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Repeaters in Grade 2 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
180
Highest
964,241 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
2,482 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,880

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 964,241 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,482 number, and the mean is 27,160 number.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 865.2%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 964,241 number 2004 down 14.4% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 290,770 number 2015 up 2.0% rising
3 Madagascar 252,226 number 2019 down 7.1% rising
4 Ethiopia 222,581 number 2015 up 89.1% volatile
5 Malawi 192,384 number 2019 up 49.7% volatile
6 Bangladesh 175,188 number 2018 down 53.8% rising
7 Angola 170,654 number 2011 — falling
8 India 134,099 number 2017 down 90.0% volatile
9 Burundi 132,118 number 2019 up 20.5% volatile
10 Uganda 123,181 number 2017 down 27.6% rising
11 Iraq 115,205 number 2007 up 65.3% rising
12 Cameroon 98,938 number 2019 up 13.6% rising
13 South Africa 98,610 number 2018 up 10.7% flat
14 Pakistan 95,983 number 2019 down 45.8% falling
15 Mozambique 88,985 number 2019 down 10.0% rising
16 Chad 84,986 number 2018 up 10.6% volatile
17 Indonesia 78,915 number 2018 down 55.2% falling
18 Algeria 74,274 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
19 Benin 71,777 number 2019 up 71.3% volatile
20 Mali 68,225 number 2017 up 117.0% volatile
21 Morocco 64,718 number 2019 down 29.8% rising
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 56,310 number 2019 up 18.6% volatile
23 Haiti 53,640 number 1997 up 172.2% rising
24 Nepal 53,230 number 2019 down 58.9% falling
25 Guinea 52,358 number 2016 up 69.3% volatile
26 Côte d'Ivoire 49,148 number 2019 down 29.4% rising
27 Rwanda 48,187 number 2019 down 31.4% volatile
28 Guatemala 47,026 number 2019 down 21.6% rising
29 Afghanistan 45,627 number 2018 — volatile
30 Mexico 42,815 number 2018 down 70.0% falling
31 Yemen 38,772 number 2016 up 47.3% rising
32 Philippines 38,744 number 2018 down 33.3% rising
33 Togo 36,893 number 2019 down 24.0% rising
34 Kenya 36,256 number 2016 down 44.8% volatile
35 Burkina Faso 35,041 number 2019 up 16.0% volatile
36 Argentina 33,475 number 2017 down 35.0% falling
37 Central African Republic 32,019 number 2016 up 77.6% rising
38 Syria 30,059 number 2013 down 37.0% rising
39 Cambodia 29,487 number 2019 down 48.6% volatile
40 Peru 28,053 number 2019 down 62.7% falling
41 Congo 27,232 number 2012 up 63.5% rising
42 Zambia 24,968 number 2013 up 42.4% volatile
43 Tunisia 20,857 number 2017 up 19.7% falling
44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20,756 number 2017 down 44.9% volatile
45 Sudan 20,014 number 2017 down 32.3% falling
46 Iran 19,848 number 2017 down 26.4% volatile
47 Gabon 16,627 number 2003 up 36.5% rising
48 Papua New Guinea 16,511 number 2016 — volatile
49 Nicaragua 15,767 number 2010 up 92.9% rising
50 Senegal 15,323 number 2019 down 31.9% rising
51 Colombia 14,900 number 2018 down 62.7% volatile
52 Spain 14,294 number 2018 down 32.4% falling
53 Türkiye 14,012 number 2018 down 32.6% volatile
54 Germany 13,077 number 2008 down 41.2% falling
55 Ghana 12,815 number 2018 down 72.1% volatile
56 Viet Nam 11,898 number 2018 down 39.6% volatile
57 Thailand 10,329 number 2018 — volatile
58 Namibia 10,261 number 2018 down 23.0% falling
59 Honduras 10,144 number 2019 up 22.5% falling
60 Guinea-Bissau 9,147 number 2010 up 15.6% rising
61 Liberia 8,369 number 2017 up 31.4% rising
62 Chile 7,417 number 2018 down 31.1% volatile
63 Portugal 7,336 number 2018 — falling
64 Niger 7,043 number 2019 down 23.7% rising
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,519 number 2019 down 77.4% falling
66 France 6,459 number 2018 — falling
67 Gambia 6,316 number 2019 up 168.7% volatile
68 Libya 6,224 number 1983 up 809.9% volatile
69 Netherlands 6,179 number 1985 down 25.2% falling
70 Romania 5,954 number 2018 up 2.1% falling
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5,597 number 2018 down 63.7% falling
72 Russian Federation 4,858 number 2018 down 9.6% volatile
73 Timor-Leste 4,742 number 2019 down 45.3% falling
74 Lebanon 4,510 number 2019 down 1.1% falling
75 Paraguay 4,457 number 2016 down 57.0% falling
76 Botswana 4,286 number 2015 up 72.1% volatile
77 Saudi Arabia 4,162 number 2019 down 78.8% volatile
78 Comoros 4,044 number 2018 down 25.6% rising
79 Belgium 3,858 number 2018 down 25.2% volatile
80 Equatorial Guinea 3,730 number 2015 up 9.3% rising
81 El Salvador 3,626 number 2018 down 64.3% falling
82 Sierra Leone 3,512 number 2019 down 87.0% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 3,360 number 2019 down 75.8% volatile
84 Panama 3,298 number 2017 down 48.7% falling
