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Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
179
Highest
723,793 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
934 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,544

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 723,793 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 934 number, and the mean is 16,635 number.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 2,000.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 723,793 number 2004 — rising
2 Madagascar 187,726 number 2019 up 82.9% rising
3 Ethiopia 165,606 number 2015 up 72.0% rising
4 Malawi 165,561 number 2019 up 63.7% volatile
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 152,615 number 2015 down 17.0% rising
6 India 107,946 number 2017 down 81.1% volatile
7 Burundi 85,173 number 2019 up 6.8% volatile
8 Cameroon 66,032 number 2019 up 9.8% rising
9 Nepal 65,980 number 2019 down 68.4% falling
10 Indonesia 59,081 number 2018 down 54.0% volatile
11 Bangladesh 58,407 number 2018 down 85.0% falling
12 Chad 56,816 number 2019 up 4.4% volatile
13 Iraq 56,600 number 2007 up 75.2% rising
14 Pakistan 55,630 number 2019 down 45.2% falling
15 South Africa 53,653 number 2018 down 35.4% falling
16 Uganda 48,256 number 2017 down 66.6% rising
17 Turkey 42,923 number 2018 up 76.1% volatile
18 United States 42,455 number 2018 — volatile
19 Mozambique 39,115 number 2019 up 121.7% volatile
20 Guatemala 36,999 number 2019 down 44.5% rising
21 Rwanda 35,525 number 2019 down 40.1% volatile
22 Haiti 35,410 number 1997 up 181.9% rising
23 Mali 33,946 number 2017 up 116.5% rising
24 Morocco 32,367 number 2019 down 33.9% rising
25 Tanzania 28,760 number 2019 down 32.9% volatile
26 Angola 27,304 number 2011 down 62.9% volatile
27 Yemen 26,557 number 2016 up 86.5% rising
28 Central African Republic 26,187 number 2016 up 88.0% rising
29 Syria 25,485 number 2013 down 24.3% rising
30 Zambia 23,534 number 2016 up 54.8% volatile
31 Iran 23,523 number 2017 down 24.6% volatile
32 Philippines 21,676 number 2017 down 59.4% rising
33 Kenya 18,937 number 2016 down 47.4% volatile
34 Congo 17,543 number 2012 up 23.8% rising
35 Benin 17,477 number 2019 up 352.1% volatile
36 Cambodia 16,987 number 2019 down 58.7% volatile
37 Papua New Guinea 16,200 number 2016 — volatile
38 Gabon 15,614 number 2003 up 15.0% rising
39 Nicaragua 15,196 number 2010 up 87.9% rising
40 Cote d'Ivoire 14,052 number 2019 down 56.4% rising
41 Afghanistan 13,425 number 2018 — volatile
42 Guinea 12,950 number 2016 up 263.4% volatile
43 Vietnam 12,360 number 2018 down 67.7% volatile
44 Sierra Leone 11,920 number 2019 down 39.3% volatile
45 Saudi Arabia 11,674 number 2019 down 11.4% flat
46 Sudan 11,308 number 2017 down 26.2% falling
47 Colombia 8,841 number 2018 down 64.1% volatile
48 Thailand 8,213 number 2018 down 79.6% volatile
49 Venezuela 8,158 number 2017 down 57.5% volatile
50 Ghana 7,541 number 2018 down 73.1% volatile
51 Namibia 6,592 number 2018 up 13.3% falling
52 Laos 6,106 number 2019 down 84.4% falling
53 Guinea-Bissau 5,934 number 2010 up 24.9% rising
54 Liberia 5,754 number 2017 up 20.7% rising
55 Spain 5,423 number 2018 — volatile
56 Germany 4,618 number 2008 down 41.7% falling
57 Burkina Faso 4,529 number 2019 down 34.3% volatile
58 Tunisia 4,181 number 2017 up 403.1% volatile
59 Libya 3,973 number 1983 up 458.0% volatile
60 Russia 3,962 number 2018 down 31.8% volatile
61 Chile 3,905 number 2018 down 30.8% volatile
62 Mexico 3,568 number 2018 down 94.0% volatile
63 East Timor 3,419 number 2019 down 54.6% falling
64 Myanmar 3,220 number 2010 down 47.1% volatile
65 Gambia 3,092 number 2019 up 31.4% volatile
66 Bolivia 2,928 number 2018 down 66.2% volatile
67 Belgium 2,916 number 2018 down 25.0% falling
68 Netherlands 2,721 number 1985 down 47.7% falling
69 El Salvador 2,697 number 2018 down 72.8% falling
70 Equatorial Guinea 2,567 number 2015 down 37.2% falling
71 Botswana 2,300 number 2015 up 25.8% volatile
72 Austria 2,180 number 2018 up 32.6% volatile
73 Paraguay 2,060 number 2016 down 66.0% falling
74 Togo 2,055 number 2019 down 94.0% flat
75 Uruguay 1,977 number 2018 down 43.3% falling
76 Lesotho 1,859 number 2017 down 78.5% falling
77 Slovakia 1,651 number 2018 up 14.4% flat
78 Honduras 1,615 number 2019 down 83.2% volatile
79 Lebanon 1,612 number 2019 up 22.0% falling
80 Sri Lanka 1,553 number 2017 up 186.0% volatile
81 Senegal 1,521 number 2019 down 76.5% volatile
82 Argentina 1,496 number 2017 down 95.1% volatile
83 China 1,454 number 2019 down 98.6% volatile
84 Panama 1,404 number 2017 down 55.2% falling
85 Hungary 1,400 number 2018 down 0.2% falling
86 Poland 1,329 number 2018 down 0.3% rising
87 Italy 1,269 number 2018 up 29.2% volatile
