Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (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
163
Highest
65,365 number
Morocco
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
726 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,258

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (number) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 65,365 number in Morocco; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 726 number, and the mean is 4,525 number.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 815.4%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 95.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Morocco 65,365 number 2019 up 22.0% volatile
2 Mali 53,450 number 2017 up 466.3% volatile
3 Bangladesh 46,475 number 2016 down 28.7% rising
4 Argentina 41,549 number 2017 up 21.8% rising
5 India 37,286 number 2017 down 88.6% volatile
6 Ethiopia 37,123 number 2017 up 2.9% rising
7 Algeria 28,537 number 2019 up 44.5% volatile
8 Egypt 25,486 number 2019 down 37.4% falling
9 Iraq 23,395 number 2007 up 57.9% volatile
10 Burkina Faso 21,037 number 2019 up 175.2% volatile
11 Spain 20,321 number 2018 down 29.2% falling
12 Benin 19,761 number 2016 up 251.2% volatile
13 Senegal 16,798 number 2019 up 131.2% volatile
14 Mozambique 16,476 number 2019 up 47.4% volatile
15 Burundi 14,000 number 2019 up 142.8% volatile
16 Togo 13,076 number 2019 up 62.4% volatile
17 Cameroon 12,612 number 2016 up 70.4% volatile
18 Guinea 12,411 number 2014 up 417.1% volatile
19 Nepal 12,097 number 2019 down 23.0% falling
20 Niger 11,167 number 2019 up 245.8% volatile
21 Côte d'Ivoire 10,859 number 2019 up 137.2% volatile
22 Pakistan 9,221 number 2019 up 8.3% falling
23 Thailand 9,112 number 2018 volatile
24 Madagascar 8,732 number 2019 up 12.9% volatile
25 Tunisia 7,420 number 2018 up 46.5% rising
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7,173 number 2017 up 10.8% falling
27 Germany 6,944 number 2018 down 27.3% falling
28 Philippines 6,922 number 2018 down 30.7% rising
29 Colombia 6,865 number 2018 down 28.9% volatile
30 Peru 6,802 number 2019 down 42.6% falling
31 Eritrea 6,520 number 2018 up 109.6% rising
32 Mexico 5,902 number 2018 up 126.2% rising
33 Syria 5,634 number 2013 down 57.7% rising
34 Afghanistan 5,578 number 2018 up 56.9% volatile
35 Chad 4,567 number 2018 up 47.0% volatile
36 Uruguay 4,238 number 2010 up 32.4% rising
37 Congo 4,182 number 2012 up 39.9% volatile
38 Türkiye 4,121 number 2018 down 21.4% volatile
39 Netherlands 3,826 number 1999 down 46.8% falling
40 Italy 3,819 number 2018 down 25.4% falling
41 Saudi Arabia 3,200 number 2019 down 11.7% volatile
42 Libya 2,831 number 1983 up 763.1% volatile
43 Romania 2,678 number 2018 up 26.6% volatile
44 Guatemala 2,463 number 2019 up 59.3% volatile
45 Namibia 2,433 number 2017 up 85.2% volatile
46 Eswatini 2,330 number 2018 up 782.6% volatile
47 Ecuador 2,300 number 2018 down 23.7% rising
48 Yemen 2,285 number 2016 down 40.0% rising
49 China 2,188 number 2011 down 69.9% volatile
50 France 2,071 number 2018 down 88.6% volatile
51 Central African Republic 1,972 number 2016 up 190.4% volatile
52 Iran 1,971 number 2017 down 93.3% volatile
53 Portugal 1,947 number 2018 falling
54 Uganda 1,912 number 2017 down 43.0% rising
55 Viet Nam 1,886 number 2018 down 20.5% volatile
56 Jordan 1,775 number 2019 up 102.6% volatile
57 Nicaragua 1,713 number 2010 up 14.1% rising
58 Haiti 1,630 number 1997 up 71.8% rising
59 Poland 1,626 number 2018 down 20.3% falling
60 Cambodia 1,606 number 2019 up 32.1% volatile
61 Honduras 1,567 number 2019 up 6.2% rising
62 Russian Federation 1,544 number 2018 volatile
63 Lebanon 1,498 number 2019 down 48.3% rising
64 Lesotho 1,454 number 2017 up 36.7% volatile
65 Myanmar 1,399 number 2017 down 80.7% volatile
66 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,360 number 2018 down 30.3% volatile
67 Cape Verde 1,347 number 2018 up 1.6% volatile
68 Malawi 1,254 number 2013 up 693.7% volatile
69 Indonesia 1,164 number 2017 down 77.8% volatile
70 Gabon 1,122 number 1995 up 138.7% volatile
71 Guinea-Bissau 1,077 number 2010 up 145.9% volatile
72 Sao Tome and Principe 1,054 number 2017 up 156.4% volatile
73 Hungary 1,011 number 2018 down 6.3% rising
74 Sri Lanka 969 number 2017 down 21.4% volatile
75 Mauritania 943 number 2019 up 9.3% volatile
76 Austria 791.5 number 2018 volatile
