Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
195
Highest
684,799
Brazil
Lowest
0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
820
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,709
What the numbers show
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 684,799 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 820, and the mean is 22,855.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 2,357.8%), and the largest decrease in Montserrat (down 100.0%).
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 684,799 | 2004 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Montserrat | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 481,469 | 2025 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 335,799 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 225,034 | 2024 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Madagascar | 215,325 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 140,755 | 2024 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 7 | Uganda | 135,107 | 2017 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 135,057 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Rwanda | 119,603 | 2024 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Iraq | 104,241 | 2007 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mali | 98,582 | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Cameroon | 98,187 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 95,491 | 2020 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 77,064 | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 76,503 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | Angola | 73,933 | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 73,363 | 2024 | down 80.1% | rising |
| 18 | Chad | 64,699 | 2022 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 19 | United States | 64,196 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 57,819 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 21 | South Africa | 52,463 | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 51,948 | 2022 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 23 | Nepal | 48,993 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 24 | Algeria | 47,968 | 2025 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 25 | Morocco | 46,621 | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 26 | Guatemala | 43,703 | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Haiti | 43,485 | 1997 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea | 43,455 | 2020 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Colombia | 40,920 | 2022 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 38,840 | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 38,140 | 2016 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 35,676 | 2016 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 35,387 | 2016 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 28,557 | 2022 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Niger | 24,601 | 2024 | up 128.5% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 24,583 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Zambia | 22,844 | 2013 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 22,672 | 2022 | up 156.9% | rising |
| 39 | Argentina | 22,304 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 40 | Peru | 21,493 | 2019 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 20,270 | 2003 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Cambodia | 20,070 | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 43 | Sudan | 19,434 | 2019 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 44 | Tunisia | 18,380 | 2021 | up 223.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Türkiye | 18,077 | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Congo | 17,057 | 2023 | down 56.2% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 16,445 | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 48 | Iran | 11,685 | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 11,204 | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Syria | 10,604 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 51 | Germany | 10,225 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 52 | France | 10,143 | 2024 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 10,086 | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 54 | Honduras | 9,749 | 2024 | up 138.1% | falling |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 9,587 | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 9,358 | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ghana | 7,626 | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Viet Nam | 7,424 | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 7,054 | 1983 | up 2,357.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6,831 | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 6,767 | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,094 | 2010 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 5,646 | 2023 | up 82.5% | falling |
| 64 | Lebanon | 5,259 | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 65 | Poland | 4,711 | 2024 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Lesotho | 4,608 | 2024 | up 167.6% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands | 3,587 | 1985 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 3,564 | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3,398 | 2024 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 70 | El Salvador | 3,236 | 2024 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 71 | Paraguay | 3,178 | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 3,006 | 2019 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | 2,828 | 2022 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,716 | 2015 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 75 | Liberia | 2,675 | 2022 | down 64.9% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 2,625 | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 2,587 | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Myanmar | 2,540 | 2010 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Comoros | 2,491 | 2024 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 80 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,450 | 2025 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Austria | 2,361 | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 2,240 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 83 | Thailand | 2,072 | 2025 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Reunion | 2,017 | 1987 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 2,014 | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 86 | Suriname | 1,938 | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 87 | Panama | 1,879 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 88 | Eswatini | 1,656 | 2023 | down 78.0% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 1,311 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 90 | Portugal | 1,248 | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Botswana | 1,189 | 2022 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 1,176 | 2021 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,159 | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 1,058 | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Spain | 980 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Italy | 948 | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 905 | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Jordan | 820 | 2024 | up 176.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 769 | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Togo | 730 | 2024 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 721 | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Switzerland | 682 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 103 | Slovakia | 637 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 104 | Bhutan | 619 | 2024 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 105 | Guadeloupe | 511 | 1991 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 479 | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 469 | 1990 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 108 | Djibouti | 449 | 2023 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 398 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | 392 | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 111 | French Guiana | 323 | 1994 | — | rising |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 322 | 2024 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 316 | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 305 | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Denmark | 297 | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 275 | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 263 | 2024 | up 378.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Sweden | 257 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Ireland | 233 | 2022 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Martinique | 220 | 1992 | down 85.3% | falling |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 191 | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Guyana | 189 | 2010 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 187 | 2017 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 182 | 2022 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Albania | 177 | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Ukraine | 144 | 2024 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Armenia | 143 | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Qatar | 128 | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 114 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Estonia | 100 | 2024 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Latvia | 94 | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 92 | 2022 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 133 | Micronesia (country) | 91 | 2024 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 90 | 2017 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 86 | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 136 | Aruba | 84 | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 83 | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Finland | 80 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 138 | Fiji | 80 | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Kiribati | 73 | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Belarus | 69 | 2024 | up 1,625.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 63 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Lithuania | 58 | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Palestine, State of | 56 | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Marshall Islands | 55 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 146 | Samoa | 52 | 2024 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 147 | Barbados | 48 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 148 | Croatia | 44 | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 24 | 2024 | up 242.9% | rising |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 22 | 2025 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 2022 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Dominica | 18 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Montenegro | 18 | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 17 | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16 | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15 | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Grenada | 14 | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | 14 | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Tonga | 11 | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Palau | 9 | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Singapore | 8 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | British Virgin Islands | 8 | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Macao | 7 | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Brunei Darussalam | 6 | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Republic of Korea | 6 | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 5 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Mongolia | 5 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Monaco | 3 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Kuwait | 2 | 2021 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 175 | Cyprus | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Naoero | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Cuba | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Republic of Moldova | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Oman | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0 | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Uruguay | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 1987 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release