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Repeaters in Grade 2 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
179
Highest
581,580 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
2,015 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,052

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 581,580 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,015 number, and the mean is 15,249 number.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 2,420.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.5%).

Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 581,580 number 2011 down 29.6% volatile
2 Argentina 126,903 number 2017 up 7.5% rising
3 Algeria 121,562 number 2019 up 7.7% volatile
4 South Africa 114,791 number 2018 down 4.4% falling
5 Iraq 110,558 number 2007 up 75.6% volatile
6 India 82,999 number 2017 down 88.3% volatile
7 Morocco 79,785 number 2019 up 126.5% volatile
8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 79,136 number 2014 — volatile
9 Ethiopia 74,639 number 2017 down 19.7% volatile
10 Angola 66,423 number 2016 up 178.7% volatile
11 Egypt 65,174 number 2019 down 10.0% rising
12 Bangladesh 52,924 number 2019 down 33.7% falling
13 Mali 48,971 number 2017 up 167.1% volatile
14 Spain 46,465 number 2018 down 32.5% falling
15 Burkina Faso 42,803 number 2019 up 116.5% volatile
16 Philippines 34,972 number 2018 down 37.5% rising
17 Zambia 34,860 number 2013 up 184.3% volatile
18 Niger 34,135 number 2019 up 336.8% volatile
19 Guinea 31,773 number 2014 up 346.8% volatile
20 Pakistan 31,171 number 2019 down 44.5% falling
21 Eswatini 28,237 number 2018 up 1,141.2% volatile
22 Côte d'Ivoire 27,851 number 2019 up 152.0% volatile
23 Burundi 27,053 number 2019 up 91.7% volatile
24 Malawi 27,031 number 2013 up 34.4% rising
25 Benin 26,620 number 2016 up 136.5% volatile
26 Tunisia 26,395 number 2018 down 8.9% volatile
27 Mexico 25,885 number 2018 down 20.8% rising
28 Afghanistan 25,479 number 2018 down 9.6% volatile
29 Senegal 24,990 number 2019 up 78.4% volatile
30 Mozambique 24,573 number 2019 up 45.6% rising
31 Nepal 23,792 number 2019 down 30.3% rising
32 Tanzania, United Republic of 23,465 number 2018 up 70.1% volatile
33 Thailand 23,344 number 2018 — rising
34 Togo 21,522 number 2019 up 25.0% volatile
35 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21,374 number 2017 down 6.7% rising
36 Colombia 20,289 number 2018 down 30.6% volatile
37 Peru 19,585 number 2019 down 45.6% rising
38 Cameroon 17,674 number 2016 up 49.7% volatile
39 Yemen 17,126 number 2016 up 31.6% rising
40 Madagascar 17,068 number 2019 down 24.7% volatile
41 Chad 15,390 number 2018 up 20.2% volatile
42 Indonesia 15,052 number 2017 up 0.6% falling
43 Germany 13,771 number 2018 down 7.2% falling
44 Türkiye 13,262 number 2018 down 68.4% volatile
45 Italy 13,072 number 2018 down 33.1% volatile
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12,697 number 2018 up 392.3% volatile
47 Guatemala 12,613 number 2019 up 160.1% volatile
48 Belgium 12,501 number 2018 up 59.4% falling
49 Ghana 12,216 number 2019 down 26.9% volatile
50 Namibia 11,506 number 2017 up 83.6% volatile
51 Viet Nam 10,570 number 2018 down 57.9% falling
52 Kenya 10,413 number 2016 — volatile
53 Uruguay 9,539 number 2010 up 26.6% rising
54 Congo 9,460 number 2012 up 7.9% rising
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8,753 number 2017 down 88.7% volatile
56 Saudi Arabia 8,500 number 2019 down 44.8% volatile
57 Sudan 8,470 number 2017 down 23.8% flat
58 Dominican Republic 7,882 number 2019 down 53.0% volatile
59 Libya 7,773 number 1983 up 291.8% volatile
60 Poland 7,579 number 2018 down 47.5% volatile
61 Lesotho 7,226 number 2017 up 72.3% volatile
62 Syria 6,979 number 2013 down 55.8% rising
63 Netherlands 6,933 number 2010 down 7.1% falling
64 Honduras 6,841 number 2019 up 56.3% rising
65 Chile 6,764 number 2018 down 53.7% rising
66 Romania 6,654 number 2018 up 20.1% volatile
67 Rwanda 6,559 number 2019 down 15.6% volatile
68 Ecuador 6,381 number 2018 down 26.6% flat
69 Nicaragua 6,368 number 2010 up 32.6% rising
70 Central African Republic 5,902 number 2016 up 85.0% volatile
71 Eritrea 5,833 number 2018 up 4.4% rising
72 Lebanon 5,406 number 2019 down 27.6% rising
73 Portugal 5,296 number 2018 — volatile
74 Myanmar 4,396 number 2017 up 119.1% volatile
75 Jordan 3,924 number 2019 up 53.2% rising
76 Haiti 3,817 number 1997 up 69.3% rising
77 El Salvador 3,770 number 2018 down 24.0% volatile
78 France 3,736 number 2018 down 84.2% volatile
79 Cambodia 3,484 number 2019 up 25.0% rising
80 Guinea-Bissau 3,073 number 2010 up 117.6% volatile
81 Greece 2,800 number 2018 down 28.5% falling
82 Panama 2,764 number 2017 up 7.3% rising
83 China 2,745 number 2016 down 82.6% volatile
84 Gabon 2,735 number 1995 up 148.0% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 2,696 number 2017 down 24.7% volatile
