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Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (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
177
Highest
60,527 number
Egypt
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
844 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,750

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (number) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 60,527 number in Egypt; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 844 number, and the mean is 5,976 number.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,054.5%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 60,527 number 2019 down 9.9% volatile
2 South Africa 45,952 number 2018 down 22.5% falling
3 Algeria 44,308 number 2019 down 30.6% volatile
4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44,277 number 2014 up 19.1% volatile
5 Angola 42,453 number 2016 up 219.6% volatile
6 India 40,081 number 2017 down 90.3% falling
7 Mali 39,259 number 2017 up 135.3% volatile
8 Morocco 34,818 number 2019 up 310.5% volatile
9 Burkina Faso 34,147 number 2019 up 156.3% volatile
10 Ethiopia 28,843 number 2017 down 18.3% volatile
11 Argentina 28,496 number 2017 down 10.0% rising
12 Benin 26,794 number 2016 up 300.9% volatile
13 Bangladesh 26,097 number 2019 down 37.9% flat
14 Burundi 26,017 number 2019 up 167.9% volatile
15 Iraq 25,739 number 2007 down 20.9% volatile
16 Kenya 25,398 number 2016 — volatile
17 Niger 24,556 number 2019 up 352.1% volatile
18 Pakistan 23,993 number 2019 down 31.2% falling
19 Malawi 19,065 number 2012 up 132.7% volatile
20 Spain 18,447 number 2018 down 36.2% falling
21 Tunisia 16,395 number 2018 down 30.1% volatile
22 Togo 15,309 number 2019 up 62.4% volatile
23 Saudi Arabia 15,275 number 2019 up 55.1% volatile
24 Afghanistan 14,855 number 2018 — volatile
25 Côte d'Ivoire 14,498 number 2019 up 182.8% volatile
26 Mozambique 13,762 number 2019 up 51.0% rising
27 Madagascar 13,060 number 2019 down 6.4% volatile
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13,056 number 2017 down 12.5% rising
29 Eswatini 11,761 number 2018 up 1,044.1% volatile
30 Nepal 11,524 number 2019 down 49.5% falling
31 Senegal 10,787 number 2019 up 45.0% volatile
32 Cameroon 10,655 number 2016 up 57.4% volatile
33 Chad 10,283 number 2018 up 102.2% volatile
34 Colombia 10,081 number 2018 down 17.2% volatile
35 Namibia 8,570 number 2017 up 59.3% rising
36 Philippines 8,355 number 2018 down 48.8% falling
37 Türkiye 7,075 number 2018 down 78.7% volatile
38 Yemen 6,753 number 2016 up 57.7% rising
39 Zambia 6,567 number 2013 up 319.9% volatile
40 Peru 6,244 number 2019 down 58.5% falling
41 Congo 6,166 number 2012 down 16.9% volatile
42 Guinea 6,142 number 2014 up 71.0% volatile
43 Sudan 6,008 number 2017 down 26.4% flat
44 Ghana 5,880 number 2019 down 29.8% volatile
45 Uruguay 5,711 number 2010 up 45.5% rising
46 Guatemala 5,345 number 2019 up 23.0% volatile
47 Thailand 5,234 number 2018 — rising
48 Mexico 5,188 number 2018 down 29.4% falling
49 Libya 5,053 number 1983 up 818.7% volatile
50 Italy 4,954 number 2018 down 3.2% volatile
51 Germany 4,752 number 2018 down 33.4% falling
52 Rwanda 4,638 number 2019 down 19.6% volatile
53 Chile 4,441 number 2018 down 39.3% rising
54 Honduras 4,366 number 2019 up 46.0% flat
55 Lebanon 4,220 number 2019 down 33.1% rising
56 Nicaragua 4,032 number 2010 up 38.8% rising
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3,984 number 2018 up 209.6% rising
58 Eritrea 3,959 number 2018 up 24.7% rising
59 Central African Republic 3,852 number 2016 up 118.5% volatile
60 Portugal 3,733 number 2018 — volatile
61 Iran 3,440 number 2017 down 88.8% volatile
62 Ecuador 3,299 number 2018 down 13.4% falling
63 Romania 3,200 number 2018 up 27.9% falling
64 Syria 2,972 number 2013 down 44.1% rising
65 Viet Nam 2,928 number 2018 down 39.1% volatile
66 Indonesia 2,831 number 2017 down 36.4% rising
67 Haiti 2,813 number 1997 up 84.7% rising
68 Dominican Republic 2,745 number 2019 up 2.5% rising
69 Lesotho 2,541 number 2017 up 15.9% rising
70 Greece 2,400 number 2018 up 18.1% falling
71 Sierra Leone 2,379 number 2019 down 63.3% volatile
72 France 2,310 number 2018 down 88.6% volatile
73 China 2,152 number 2016 down 87.0% volatile
74 Gabon 2,002 number 1995 up 97.2% volatile
75 Cambodia 1,992 number 2019 up 23.0% rising
75 Myanmar 1,992 number 2017 up 45.5% volatile
77 El Salvador 1,868 number 2018 down 37.7% volatile
78 Panama 1,492 number 2017 down 0.8% rising
79 Guinea-Bissau 1,441 number 2010 up 161.1% volatile
80 Liberia 1,366 number 2017 up 14.7% volatile
81 Belgium 1,321 number 2018 down 63.6% volatile
82 Poland 1,222 number 2018 down 77.6% falling
83 Netherlands 1,217 number 2010 down 65.8% falling
84 Jordan 1,191 number 2019 up 11.0% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 1,134 number 2017 down 8.5% volatile
