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Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary 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
181
Highest
1.52 million number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
2,440 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,062

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 1.52 million number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,440 number, and the mean is 36,077 number.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 1,850.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.52 million number 2004 down 2.1% rising
2 Madagascar 395,639 number 2019 up 83.3% rising
3 Ethiopia 362,294 number 2015 up 61.5% rising
4 Malawi 338,763 number 2019 up 68.2% volatile
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 305,230 number 2015 down 23.1% rising
6 India 227,166 number 2017 down 81.4% volatile
7 Burundi 182,632 number 2019 up 11.9% volatile
8 Indonesia 165,126 number 2018 down 51.4% falling
9 Cameroon 147,411 number 2019 up 8.9% rising
10 South Africa 137,188 number 2018 down 24.1% flat
11 Nepal 135,020 number 2019 down 68.6% falling
12 Iraq 131,708 number 2007 up 68.1% rising
13 Bangladesh 130,594 number 2018 down 84.0% volatile
14 Chad 128,051 number 2019 up 1.2% rising
15 Pakistan 122,104 number 2019 down 51.3% falling
16 Uganda 98,881 number 2017 down 66.4% volatile
17 Türkiye 93,018 number 2018 up 66.7% volatile
18 United States of America 87,472 number 2018 — volatile
19 Guatemala 85,975 number 2019 down 42.6% rising
20 Mozambique 81,288 number 2019 up 116.6% volatile
21 Morocco 80,963 number 2019 down 28.8% flat
22 Rwanda 78,049 number 2019 down 36.2% volatile
23 Haiti 76,553 number 1997 up 177.1% rising
24 Mali 74,450 number 2017 up 121.7% volatile
25 Philippines 65,274 number 2017 down 54.4% rising
26 Tanzania, United Republic of 64,010 number 2019 down 27.9% volatile
27 Angola 61,632 number 2011 down 61.4% falling
28 Syria 59,172 number 2013 down 24.0% rising
29 Yemen 58,675 number 2016 up 84.7% rising
30 Iran, Islamic Republic of 57,161 number 2017 up 2.5% volatile
31 Central African Republic 56,734 number 2016 up 76.7% rising
32 Zambia 47,016 number 2016 up 57.5% volatile
33 Cambodia 44,212 number 2019 down 52.5% volatile
34 Kenya 43,143 number 2016 down 44.2% volatile
35 Viet Nam 40,650 number 2018 down 31.9% volatile
36 Nicaragua 36,855 number 2010 up 97.1% rising
37 Benin 36,848 number 2019 up 311.9% volatile
38 Congo 36,295 number 2012 up 22.0% rising
39 Papua New Guinea 33,690 number 2016 — volatile
40 Gabon 32,961 number 2003 up 23.9% rising
41 Afghanistan 32,753 number 2018 — volatile
42 Côte d'Ivoire 30,710 number 2019 down 56.0% rising
43 Guinea 27,720 number 2016 up 274.5% rising
44 Sudan 25,621 number 2017 down 26.8% falling
45 Saudi Arabia 24,983 number 2019 down 18.9% falling
46 Sierra Leone 23,705 number 2019 down 41.9% volatile
47 Thailand 23,469 number 2018 down 74.9% volatile
48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 22,366 number 2017 down 56.0% volatile
49 Colombia 21,950 number 2018 down 62.8% volatile
50 Namibia 16,382 number 2018 up 17.4% falling
51 Ghana 15,788 number 2018 down 72.6% volatile
52 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14,736 number 2019 down 83.0% falling
53 Spain 13,528 number 2018 — volatile
54 Liberia 12,216 number 2017 up 28.5% rising
55 Guinea-Bissau 12,062 number 2010 up 8.4% rising
56 Tunisia 11,077 number 2017 up 445.7% volatile
57 Chile 10,573 number 2018 down 27.4% volatile
58 Germany 10,424 number 2008 down 43.3% falling
59 Burkina Faso 10,322 number 2019 down 33.3% volatile
60 France 10,189 number 2018 — falling
61 Libya 8,983 number 1983 up 477.3% volatile
62 Mexico 8,745 number 2018 down 94.3% volatile
63 Timor-Leste 8,291 number 2019 down 51.3% falling
64 Russian Federation 8,154 number 2018 down 10.1% volatile
65 Netherlands 7,349 number 1985 down 51.5% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7,005 number 2018 down 63.5% volatile
67 El Salvador 6,918 number 2018 down 71.3% falling
68 Gambia 6,628 number 2019 up 45.5% volatile
69 Myanmar 6,603 number 2010 down 45.5% volatile
70 Belgium 6,363 number 2018 down 25.3% falling
71 Equatorial Guinea 5,631 number 2015 down 33.7% falling
72 Paraguay 5,494 number 2016 down 63.5% falling
73 Uruguay 5,272 number 2018 down 40.3% falling
74 Austria 5,262 number 2018 up 27.6% volatile
75 Lesotho 4,885 number 2017 down 77.3% flat
76 Botswana 4,796 number 2015 up 25.4% volatile
77 Lebanon 4,302 number 2019 up 6.6% falling
78 Togo 4,285 number 2019 down 94.4% falling
79 Argentina 4,132 number 2017 down 94.5% volatile
80 Honduras 4,033 number 2019 down 82.3% volatile
81 Poland 3,846 number 2018 up 28.4% volatile
82 China 3,811 number 2019 down 98.5% volatile
83 Comoros 3,554 number 2018 down 41.1% falling
84 Slovakia 3,521 number 2018 up 10.1% falling
85 Hungary 3,504 number 2018 up 0.7% falling