86 Guyana 2,415 number 2010 up 61.6% rising
87 Liberia 2,241 number 2017 up 7.5% volatile
88 Russian Federation 2,203 number 2018 down 61.6% volatile
89 Cuba 2,113 number 2019 up 544.2% volatile
90 Hungary 2,015 number 2018 down 14.5% falling
91 Mauritania 2,014 number 2019 up 19.2% volatile
92 Austria 1,944 number 2018 — volatile
93 Oman 1,902 number 2019 up 63.3% volatile
94 Uganda 1,855 number 2017 down 62.7% rising
95 Palestine, State of 1,837 number 2019 down 19.7% rising
96 Hong Kong 1,831 number 2019 down 40.4% falling
97 Israel 1,642 number 2018 down 39.8% falling
98 Sierra Leone 1,627 number 2019 down 87.7% volatile
99 Cape Verde 1,576 number 2018 down 29.4% volatile
100 Bhutan 1,563 number 2020 up 253.6% volatile
101 Bulgaria 1,540 number 2018 down 17.0% volatile
102 Gambia 1,514 number 2019 up 105.4% volatile
103 Sao Tome and Principe 1,419 number 2017 up 195.0% rising
104 Comoros 1,382 number 2017 up 24.4% rising
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,308 number 2019 up 3.2% rising
106 Slovakia 1,284 number 2018 down 18.1% falling
107 Costa Rica 1,092 number 2019 down 87.6% volatile
108 Czechia 981 number 2018 down 30.5% falling
109 Switzerland 867 number 2018 down 44.0% falling
110 Suriname 863 number 2019 up 2.6% rising
111 Timor-Leste 823 number 2019 up 117.2% rising
112 Paraguay 809 number 2016 down 25.4% falling
113 Kuwait 753 number 2019 down 55.2% falling
114 Serbia 620 number 2019 down 31.8% falling
115 United Arab Emirates 604 number 2014 down 75.5% volatile
116 Mauritius 598 number 2019 down 31.3% falling
117 French Polynesia 585 number 1993 up 83.4% rising
118 Equatorial Guinea 573 number 2015 down 38.5% falling
119 New Caledonia 555 number 1990 up 42.3% rising
120 Djibouti 448 number 2020 up 11.7% volatile
121 Georgia 446 number 2019 up 437.3% rising
122 Qatar 443 number 2019 up 246.1% volatile
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 410 number 2018 up 60.2% rising
124 Denmark 406 number 2018 down 42.9% falling
125 Jamaica 325 number 2019 up 38.9% volatile
126 Singapore 324 number 2018 down 32.8% volatile
127 Albania 312 number 2019 down 73.3% volatile
128 Azerbaijan 283 number 2019 down 55.7% falling
129 Macao 277 number 2019 down 76.6% falling
130 Estonia 237 number 2018 down 63.0% volatile
131 Tajikistan 222 number 2017 down 67.3% volatile
132 Slovenia 221 number 2018 up 36.4% volatile
133 Finland 205 number 2018 down 49.3% falling
134 Mongolia 202 number 2018 up 477.1% volatile
135 Tonga 186 number 2004 down 24.7% falling
136 Latvia 185 number 2018 down 58.3% volatile
137 Cyprus 178 number 2018 up 95.6% volatile
138 Aruba 167 number 2014 down 35.5% falling
139 Bahrain 162 number 2019 down 64.8% falling
140 Antigua and Barbuda 134 number 2018 down 59.5% falling
141 Croatia 130 number 2018 down 46.5% volatile
142 Brunei Darussalam 126 number 2019 up 2,420.0% volatile
143 Ireland 124 number 2018 down 19.5% falling
144 Dominica 109 number 2015 down 48.8% flat
145 Bahamas 103 number 2010 — volatile
146 North Macedonia 100 number 2018 up 33.3% volatile
147 Kiribati 97 number 2016 — volatile
147 Solomon Islands 97 number 2018 down 23.6% volatile
149 Luxembourg 94 number 2018 down 78.1% rising
150 Fiji 89 number 2016 down 62.6% volatile
151 Vanuatu 83 number 2013 up 93.0% volatile
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 number 2019 down 52.4% falling
153 Botswana 68 number 2014 down 42.9% volatile
154 Lithuania 61 number 2018 down 79.1% volatile
155 Kazakhstan 55 number 2019 down 71.1% volatile
156 Belize 49 number 2019 down 43.7% volatile
157 Grenada 47 number 2018 down 55.7% volatile
158 Armenia 36 number 2019 down 58.6% volatile
159 Trinidad and Tobago 35 number 2010 down 45.3% volatile
159 Samoa 35 number 2019 down 32.7% volatile
161 Ukraine 26 number 2019 down 66.2% volatile
162 British Virgin Islands 25 number 2018 down 37.5% falling
163 Montenegro 24 number 2019 down 50.0% falling
164 Andorra 22 number 2019 down 69.4% falling
165 Belarus 19 number 2018 up 375.0% volatile
166 Republic of Korea 18 number 2018 down 52.6% volatile
167 Tuvalu 16 number 2018 — volatile
168 Kyrgyzstan 13 number 2019 down 88.0% volatile
169 Liechtenstein 8 number 2018 — volatile
170 Malta 7 number 2018 down 76.7% volatile
171 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 number 2016 down 33.3% volatile
172 Monaco 5 number 2020 — volatile
172 San Marino 5 number 2019 — volatile
172 Uzbekistan 5 number 2019 down 90.2% volatile
175 Saint Lucia 4 number 2019 up 33.3% volatile
175 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 number 2018 — volatile
177 Maldives 3 number 2019 down 99.5% volatile
178 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
178 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 2 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, 4,052 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.