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Repeaters in Grade 2 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
177
Highest
343,150 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
920 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,349

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 343,150 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 920 number, and the mean is 11,311 number.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 936.4%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 343,150 number 1982 up 30.6% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 145,385 number 2015 up 11.4% rising
3 Madagascar 118,335 number 2019 down 5.8% rising
4 Ethiopia 101,949 number 2015 up 113.2% volatile
5 Malawi 94,471 number 2019 up 47.7% volatile
6 Bangladesh 78,117 number 2018 down 58.1% rising
7 India 63,910 number 2017 down 90.2% volatile
8 Burundi 59,865 number 2019 up 11.4% volatile
9 Uganda 59,745 number 2017 down 28.2% rising
10 Iraq 46,588 number 2007 up 81.2% rising
11 Cameroon 45,874 number 2019 up 17.0% rising
12 Pakistan 43,417 number 2019 down 40.5% falling
13 Mozambique 42,250 number 2019 down 8.4% rising
14 Chad 38,346 number 2018 up 13.3% volatile
15 South Africa 36,156 number 2018 down 10.0% falling
16 Benin 32,590 number 2019 up 71.0% volatile
17 Mali 30,655 number 2017 up 107.8% volatile
18 Indonesia 26,561 number 2018 down 57.8% volatile
19 Nepal 26,488 number 2019 down 59.6% falling
20 Haiti 25,447 number 1997 up 175.2% rising
21 Tanzania, United Republic of 24,906 number 2019 up 10.5% volatile
22 Guinea 24,607 number 2016 up 66.5% volatile
23 Algeria 24,454 number 2019 up 4.9% rising
24 Morocco 23,882 number 2019 down 35.9% rising
25 Rwanda 21,422 number 2019 down 37.0% volatile
26 Guatemala 19,306 number 2019 down 27.8% rising
27 Togo 17,393 number 2019 down 25.3% rising
28 Afghanistan 17,271 number 2018 — volatile
29 Côte d'Ivoire 17,260 number 2019 down 45.7% rising
30 Yemen 17,081 number 2016 up 55.3% rising
31 Mexico 16,725 number 2018 down 69.8% falling
32 Kenya 16,060 number 2016 down 47.6% volatile
33 Burkina Faso 14,728 number 2019 up 11.3% volatile
34 Central African Republic 14,296 number 2016 up 90.3% rising
35 Argentina 13,701 number 2017 down 32.4% falling
36 Congo 13,512 number 2012 up 63.3% rising
37 Peru 12,295 number 2019 down 65.3% falling
38 Zambia 12,280 number 2013 up 45.4% volatile
39 Syrian Arab Republic 12,272 number 2013 down 35.8% rising
40 Philippines 11,458 number 2018 down 38.1% rising
41 Cambodia 10,534 number 2019 down 57.2% volatile
42 Sudan 8,732 number 2017 down 32.7% falling
43 Gabon 8,046 number 2003 up 37.8% rising
44 Tunisia 7,857 number 2017 up 10.6% falling
45 Papua New Guinea 7,686 number 2016 — volatile
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7,681 number 2017 down 24.5% volatile
47 Senegal 7,601 number 2019 down 31.0% rising
48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7,388 number 2017 down 46.2% falling
49 Türkiye 6,676 number 2018 down 34.5% volatile
50 Germany 6,277 number 2008 down 34.9% falling
51 Nicaragua 6,261 number 2010 up 85.1% rising
52 Spain 6,022 number 2018 down 28.8% falling
53 Colombia 5,968 number 2018 down 64.6% volatile
54 Ghana 5,950 number 2018 down 69.4% volatile
55 Guinea-Bissau 4,447 number 2010 up 33.7% rising
56 Gambia 4,151 number 2019 up 255.4% volatile
57 Liberia 4,146 number 2017 up 28.4% rising
58 Namibia 3,985 number 2018 up 22.4% falling
59 Honduras 3,864 number 2019 down 30.9% falling
60 Niger 3,155 number 2019 down 23.2% rising
61 Viet Nam 3,094 number 2018 down 83.1% volatile
62 Portugal 3,084 number 2018 — falling
63 Thailand 2,981 number 2018 — volatile
64 Libya 2,788 number 1983 up 936.4% volatile
65 Chile 2,736 number 2018 down 35.1% volatile
66 Netherlands 2,461 number 1985 down 27.4% falling
67 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,436 number 2019 down 80.0% falling
68 Russian Federation 2,370 number 2018 — volatile
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2,279 number 2018 down 66.9% falling
70 Romania 2,232 number 2018 up 1.0% falling
71 Botswana 2,102 number 2015 up 151.1% volatile
72 Myanmar 1,982 number 2010 down 24.6% volatile
73 Timor-Leste 1,952 number 2019 down 47.7% falling
74 Saudi Arabia 1,950 number 2019 down 75.4% falling
75 Belgium 1,886 number 2018 down 25.7% volatile
76 Comoros 1,876 number 2018 down 24.4% rising
77 Sierra Leone 1,828 number 2019 down 86.1% volatile
78 Equatorial Guinea 1,671 number 2015 down 0.1% rising
79 Lebanon 1,664 number 2019 down 1.7% falling
79 Paraguay 1,664 number 2016 down 58.3% falling
81 Sri Lanka 1,493 number 2017 up 64.6% volatile
82 El Salvador 1,383 number 2018 down 65.1% falling