88 Comoros 1,245 number 2018 down 56.6% falling
89 Eritrea 1,191 number 2018 down 70.0% volatile
90 Eswatini 934 number 2018 down 73.5% rising
91 Greece 906 number 2018 up 49.5% volatile
92 Ecuador 857 number 2018 down 83.7% volatile
93 Dominican Republic 848 number 2019 down 78.5% volatile
94 Vanuatu 839 number 2013 up 67.8% rising
95 Egypt 779 number 2019 — volatile
96 Suriname 725 number 2019 down 28.9% falling
97 Solomon Islands 722 number 2018 down 17.0% volatile
98 Switzerland 618 number 2018 up 62.6% falling
99 Denmark 532 number 2018 — volatile
100 Czechia 521 number 2018 up 17.9% falling
101 Trinidad and Tobago 508 number 2010 down 26.5% rising
102 Niger 506 number 2019 up 81.4% volatile
103 Israel 416 number 2018 down 53.0% falling
104 Jordan 387 number 2019 up 204.7% volatile
105 New Caledonia 381 number 1990 down 10.1% rising
106 Belize 341 number 2019 down 36.6% falling
107 Ireland 337 number 2018 down 33.4% falling
108 Peru 324 number 2019 down 97.2% volatile
109 Djibouti 270 number 2020 down 13.7% volatile
110 Kuwait 262 number 2019 up 125.9% volatile
111 Jamaica 226 number 2019 down 63.4% volatile
112 Mauritania 201 number 2019 — volatile
113 Bahamas 193 number 2018 — volatile
114 Hong Kong 192 number 2019 down 26.7% volatile
115 Ukraine 179 number 2019 down 58.9% volatile
116 Qatar 158 number 2019 up 285.4% volatile
117 Finland 137 number 2018 down 15.4% falling
118 Costa Rica 135 number 2019 down 96.6% volatile
119 Albania 133 number 2019 down 57.5% volatile
120 Azerbaijan 128 number 2019 down 33.7% volatile
121 Aruba 113 number 2014 up 8.7% rising
122 Serbia 107 number 2019 down 33.5% falling
123 Latvia 94 number 2018 down 64.7% falling
124 Lithuania 91 number 2018 down 49.4% volatile
125 Bhutan 89 number 2020 down 82.2% volatile
126 Saint Lucia 88 number 2019 up 6.0% rising
127 Kazakhstan 85 number 2019 up 7.6% volatile
128 Samoa 71 number 2019 up 20.3% rising
129 Georgia 67 number 2019 up 86.1% rising
130 Slovenia 66 number 2018 up 24.5% volatile
131 Croatia 59 number 2018 down 52.4% volatile
132 Estonia 43 number 2018 up 19.4% volatile
133 Tonga 42 number 2013 up 2,000.0% volatile
134 Belarus 41 number 2018 down 29.3% volatile
135 Guyana 40 number 2010 down 87.7% volatile
136 Armenia 38 number 2019 — volatile
136 Kiribati 38 number 2016 — volatile
138 Palestine 37 number 2019 — volatile
139 Bulgaria 34 number 2018 down 64.6% volatile
140 Cape Verde 33 number 2018 down 29.8% volatile
141 Dominica 30 number 2016 down 50.0% falling
142 Cyprus 29 number 2018 down 47.3% volatile
142 Fiji 29 number 2016 down 90.3% volatile
144 Mongolia 27 number 2018 down 92.9% volatile
145 Antigua and Barbuda 25 number 2018 down 57.6% volatile
145 Kyrgyzstan 25 number 2019 down 45.7% volatile
147 Macao 24 number 2019 down 41.5% volatile
147 Sao Tome and Principe 24 number 2017 down 97.2% volatile
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22 number 2018 down 45.0% falling
150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 number 2019 — volatile
151 Malta 16 number 2018 down 11.1% volatile
152 Liechtenstein 12 number 2018 — volatile
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11 number 2016 up 83.3% volatile
154 Turks and Caicos Islands 8 number 2018 up 700.0% volatile
155 South Korea 7 number 2018 up 16.7% volatile
156 Brunei 6 number 2019 down 40.0% volatile
156 British Virgin Islands 6 number 2018 up 20.0% falling
158 Andorra 5 number 2019 up 66.7% volatile
159 Bahrain 3 number 2019 down 92.1% volatile
159 Montenegro 3 number 2019 — volatile
161 Grenada 2 number 2018 down 90.0% volatile
161 Uzbekistan 2 number 2019 down 80.0% volatile
163 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 91.7% volatile
164 United Arab Emirates 0 number 2017 down 100.0% falling
164 Cuba 0 number 2019 — volatile
164 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
164 Algeria 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
164 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
164 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
164 Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
164 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
164 Nauru 0 number 2019 — volatile
164 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
164 Portugal 0 number 2018 — volatile
164 Romania 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
164 Singapore 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
164 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
164 Tajikistan 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
164 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 4,544 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of female pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.