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Repeaters in Grade 3 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
167
Highest
527,439 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
1,702 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,720

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 527,439 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,702 number, and the mean is 13,856 number.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 888.3%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 95.4%).

Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 527,439 number 2011 down 15.7% volatile
2 Morocco 152,276 number 2019 up 12.6% volatile
3 Mali 116,055 number 2017 up 406.5% volatile
4 Iraq 105,006 number 2007 up 70.2% volatile
5 Argentina 93,852 number 2017 up 24.0% rising
6 Algeria 84,279 number 2019 up 59.7% volatile
7 India 81,682 number 2017 down 89.8% volatile
8 Ethiopia 75,982 number 2017 down 26.2% rising
9 Bangladesh 63,759 number 2018 down 49.1% flat
10 Egypt 59,370 number 2019 down 36.0% falling
11 Angola 57,728 number 2016 up 493.0% volatile
12 Spain 48,408 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
13 Benin 43,832 number 2016 up 170.7% volatile
14 Burkina Faso 39,779 number 2019 up 138.2% volatile
15 Senegal 32,288 number 2019 up 101.2% volatile
16 Mozambique 31,724 number 2019 up 41.8% volatile
17 Thailand 30,783 number 2018 — volatile
18 Togo 30,758 number 2019 up 35.3% volatile
19 Philippines 30,218 number 2018 down 12.9% rising
20 Guinea 30,016 number 2014 up 351.9% volatile
21 Cameroon 27,427 number 2016 up 64.0% volatile
22 Côte d'Ivoire 26,896 number 2019 up 125.4% volatile
23 Niger 25,744 number 2019 up 228.4% volatile
24 Nepal 24,622 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
25 Pakistan 23,771 number 2019 down 20.6% falling
26 Burundi 21,751 number 2019 up 76.3% volatile
27 Germany 18,149 number 2018 down 25.3% falling
28 Syria 18,126 number 2013 down 48.6% rising
29 Madagascar 18,046 number 2019 up 14.1% volatile
30 Afghanistan 17,268 number 2018 down 4.9% volatile
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17,087 number 2017 up 13.9% flat
32 Peru 17,031 number 2019 down 43.5% falling
33 Tunisia 15,927 number 2018 up 30.9% rising
34 Colombia 15,266 number 2018 down 35.4% falling
35 Türkiye 14,215 number 2018 up 16.8% volatile
36 Mexico 13,588 number 2018 up 40.3% flat
37 Eritrea 13,475 number 2018 up 125.4% rising
38 Chad 12,486 number 2018 up 28.9% volatile
39 Italy 10,400 number 2018 down 27.5% falling
40 Viet Nam 9,736 number 2018 down 51.2% falling
41 Uruguay 8,950 number 2010 up 28.7% rising
42 Congo 8,832 number 2012 up 39.6% rising
43 Netherlands 7,246 number 1999 down 47.9% falling
44 Romania 6,919 number 2018 up 6.1% volatile
45 Libya 6,901 number 1983 up 283.8% volatile
46 Yemen 6,848 number 2016 down 59.4% falling
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,673 number 2017 down 93.9% volatile
48 Guatemala 6,466 number 2019 up 96.2% volatile
49 Saudi Arabia 6,000 number 2019 down 32.8% volatile
50 Ecuador 5,858 number 2018 down 24.0% rising
51 France 5,548 number 2018 down 86.8% falling
52 China 5,276 number 2011 down 69.4% volatile
53 Eswatini 5,248 number 2018 up 888.3% volatile
54 Cambodia 5,204 number 2019 up 11.4% volatile
55 Central African Republic 5,038 number 2016 up 144.0% volatile
56 Portugal 4,847 number 2018 — falling
57 Jordan 4,708 number 2019 up 102.8% volatile
58 Nicaragua 4,194 number 2010 up 27.0% rising
59 Poland 4,171 number 2018 down 33.4% rising
60 Namibia 4,082 number 2017 up 102.5% volatile
61 Honduras 3,907 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
62 Myanmar 3,885 number 2017 down 73.9% volatile
63 Uganda 3,879 number 2017 down 44.9% rising
64 Indonesia 3,222 number 2017 down 73.8% volatile
65 Russian Federation 3,215 number 2018 down 54.5% volatile
66 Haiti 3,141 number 1997 up 68.3% rising
67 Lebanon 3,030 number 2019 down 43.8% rising
68 Cape Verde 2,849 number 2018 up 17.6% volatile
69 Guinea-Bissau 2,674 number 2010 up 117.8% volatile
70 Lesotho 2,639 number 2017 up 39.5% volatile
71 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,613 number 2018 down 28.0% volatile
72 Israel 2,574 number 2018 up 115.9% rising
73 Malawi 2,490 number 2013 up 719.1% volatile
74 Sri Lanka 2,446 number 2017 down 24.0% volatile
75 Hungary 2,287 number 2018 down 20.2% falling
76 Gabon 2,229 number 1995 up 162.2% volatile
77 Sao Tome and Principe 2,070 number 2017 up 183.6% volatile
78 Austria 1,974 number 2018 — volatile
79 Mauritania 1,960 number 2019 up 19.6% volatile