86 Panama 3,449 number 2017 down 54.9% falling
87 Italy 3,348 number 2018 up 16.9% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 3,313 number 2017 up 145.8% volatile
89 Senegal 3,089 number 2019 down 76.5% volatile
90 Eritrea 2,871 number 2018 down 68.6% volatile
91 Eswatini 2,440 number 2018 down 72.3% rising
92 Dominican Republic 2,364 number 2019 down 80.5% volatile
93 Ecuador 1,988 number 2018 down 83.4% volatile
94 Greece 1,973 number 2018 up 33.8% volatile
95 Suriname 1,966 number 2019 down 24.7% falling
96 Egypt 1,958 number 2019 — volatile
97 Vanuatu 1,926 number 2013 up 81.0% rising
98 Solomon Islands 1,650 number 2018 up 0.8% volatile
99 Denmark 1,512 number 2018 — volatile
100 Israel 1,478 number 2018 down 40.2% falling
101 Trinidad and Tobago 1,361 number 2010 down 26.3% rising
102 Switzerland 1,358 number 2018 up 49.7% falling
103 Czechia 1,201 number 2018 up 20.0% falling
104 Niger 1,139 number 2019 up 98.1% volatile
105 Jordan 992 number 2019 up 199.7% volatile
106 New Caledonia 891 number 1990 down 9.7% rising
107 Belize 795 number 2019 down 41.2% falling
108 Peru 767 number 2019 down 96.9% volatile
109 Ireland 742 number 2018 down 37.1% falling
110 Jamaica 724 number 2019 down 63.1% falling
111 Kuwait 599 number 2019 up 86.6% volatile
112 Djibouti 566 number 2020 down 13.2% rising
113 Ukraine 555 number 2019 down 37.8% volatile
114 Bahamas 471 number 2018 — volatile
115 Hong Kong 430 number 2019 down 33.0% volatile
116 Albania 407 number 2019 down 49.2% volatile
117 Finland 380 number 2018 down 26.5% falling
118 Mauritania 379 number 2019 — volatile
119 Qatar 364 number 2019 up 527.6% volatile
120 Costa Rica 331 number 2019 down 96.5% volatile
121 Lithuania 282 number 2018 down 44.8% volatile
122 Latvia 264 number 2018 down 72.8% volatile
123 Aruba 260 number 2014 up 4.0% flat
124 Azerbaijan 254 number 2019 down 39.5% volatile
125 Serbia 224 number 2019 down 41.5% falling
126 Kazakhstan 223 number 2019 up 0.5% volatile
127 Samoa 221 number 2019 up 82.6% rising
128 Saint Lucia 211 number 2019 down 5.4% rising
129 Bhutan 203 number 2020 down 82.0% volatile
130 Georgia 183 number 2019 up 88.7% falling
131 Slovenia 159 number 2018 up 52.9% volatile
132 Estonia 143 number 2018 down 0.7% volatile
133 Croatia 128 number 2018 down 53.1% volatile
134 Tonga 117 number 2013 up 1,850.0% volatile
135 Armenia 94 number 2019 — volatile
136 Guyana 90 number 2010 down 88.3% volatile
137 Cape Verde 89 number 2018 down 25.8% volatile
137 Palestine, State of 89 number 2019 — volatile
139 Belarus 85 number 2018 down 29.8% volatile
139 Dominica 85 number 2016 down 49.7% rising
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83 number 2018 down 43.2% falling
142 Bulgaria 77 number 2018 down 73.8% volatile
143 Kiribati 76 number 2016 — volatile
144 Cyprus 66 number 2018 down 46.8% volatile
145 Sao Tome and Principe 62 number 2017 down 96.7% volatile
146 Mongolia 61 number 2018 down 92.7% volatile
147 Antigua and Barbuda 57 number 2018 down 64.4% volatile
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54 number 2019 — volatile
149 Macao 52 number 2019 down 48.5% volatile
150 Fiji 48 number 2016 down 93.9% falling
151 Kyrgyzstan 45 number 2019 down 65.1% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 41 number 2016 up 20.6% rising
152 Malta 41 number 2018 up 20.6% volatile
154 Liechtenstein 40 number 2018 — volatile
155 British Virgin Islands 21 number 2018 down 32.3% falling
156 Brunei Darussalam 16 number 2019 down 51.5% volatile
157 Andorra 12 number 2019 up 50.0% volatile
157 Republic of Korea 12 number 2018 up 9.1% volatile
157 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 number 2018 up 71.4% volatile
160 Uzbekistan 11 number 2019 down 50.0% volatile
161 Grenada 9 number 2018 down 82.4% volatile
162 Singapore 8 number 2018 down 78.9% volatile
163 Bahrain 7 number 2019 down 85.4% volatile
164 Montenegro 3 number 2019 — volatile
165 Monaco 2 number 2020 — volatile
165 Maldives 2 number 2019 down 93.8% volatile
167 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
168 United Arab Emirates 0 number 2017 down 100.0% falling
168 Cuba 0 number 2019 — volatile
168 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
168 Algeria 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
168 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
168 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
168 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
168 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
168 Portugal 0 number 2018 — volatile
168 Romania 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
168 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
168 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
168 Tajikistan 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
168 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 5,062 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.