83 Panama 1,347 number 2017 down 46.5% falling
84 Eritrea 1,249 number 2018 down 75.5% falling
85 Lesotho 1,161 number 2016 down 81.8% rising
86 Dominican Republic 1,095 number 2019 down 76.4% volatile
87 Uruguay 964 number 2018 down 50.8% falling
88 Eswatini 948 number 2018 down 63.0% rising
89 Poland 920 number 2018 up 11.1% rising
90 Austria 896.5 number 2018 up 3.0% volatile
91 Switzerland 894 number 2018 down 5.9% rising
92 Egypt 867 number 2019 down 93.4% volatile
93 Cuba 849 number 2019 up 48.9% volatile
94 Costa Rica 794 number 2019 down 57.6% falling
95 Jordan 755 number 2019 up 758.0% volatile
96 Ecuador 723 number 2018 down 74.3% volatile
97 Italy 674 number 2018 up 48.5% volatile
98 Sao Tome and Principe 637 number 2017 down 20.7% rising
99 Slovakia 602 number 2018 up 6.4% falling
100 China 570 number 2019 down 88.7% volatile
101 Vanuatu 558 number 2013 up 82.4% rising
102 Solomon Islands 555 number 2018 down 25.0% volatile
103 Trinidad and Tobago 507 number 2010 up 44.0% rising
104 Suriname 457 number 2019 down 42.9% falling
105 Hungary 456 number 2018 down 6.9% falling
106 Greece 414 number 2018 up 27.4% volatile
107 Mauritania 408 number 2019 — volatile
108 Luxembourg 388 number 2018 up 115.6% volatile
109 Denmark 307 number 2018 — volatile
110 Cape Verde 254 number 2018 down 77.8% falling
111 Belize 247 number 2019 down 11.2% falling
112 Djibouti 246 number 2020 down 53.2% rising
113 Israel 227 number 2018 down 48.2% falling
113 New Caledonia 227 number 1990 down 26.5% rising
115 Czechia 223 number 2018 up 9.9% falling
116 Ireland 202 number 2018 down 26.5% volatile
117 Bhutan 200 number 2020 down 56.7% volatile
118 Hong Kong, China 137 number 2019 down 47.5% volatile
119 Serbia 134 number 2019 down 41.0% falling
120 Finland 106 number 2018 down 41.4% rising
121 Tajikistan 102 number 2017 down 65.8% volatile
122 Azerbaijan 95 number 2019 down 34.0% falling
123 Bahamas 76 number 2018 — volatile
124 Jamaica 75 number 2019 down 66.8% volatile
125 Qatar 74 number 2019 up 311.1% volatile
126 Albania 70 number 2019 down 50.7% volatile
127 Kazakhstan 66 number 2019 down 22.4% volatile
127 Kuwait 66 number 2019 up 230.0% volatile
127 Ukraine 66 number 2019 down 37.7% volatile
130 Slovenia 64 number 2018 up 88.2% falling
131 United Arab Emirates 59 number 2015 down 86.7% falling
132 Aruba 58 number 2014 down 29.3% flat
133 Georgia 46 number 2019 up 360.0% falling
134 Lithuania 32 number 2018 down 41.8% volatile
135 Fiji 31 number 2016 down 78.5% volatile
135 Kiribati 31 number 2016 — volatile
137 Bulgaria 29 number 2018 down 94.5% volatile
138 Latvia 28 number 2018 down 72.0% falling
139 Armenia 25 number 2019 up 38.9% volatile
140 Estonia 23 number 2018 down 8.0% volatile
140 Samoa 23 number 2019 up 76.9% rising
142 Macau, China 21 number 2019 down 51.2% volatile
143 Mongolia 19 number 2018 down 86.0% volatile
144 Belarus 18 number 2018 up 80.0% volatile
144 Croatia 18 number 2018 down 71.4% volatile
146 Saint Lucia 17 number 2019 up 70.0% volatile
147 Palestine, State of 15 number 2019 — volatile
148 Kyrgyzstan 14 number 2019 down 44.0% volatile
148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 number 2018 down 63.2% falling
150 Grenada 13 number 2018 up 8.3% volatile
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 number 2019 up 100.0% rising
152 Andorra 11 number 2019 down 35.3% volatile
152 Naoero 11 number 2019 — volatile
154 Dominica 10 number 2016 down 56.5% falling
155 Guyana 9 number 2010 down 95.1% volatile
155 Tonga 9 number 2013 — volatile
157 Liechtenstein 5 number 2018 — volatile
158 Antigua and Barbuda 3 number 2018 down 88.0% volatile
158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 number 2016 down 25.0% volatile
158 Malta 3 number 2018 down 89.3% volatile
158 Singapore 3 number 2018 down 40.0% volatile
158 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 number 2018 up 50.0% volatile
163 Bahrain 2 number 2019 down 90.5% volatile
163 Cyprus 2 number 2018 down 96.0% volatile
163 Monaco 2 number 2020 — volatile
163 Montenegro 2 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
167 Brunei Darussalam 1 number 2019 down 91.7% volatile
167 Republic of Korea 1 number 2018 down 75.0% volatile
167 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 91.7% volatile
170 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
170 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
170 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
170 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 Uzbekistan 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
170 British Virgin Islands 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,349 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.