77 Bhutan 780 number 2020 up 149.2% volatile
78 Israel 772 number 2018 up 170.9% rising
79 Palestine, State of 758 number 2019 down 37.3% falling
80 Mauritius 756 number 2019 up 21.0% rising
81 Liberia 732 number 2017 down 1.2% rising
82 Switzerland 726 number 2018 down 14.0% rising
83 Ghana 721 number 2019 down 69.6% volatile
84 Hong Kong 633 number 2019 down 15.9% volatile
85 Bulgaria 620 number 2018 up 7.6% volatile
86 Greece 608 number 2018 up 22.1% volatile
87 Guyana 587 number 2010 up 16.2% volatile
88 Panama 571 number 2017 down 9.1% rising
89 Oman 568 number 2019 up 116.8% volatile
90 El Salvador 565 number 2018 down 16.4% volatile
91 Singapore 524 number 1984 down 33.8% rising
92 Sierra Leone 510 number 2019 down 81.9% volatile
93 Gambia 502 number 2019 down 4.4% volatile
94 Slovakia 478 number 2018 down 10.2% rising
95 Comoros 465 number 2017 up 25.7% rising
96 Rwanda 429 number 2019 down 35.2% volatile
97 Czechia 329 number 2018 down 38.5% falling
98 Denmark 312 number 2018 down 31.0% falling
99 Costa Rica 293 number 2019 down 85.5% volatile
100 Brunei Darussalam 291 number 2009 up 2.1% falling
101 Suriname 271 number 2019 down 7.5% flat
102 Lao People's Democratic Republic 264 number 2019 up 23.4% volatile
103 Equatorial Guinea 259 number 2015 down 28.1% rising
104 Kuwait 248 number 2019 down 56.2% falling
105 United Arab Emirates 214 number 2014 down 62.3% volatile
106 Serbia 210 number 2019 up 20.0% rising
107 New Caledonia 189 number 1990 up 47.7% rising
108 Belize 168 number 2019 down 22.9% rising
109 Botswana 162 number 2014 down 51.1% volatile
110 Georgia 159 number 2019 up 488.9% volatile
110 Jamaica 159 number 2019 down 25.7% volatile
112 Azerbaijan 158 number 2019 down 55.1% falling
113 Estonia 149 number 2018 down 57.5% falling
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 145 number 2018 up 262.5% rising
115 Timor-Leste 141 number 2019 up 18.5% flat
116 Cuba 135 number 2019 up 193.5% volatile
117 Finland 127 number 2018 down 37.7% falling
118 Mongolia 119 number 2018 up 815.4% volatile
119 Djibouti 118 number 2020 down 7.1% volatile
120 Kiribati 116 number 2016 volatile
121 Paraguay 114 number 2016 down 44.9% falling
122 Qatar 111 number 2019 up 126.5% volatile
123 Fiji 104 number 2016 up 5.1% volatile
123 Tonga 104 number 2004 up 6.1% volatile
125 Albania 95 number 2019 down 74.7% volatile
126 Latvia 88 number 2018 down 66.9% falling
127 Vanuatu 83 number 2013 up 538.5% volatile
128 Macao 72 number 2019 down 81.3% falling
129 Croatia 69 number 2018 up 19.0% volatile
130 Tajikistan 65 number 2017 down 87.8% volatile
131 Solomon Islands 50 number 2018 down 33.3% volatile
132 Dominica 48 number 2015 down 34.2% falling
133 Antigua and Barbuda 38 number 2018 down 74.0% falling
134 Lithuania 36 number 2018 down 61.3% volatile
135 Cyprus 29 number 2018 unchanged volatile
136 Bahrain 28 number 2019 down 82.4% volatile
137 Luxembourg 25 number 2018 down 95.7% volatile
138 Grenada 23 number 2018 down 76.5% falling
139 Bahamas 21 number 2010 volatile
139 North Macedonia 21 number 2018 down 51.2% volatile
141 Ireland 19 number 2018 down 68.9% falling
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 number 2019 down 64.7% falling
143 Trinidad and Tobago 16 number 2010 down 27.3% volatile
144 Ukraine 15 number 2019 down 65.9% volatile
145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 number 2016 up 116.7% volatile
146 Slovenia 12 number 2018 up 9.1% volatile
147 Armenia 11 number 2019 down 56.0% falling
147 Kazakhstan 11 number 2019 down 86.6% volatile
149 Belarus 7 number 2018 up 16.7% volatile
150 Kyrgyzstan 6 number 2019 down 83.8% volatile
151 Republic of Korea 5 number 2018 down 77.3% volatile
151 Malta 5 number 2018 down 72.2% volatile
153 Montenegro 4 number 2019 down 33.3% falling
154 Andorra 3 number 2019 down 88.5% volatile
154 Uzbekistan 3 number 2019 down 87.5% volatile
154 British Virgin Islands 3 number 2018 down 85.0% volatile
157 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 volatile
157 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 number 2018 volatile
159 Saint Lucia 0 number 2019 volatile
159 Monaco 0 number 2020 volatile
159 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 volatile
159 San Marino 0 number 2019 volatile
159 Seychelles 0 number 2000 volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 3,258 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.