86 Comoros 1,029 number 2017 up 29.9% rising
87 Mauritania 1,005 number 2019 down 5.8% volatile
88 Russian Federation 972 number 2018 — volatile
89 Oman 844 number 2019 up 5.5% volatile
90 Cape Verde 829 number 2018 down 50.6% volatile
91 Bhutan 805 number 2020 up 77.7% volatile
92 Guyana 797 number 2010 up 20.4% falling
93 Tanzania, United Republic of 793 number 2018 down 73.8% volatile
94 Gambia 786 number 2019 up 137.5% volatile
95 Palestine, State of 750 number 2019 down 32.2% rising
96 Hong Kong 748 number 2019 down 23.2% volatile
97 Bulgaria 708 number 2018 down 27.4% falling
98 Hungary 680 number 2018 down 32.5% falling
99 Costa Rica 634 number 2019 down 88.3% volatile
100 Austria 603.5 number 2018 — volatile
101 Slovakia 594 number 2018 down 22.4% falling
102 Uganda 588 number 2017 down 70.2% rising
103 Cuba 539 number 2019 up 455.7% volatile
104 Suriname 524 number 2019 up 40.1% falling
105 Czechia 478 number 2018 up 1.5% falling
106 Paraguay 465 number 2016 down 4.5% falling
107 Lao People's Democratic Republic 443 number 2019 down 26.8% rising
108 Kuwait 442 number 2019 down 75.9% falling
109 Serbia 402 number 2019 down 43.7% falling
110 Timor-Leste 380 number 2019 up 222.0% rising
111 Equatorial Guinea 376 number 2015 down 47.3% falling
112 Sao Tome and Principe 343 number 2017 down 24.3% rising
113 Israel 308 number 2018 down 36.9% falling
114 Switzerland 288 number 2018 down 49.0% falling
115 New Caledonia 281 number 1990 down 3.1% flat
116 Qatar 245 number 2019 up 14.5% volatile
117 Belize 186 number 2019 up 6.3% flat
118 Barbados 175 number 2019 — volatile
119 United Arab Emirates 158 number 2014 down 64.2% volatile
120 Azerbaijan 146 number 2019 down 56.2% volatile
121 Mauritius 141 number 2019 down 22.5% falling
122 Tajikistan 139 number 2017 down 69.8% volatile
123 Albania 134 number 2019 down 60.6% volatile
123 Mongolia 134 number 2018 up 857.1% volatile
125 Georgia 127 number 2019 up 1,054.5% rising
126 Denmark 116 number 2018 up 34.9% volatile
127 Macao 114 number 2019 down 74.4% falling
128 Singapore 92 number 2018 up 41.5% volatile
129 Djibouti 87 number 2020 down 67.2% volatile
130 Jamaica 81 number 2019 down 11.0% volatile
131 Slovenia 79 number 2018 up 83.7% falling
132 Aruba 78 number 2014 up 23.8% rising
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 77 number 2018 up 220.8% volatile
134 Croatia 68 number 2018 down 24.4% volatile
135 Vanuatu 63 number 2013 up 270.6% volatile
136 Estonia 60 number 2018 down 44.4% volatile
137 Bahrain 52 number 2019 down 69.8% falling
137 Kiribati 52 number 2016 — volatile
137 Tonga 52 number 2006 up 2.0% volatile
140 Ireland 47 number 2018 down 56.5% falling
141 Latvia 46 number 2018 down 90.0% volatile
142 Brunei Darussalam 38 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
142 Finland 38 number 2018 down 47.2% flat
144 Dominica 32 number 2015 down 48.4% falling
145 Cyprus 30 number 2018 up 66.7% volatile
146 Solomon Islands 28 number 2018 down 34.9% volatile
147 Luxembourg 27 number 2018 down 79.1% volatile
148 Botswana 25 number 2014 down 13.8% volatile
149 Antigua and Barbuda 23 number 2018 down 80.7% volatile
149 Bahamas 23 number 2010 — volatile
149 Kazakhstan 23 number 2019 down 47.7% volatile
152 Fiji 21 number 2016 down 69.6% volatile
153 Grenada 20 number 2018 down 55.6% volatile
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 number 2019 down 61.1% falling
154 Montenegro 14 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
154 Trinidad and Tobago 14 number 2010 down 97.7% volatile
154 Ukraine 14 number 2019 down 68.2% volatile
158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 number 2016 up 116.7% volatile
158 Lithuania 13 number 2018 down 65.8% volatile
160 Belarus 12 number 2018 up 500.0% volatile
161 Republic of Korea 11 number 2018 up 10.0% volatile
162 Samoa 7 number 2019 up 75.0% volatile
163 British Virgin Islands 6 number 2018 down 45.5% volatile
164 Armenia 5 number 2019 down 95.3% volatile
165 Kyrgyzstan 4 number 2019 down 83.3% volatile
166 Andorra 3 number 2019 down 88.0% volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 number 2018 — volatile
166 Uzbekistan 3 number 2019 down 80.0% volatile
169 Maldives 2 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
170 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 — volatile
170 Malta 1 number 2018 down 90.9% volatile
170 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
173 Saint Lucia 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
173 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
173 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
173 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
173 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 3,750 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.