Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
190
Highest
421,560
Brazil
Lowest
0
Uzbekistan
Median
773
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,143
What the numbers show
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 421,560 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 773, and the mean is 14,477.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 728.0%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 421,560 | 1982 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | 8 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 2 | India | 291,426 | 2025 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Montserrat | 1 | 2014 | unchanged | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 203,583 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Madagascar | 136,109 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 106,771 | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Rwanda | 93,013 | 2024 | up 122.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 92,015 | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Burundi | 77,879 | 2020 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Iraq | 68,617 | 2007 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 63,436 | 2017 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63,408 | 2024 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 12 | Cameroon | 62,242 | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 61,969 | 2023 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 45,947 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Chad | 45,942 | 2022 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 16 | Algeria | 45,126 | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 41,259 | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 39,612 | 2024 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 38,757 | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 20 | Benin | 38,571 | 2022 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 38,413 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 34,847 | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 33,591 | 2022 | up 159.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Morocco | 32,466 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | Guatemala | 29,608 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 28,353 | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 28,193 | 1997 | up 169.7% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 27,942 | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 27,334 | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 23,942 | 2022 | down 62.5% | rising |
| 31 | Tanzania | 21,933 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Yemen | 21,691 | 2016 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 20,196 | 2016 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Cambodia | 17,864 | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 17,723 | 2016 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 15,758 | 2019 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 37 | Niger | 13,204 | 2024 | up 147.1% | rising |
| 38 | Iran | 13,169 | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Turkey | 12,901 | 2023 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Zambia | 12,688 | 2013 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Syria | 11,863 | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 11,806 | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 10,751 | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 10,627 | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 9,963 | 2021 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 46 | Sudan | 9,054 | 2019 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 9,005 | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 8,889 | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Gabon | 8,581 | 2003 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 8,578 | 2024 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 8,191 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 52 | Vietnam | 8,159 | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 7,175 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 6,800 | 2008 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 55 | Mexico | 6,686 | 2025 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 56 | France | 5,860 | 2024 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Honduras | 5,621 | 2024 | up 69.7% | falling |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 5,156 | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 5,118 | 2023 | down 62.7% | rising |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,700 | 2010 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 4,099 | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 62 | Netherlands | 3,718 | 1985 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 63 | Ghana | 3,595 | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Libya | 3,436 | 1983 | up 728.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Lebanon | 3,048 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 66 | Lesotho | 2,821 | 2024 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 2,641 | 2024 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 68 | Russia | 2,610 | 2019 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 2,297 | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Cuba | 2,255 | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Venezuela | 2,229 | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Eritrea | 2,149 | 2022 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 73 | Laos | 2,145 | 2025 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,059 | 2015 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 2,043 | 2024 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 1,944 | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 1,805 | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 1,753 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Poland | 1,735 | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 80 | Portugal | 1,607 | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Liberia | 1,501 | 2022 | down 67.6% | rising |
| 82 | Austria | 1,391 | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 1,360 | 2024 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 1,354 | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 1,344 | 2024 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 86 | Panama | 1,292 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 87 | Myanmar | 1,270 | 2010 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Botswana | 1,204 | 2022 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Comoros | 1,151 | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,120 | 2017 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 91 | Uruguay | 992 | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 92 | Thailand | 987 | 2025 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Switzerland | 913 | 2024 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 863 | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 95 | China | 786 | 2021 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 760 | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Italy | 747 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Hungary | 746 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Israel | 709 | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 100 | Greece | 641 | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Jordan | 542 | 2024 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Eswatini | 535 | 2023 | down 85.3% | rising |
| 103 | Ukraine | 521 | 2024 | up 677.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovakia | 518 | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 105 | Ecuador | 398 | 2024 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 398 | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 347 | 1990 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 340 | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Bhutan | 287 | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Djibouti | 280 | 2023 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 257 | 2024 | up 83.6% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 252 | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 239 | 2024 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Belize | 234 | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 115 | Finland | 221 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 116 | Ireland | 192 | 2022 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 148 | 2024 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahamas | 136 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Hong Kong | 132 | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 121 | 2017 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Egypt | 117 | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Slovenia | 115 | 2023 | up 59.7% | falling |
| 123 | Sweden | 114 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Albania | 100 | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Armenia | 99 | 2024 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 80 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Qatar | 80 | 2024 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 79 | 2024 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 76 | 2022 | down 94.9% | falling |
| 130 | Latvia | 74 | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Aruba | 67 | 2022 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 132 | Kiribati | 52 | 2024 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Fiji | 50 | 2024 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Samoa | 50 | 2024 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 135 | Micronesia (country) | 49 | 2024 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 135 | Serbia | 49 | 2022 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 137 | Belarus | 46 | 2024 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Lithuania | 43 | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 43 | 2023 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 41 | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 37 | 2024 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 36 | 2023 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 143 | Marshall Islands | 26 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 144 | Guyana | 24 | 2010 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 20 | 2024 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | 17 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 146 | Montenegro | 17 | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Dominica | 16 | 2025 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Grenada | 12 | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Palau | 12 | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Andorra | 10 | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 2022 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 154 | British Virgin Islands | 9 | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 156 | Croatia | 8 | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 157 | South Korea | 7 | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 6 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Macao | 6 | 2024 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Brunei | 5 | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 3 | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Bahrain | 2 | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Kuwait | 2 | 2021 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2025 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Nauru | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Singapore | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Tonga | 1 | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Cyprus | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Indonesia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Monaco | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Moldova | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Mongolia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Oman | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Romania | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Seychelles | 0 | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 171 | East Timor | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 171 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release