85 Lesotho 3,290 number 2016 down 80.4% rising
86 Myanmar 3,252 number 2010 down 39.8% volatile
87 Sri Lanka 3,220 number 2017 up 46.5% volatile
88 Eritrea 2,861 number 2018 down 75.8% falling
89 Eswatini 2,667 number 2018 down 60.8% rising
90 Cuba 2,592 number 2019 up 27.6% volatile
91 Uruguay 2,371 number 2018 down 51.0% falling
92 Poland 2,322 number 2018 up 52.4% volatile
93 Costa Rica 1,947 number 2019 down 59.9% falling
94 Austria 1,908 number 2018 up 0.2% volatile
95 Egypt 1,873 number 2019 down 94.6% volatile
96 Switzerland 1,855 number 2018 down 5.5% flat
97 Jordan 1,805 number 2019 up 865.2% volatile
98 Sao Tome and Principe 1,757 number 2017 down 0.6% rising
99 Ecuador 1,728 number 2018 down 74.0% volatile
100 Italy 1,698 number 2018 up 25.1% volatile
101 China 1,582 number 2019 down 88.2% volatile
102 Suriname 1,359 number 2019 down 37.9% falling
103 Slovakia 1,353 number 2018 up 2.7% falling
104 Vanuatu 1,350 number 2013 up 79.5% rising
105 Trinidad and Tobago 1,299 number 2010 up 35.0% rising
106 Solomon Islands 1,237 number 2018 down 11.5% volatile
107 Hungary 1,168 number 2018 down 1.3% falling
108 Mauritania 843 number 2019 — volatile
109 Luxembourg 827 number 2018 up 133.0% volatile
110 Israel 821 number 2018 down 35.3% falling
111 Greece 816 number 2018 up 7.4% volatile
112 Cape Verde 804 number 2018 down 74.7% falling
113 Denmark 749 number 2018 — volatile
114 Belize 608 number 2019 down 9.5% flat
115 New Caledonia 574 number 1990 down 12.4% rising
116 Djibouti 565 number 2020 down 49.9% rising
117 Czechia 535 number 2018 up 7.4% falling
118 Ireland 490 number 2018 down 27.7% volatile
119 Bhutan 459 number 2020 down 57.9% volatile
120 Hong Kong 346 number 2019 down 47.3% volatile
121 Finland 320 number 2018 down 37.1% flat
122 Serbia 281 number 2019 down 53.5% falling
123 Tajikistan 223 number 2017 down 49.1% volatile
124 Kazakhstan 203 number 2019 down 15.4% volatile
125 Bahamas 196 number 2018 — volatile
126 Jamaica 187 number 2019 down 72.9% volatile
127 Azerbaijan 186 number 2019 down 47.2% falling
128 Albania 183 number 2019 down 59.6% volatile
129 Ukraine 180 number 2019 down 17.1% volatile
130 Kuwait 178 number 2019 up 117.1% volatile
131 Qatar 175 number 2019 up 483.3% volatile
132 Slovenia 158 number 2018 up 73.6% falling
133 Aruba 149 number 2014 down 30.0% falling
134 United Arab Emirates 132 number 2015 down 85.6% falling
135 Georgia 99 number 2019 up 147.5% volatile
136 Latvia 87 number 2018 down 76.2% volatile
137 Lithuania 81 number 2018 down 47.1% volatile
138 Fiji 73 number 2016 down 82.0% volatile
139 Bulgaria 67 number 2018 down 95.2% volatile
140 Kiribati 62 number 2016 — volatile
141 Estonia 58 number 2018 down 21.6% volatile
142 Armenia 56 number 2019 up 51.4% volatile
143 Macao 55 number 2019 down 50.5% volatile
144 Saint Lucia 46 number 2019 up 12.2% volatile
144 Samoa 46 number 2019 unchanged falling
146 Croatia 45 number 2018 down 62.8% volatile
147 Grenada 43 number 2018 up 72.0% volatile
148 Kyrgyzstan 42 number 2019 down 42.5% volatile
149 Belarus 38 number 2018 up 81.0% volatile
149 Mongolia 38 number 2018 down 87.0% volatile
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 number 2018 down 61.7% falling
152 Guyana 33 number 2010 down 92.8% volatile
153 Palestine, State of 31 number 2019 — volatile
154 Andorra 26 number 2019 down 38.1% volatile
154 Naoero 26 number 2019 — volatile
156 Dominica 25 number 2016 down 40.5% rising
157 Tonga 22 number 2013 — volatile
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 number 2019 down 22.7% rising
159 Antigua and Barbuda 16 number 2018 down 79.5% volatile
160 Brunei Darussalam 12 number 2019 down 76.0% volatile
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 9 number 2018 up 50.0% volatile
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 number 2016 down 68.0% volatile
162 Republic of Korea 8 number 2018 up 14.3% volatile
164 Liechtenstein 7 number 2018 — volatile
164 Singapore 7 number 2018 down 36.4% volatile
166 Bahrain 6 number 2019 down 79.3% volatile
166 Malta 6 number 2018 down 84.6% volatile
166 Montenegro 6 number 2019 up 50.0% volatile
169 Cyprus 5 number 2018 down 95.4% volatile
170 Monaco 4 number 2020 — volatile
171 Tuvalu 2 number 2019 — volatile
171 Uzbekistan 2 number 2019 down 90.5% volatile
173 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 96.3% volatile
173 British Virgin Islands 1 number 2018 down 95.2% falling
175 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
175 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
175 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
175 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
175 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
175 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 4,880 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.