80 Oman 1,902 number 2019 up 105.6% volatile
81 Ghana 1,838 number 2019 down 65.5% volatile
82 Palestine, State of 1,805 number 2019 down 29.8% falling
83 Zambia 1,740 number 1984 up 203.7% rising
84 Mauritius 1,702 number 2019 up 14.9% rising
85 Hong Kong 1,661 number 2019 down 6.4% volatile
86 Greece 1,653 number 2018 up 12.8% volatile
87 El Salvador 1,639 number 2018 down 15.0% volatile
88 Bhutan 1,612 number 2020 up 167.3% volatile
89 Liberia 1,578 number 2017 down 7.0% rising
90 Panama 1,514 number 2017 up 1.2% rising
91 Bulgaria 1,504 number 2018 down 2.4% volatile
92 Switzerland 1,458 number 2018 down 16.6% rising
93 Guyana 1,419 number 2010 up 24.6% volatile
94 Singapore 1,242 number 1984 down 31.0% rising
95 Slovakia 1,091 number 2018 down 21.8% falling
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,038 number 2019 up 9.4% volatile
97 Sierra Leone 1,003 number 2019 down 80.6% volatile
98 Comoros 966 number 2017 up 12.5% rising
99 Gambia 932 number 2019 down 9.2% volatile
100 Czechia 861 number 2018 down 43.7% falling
101 Brunei Darussalam 839 number 2009 up 15.7% rising
102 Denmark 760 number 2018 down 32.7% falling
103 United Arab Emirates 729 number 2014 down 59.4% volatile
104 Rwanda 726 number 2019 down 38.2% volatile
105 Costa Rica 718 number 2019 down 83.6% volatile
106 Kuwait 671 number 2019 down 40.8% falling
107 Jamaica 568 number 2019 down 11.1% volatile
108 Suriname 537 number 2019 down 7.3% rising
109 Equatorial Guinea 521 number 2015 down 29.0% rising
110 Serbia 513 number 2019 down 26.8% falling
111 Georgia 508 number 2019 up 429.2% rising
112 Belize 445 number 2019 down 11.5% rising
113 Timor-Leste 418 number 2019 up 40.7% rising
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 414 number 2018 up 83.2% rising
115 Qatar 396 number 2019 up 428.0% volatile
116 Azerbaijan 395 number 2019 down 49.5% falling
117 Djibouti 387 number 2020 up 17.3% volatile
118 Cuba 380 number 2019 up 239.3% volatile
119 Estonia 353 number 2018 down 58.3% falling
120 Albania 340 number 2019 down 70.8% volatile
121 New Caledonia 326 number 1990 up 38.1% rising
122 Botswana 307 number 2014 down 39.0% volatile
123 Paraguay 295 number 2016 down 50.8% falling
124 Finland 283 number 2018 down 38.5% falling
125 Latvia 261 number 2018 down 62.0% falling
126 Fiji 231 number 2016 up 9.0% volatile
127 French Polynesia 227 number 1993 up 13.5% falling
128 Croatia 224 number 2018 down 29.1% volatile
129 Kiribati 216 number 2016 — volatile
130 Tonga 192 number 2004 down 8.1% falling
131 Macao 184 number 2019 down 79.9% falling
132 Mongolia 182 number 2018 up 628.0% volatile
133 Vanuatu 177 number 2013 up 420.6% volatile
134 Tajikistan 168 number 2017 down 76.9% volatile
135 Bahrain 152 number 2019 down 77.6% volatile
136 Dominica 144 number 2015 down 6.5% rising
137 Antigua and Barbuda 131 number 2018 down 60.2% falling
138 Lithuania 119 number 2018 down 72.7% volatile
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 111 number 2019 down 51.5% falling
140 Cyprus 110 number 2018 unchanged volatile
141 Solomon Islands 109 number 2018 down 35.9% volatile
142 Grenada 82 number 2018 down 43.4% falling
143 North Macedonia 68 number 2018 down 46.5% volatile
144 Luxembourg 59 number 2018 down 95.4% volatile
145 Bahamas 48 number 2010 — volatile
146 Trinidad and Tobago 42 number 2010 down 26.3% volatile
146 Ukraine 42 number 2019 down 53.3% volatile
148 Ireland 40 number 2018 down 67.2% falling
149 Armenia 31 number 2019 down 65.9% volatile
149 Kazakhstan 31 number 2019 down 91.0% volatile
149 Slovenia 31 number 2018 up 29.2% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 number 2016 up 56.2% rising
152 Montenegro 25 number 2019 down 43.2% falling
154 Kyrgyzstan 16 number 2019 down 86.8% volatile
155 British Virgin Islands 15 number 2018 down 71.7% flat
156 Belarus 14 number 2018 up 16.7% volatile
156 Republic of Korea 14 number 2018 down 73.1% volatile
158 Malta 10 number 2018 down 69.7% volatile
159 Andorra 8 number 2019 down 84.3% volatile
160 Uzbekistan 6 number 2019 down 92.4% volatile
161 Liechtenstein 2 number 2018 — volatile
161 San Marino 2 number 2019 — volatile
163 Saint Lucia 1 number 2019 unchanged volatile
163 Monaco 1 number 2020 — volatile
163 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 number 2018 — volatile
166 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
166 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 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
174 places, 3,720 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.