 60.9% volatile
78 Poland 4,168 number 2018 down 77.2% falling
79 Belgium 3,864 number 2018 down 55.3% falling
80 Gabon 3,802 number 1995 up 114.2% volatile
81 Panama 3,537 number 2017 down 13.4% rising
82 Netherlands 3,394 number 2010 down 40.0% falling
83 Guinea-Bissau 3,285 number 2010 up 158.9% volatile
84 Jordan 3,276 number 2019 up 40.8% volatile
85 Liberia 3,015 number 2017 up 13.8% rising
86 Sri Lanka 2,975 number 2017 down 13.7% volatile
87 Cape Verde 2,685 number 2018 down 26.5% volatile
88 Guyana 2,577 number 2010 up 55.1% rising
89 Oman 2,519 number 2019 up 47.8% volatile
90 Comoros 2,518 number 2017 up 44.4% rising
91 Cuba 2,472 number 2019 up 614.5% volatile
92 Mauritania 2,244 number 2019 down 0.6% volatile
93 Hungary 2,151 number 2018 down 33.7% falling
94 Hong Kong 2,093 number 2019 down 30.6% falling
95 Bulgaria 2,037 number 2018 down 14.8% volatile
96 Laos 2,011 number 2019 down 19.9% rising
97 Russia 1,989 number 2018 down 57.7% volatile
98 Bhutan 1,872 number 2020 up 139.4% volatile
99 Austria 1,777 number 2018 — volatile
100 Palestine 1,703 number 2019 down 32.3% rising
101 Costa Rica 1,690 number 2019 down 86.7% volatile
102 Paraguay 1,472 number 2016 up 0.3% flat
103 Tanzania 1,436 number 2018 down 75.1% volatile
104 Slovakia 1,406 number 2018 down 27.3% falling
105 Gambia 1,404 number 2019 up 116.0% volatile
106 Kuwait 1,381 number 2019 down 69.8% falling
107 East Timor 1,289 number 2019 up 365.3% rising
108 Czechia 1,170 number 2018 down 13.6% falling
109 Uganda 1,122 number 2017 down 73.0% volatile
110 Israel 1,095 number 2018 down 29.4% flat
111 Suriname 1,078 number 2019 up 49.9% falling
112 Serbia 999 number 2019 down 53.6% falling
113 Equatorial Guinea 799 number 2015 down 49.0% falling
113 Sao Tome and Principe 799 number 2017 down 21.2% rising
115 United Arab Emirates 797 number 2014 down 45.5% volatile
116 Switzerland 771 number 2018 down 46.5% falling
117 Qatar 661 number 2019 up 133.6% volatile
118 New Caledonia 513 number 1990 down 7.9% flat
119 Belize 497 number 2019 up 26.1% flat
120 French Polynesia 493 number 1993 up 46.7% falling
121 Georgia 403 number 2019 up 660.4% falling
122 Albania 367 number 2019 down 63.8% volatile
123 Djibouti 336 number 2020 down 39.4% volatile
124 Azerbaijan 334 number 2019 down 48.8% volatile
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 330 number 2018 up 20.4% volatile
126 Macao 317 number 2019 down 75.1% falling
127 Tajikistan 311 number 2017 down 68.6% volatile
128 Jamaica 302 number 2019 up 11.0% volatile
129 Barbados 273 number 2018 — volatile
130 Denmark 272 number 2018 down 7.2% volatile
131 Mauritius 261 number 2019 down 37.0% falling
132 Mongolia 230 number 2018 up 900.0% volatile
133 Singapore 219 number 2018 up 1.9% volatile
134 Slovenia 215 number 2018 up 36.9% volatile
135 Aruba 206 number 2014 up 31.2% rising
136 Croatia 205 number 2018 down 38.6% volatile
137 Latvia 193 number 2018 down 88.0% volatile
138 Bahrain 179 number 2019 down 75.7% falling
139 Vanuatu 178 number 2013 up 314.0% volatile
140 Estonia 152 number 2018 down 61.4% volatile
141 Ireland 133 number 2018 down 38.4% falling
142 Antigua and Barbuda 125 number 2018 down 71.7% volatile
143 Brunei 124 number 2019 up 53.1% volatile
144 Finland 118 number 2018 down 43.0% falling
145 Tonga 116 number 2006 down 34.5% falling
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 112 number 2019 down 26.3% falling
147 Dominica 107 number 2015 down 44.6% falling
148 Kiribati 98 number 2016 — volatile
149 Bahamas 95 number 2010 — volatile
150 Cyprus 91 number 2018 down 7.1% volatile
151 Solomon Islands 84 number 2018 down 16.8% volatile
152 Luxembourg 69 number 2018 down 76.8% volatile
153 Fiji 63 number 2016 down 64.4% volatile
153 Grenada 63 number 2018 down 66.1% falling
155 Botswana 55 number 2014 up 10.0% volatile
156 Kazakhstan 48 number 2019 down 73.6% volatile
157 Lithuania 41 number 2018 down 75.9% volatile
158 Trinidad and Tobago 38 number 2010 down 96.8% volatile
158 Ukraine 38 number 2019 down 57.3% volatile
160 Montenegro 37 number 2019 down 17.8% rising
161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29 number 2016 up 31.8% volatile
162 British Virgin Islands 26 number 2018 down 31.6% falling
163 Belarus 25 number 2018 up 400.0% volatile
164 Armenia 21 number 2019 down 89.1% volatile
164 Samoa 21 number 2019 up 110.0% falling
166 South Korea 18 number 2018 down 40.0% volatile
167 Kyrgyzstan 14 number 2019 down 84.4% volatile
168 Turks and Caicos Islands 7 number 2018 up 600.0% volatile
169 Andorra 6 number 2019 down 90.2% volatile
170 Malta 5 number 2018 down 66.7% volatile
171 Maldives 4 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
172 Uzbekistan 3 number 2019 down 92.5% volatile
173 Liechtenstein 2 number 2018 — volatile
174 Saint Lucia 1 number 2019 unchanged volatile
174 Nauru 1 number 2019 — volatile
176 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
176 Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
176 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
176 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
176 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,260 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.