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Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary 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
179
Highest
684,799 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
2,540 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,870

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 684,799 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,540 number, and the mean is 23,104 number.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 2,357.8%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 684,799 number 2004 up 1.5% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 276,462 number 2015 up 3.7% rising
3 Madagascar 217,654 number 2019 down 0.2% rising
4 Bangladesh 198,795 number 2018 down 56.3% rising
5 Malawi 184,081 number 2019 up 46.5% volatile
6 Ethiopia 164,018 number 2015 up 69.5% volatile
7 Uganda 135,107 number 2017 down 26.0% rising
8 India 117,921 number 2017 down 89.4% volatile
9 Iraq 104,241 number 2007 up 76.0% rising
10 Angola 96,938 number 2011 — rising
11 Mali 95,118 number 2017 up 91.2% volatile
12 Cameroon 94,799 number 2019 up 28.7% rising
13 Burundi 86,226 number 2019 up 10.9% volatile
14 Benin 79,837 number 2019 up 80.7% volatile
15 South Africa 77,480 number 2018 down 15.1% falling
16 Pakistan 75,106 number 2019 down 45.9% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 70,167 number 2019 up 4.2% rising
18 Chad 67,310 number 2018 up 0.0% volatile
19 Algeria 66,153 number 2019 up 7.8% rising
20 Indonesia 65,269 number 2018 down 56.1% falling
21 Morocco 62,748 number 2019 down 26.5% flat
22 Mozambique 57,688 number 2019 up 56.2% falling
23 Afghanistan 45,813 number 2018 — volatile
24 Nepal 44,137 number 2019 down 40.4% falling
25 Haiti 43,485 number 1997 up 136.0% rising
26 Rwanda 41,564 number 2019 down 24.0% volatile
27 Egypt 40,706 number 2019 down 19.6% volatile
28 Congo 38,908 number 2012 up 13.4% rising
29 Yemen 38,140 number 2016 up 39.3% rising
30 Kenya 35,676 number 2016 down 38.9% volatile
31 Guinea 35,616 number 2016 up 285.0% volatile
32 Central African Republic 35,387 number 2016 up 42.9% rising
33 Philippines 33,171 number 2018 down 8.7% rising
34 Guatemala 32,179 number 2019 down 14.3% volatile
35 Argentina 31,676 number 2017 down 29.9% falling
36 Mexico 29,275 number 2018 down 69.0% falling
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 29,180 number 2019 down 11.2% volatile
38 Tunisia 28,065 number 2017 up 657.1% volatile
39 Zambia 22,844 number 2013 up 34.3% volatile
40 Cambodia 22,397 number 2019 down 46.7% falling
41 Burkina Faso 22,284 number 2019 down 24.0% volatile
42 Sudan 22,112 number 2017 down 25.6% flat
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21,527 number 2017 down 41.5% volatile
44 Peru 21,493 number 2019 down 63.7% falling
45 Gabon 20,270 number 2003 up 70.4% volatile
46 Dominican Republic 19,706 number 2019 down 24.1% falling
47 Papua New Guinea 15,930 number 2016 — volatile
48 Syria 15,377 number 2013 down 45.7% rising
49 Ghana 14,057 number 2018 down 69.0% volatile
50 Colombia 12,900 number 2018 down 60.1% volatile
51 Spain 11,718 number 2018 — volatile
52 Türkiye 10,176 number 2018 down 50.2% volatile
53 Honduras 9,926 number 2019 up 103.4% falling
54 Iran 9,906 number 2017 down 46.1% volatile
55 Germany 9,498 number 2018 down 19.3% falling
56 Nicaragua 8,826 number 2010 up 37.1% rising
57 Namibia 8,487 number 2018 up 15.4% falling
58 Niger 7,833 number 2019 down 19.4% rising
59 Viet Nam 7,174 number 2018 down 47.9% volatile
60 Liberia 7,111 number 2017 up 30.8% rising
61 Libya 7,054 number 1983 up 2,357.8% volatile
62 Togo 6,992 number 2019 down 85.3% rising
63 Thailand 6,410 number 2018 — volatile
64 Guinea-Bissau 6,094 number 2010 up 4.9% rising
65 Chile 5,982 number 2018 down 45.4% volatile
66 Senegal 5,609 number 2019 down 63.5% rising
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5,234 number 2018 down 64.6% falling
68 France 5,098 number 2018 — falling
69 Timor-Leste 4,930 number 2019 down 16.1% rising
70 Paraguay 4,755 number 2016 down 46.6% falling
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,555 number 2019 down 72.0% falling
72 Comoros 3,939 number 2018 down 22.0% rising
73 Lesotho 3,893 number 2016 down 71.8% rising
74 Botswana 3,855 number 2015 up 51.0% volatile
75 Eswatini 3,722 number 2018 down 53.1% rising
76 Lebanon 3,707 number 2019 down 19.3% falling
77 Gambia 3,672 number 2019 up 111.3% volatile
78 Netherlands 3,587 number 1985 down 29.1% falling
79 El Salvador 3,477 number 2018 down 54.3% falling
80 Romania 3,408 number 2018 up 3.0% falling
81 Sri Lanka 3,289 number 2017 up 33.4% volatile
82 Saudi Arabia 2,950 number 2019 down 88.8% volatile
83 Poland 2,863 number 2018 up 61.3% volatile
84 Russian Federation 2,790 number 2018 down 17.6% volatile
85 Sierra Leone 2,772 number 2019 down 88.6% volatile
86 Equatorial Guinea 2,716 number 2015 down 9.6% rising
87 Belgium 2,699 number 2018 down 21.9% volatile
88 Panama 2,654 number 2017 down 44.2% falling
89 Eritrea 2,574 number 2018 down 75.7% falling
90 Myanmar 2,540 number 2010 down 33.0% volatile
91 Portugal 2,011 number 2018 — falling
92 Suriname 1,864 number 2019 down 15.8% falling
93 Uruguay 1,671 number 2018 down 55.0% falling
94 Mauritania 1,663 number 2019 up 727.4% volatile
95 Ecuador 1,606 number 2018 down 60.1% volatile
96 Austria 1,381 number 2018 up 20.7% volatile
97 Jordan 1,245 number 2019 up 673.3% volatile
98 Vanuatu 1,185 number 2013 up 91.1% rising
99 Solomon Islands 1,169 number 2018 down 17.0% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 1,145 number 2010 up 13.7% volatile
101 Italy 1,093 number 2018 up 11.1% volatile
102 Slovakia 946 number 2018 down 6.3% falling
103 China 910 number 2019 down 90.1% volatile
104 Israel 883 number 2018 down 36.5% flat
105 Hungary 787 number 2018 down 15.6% volatile
106 Bhutan 769 number 2020 down 26.2% rising
107 Switzerland 757 number 2018 down 37.7% falling
108 Cape Verde 642 number 2018 down 59.3% volatile
109 Belize 616 number 2019 down 18.5% falling
110 Costa Rica 569 number 2019 down 85.5% falling
111 Greece 517 number 2018 down 13.1% volatile
112 Denmark 472 number 2018 — volatile
113 New Caledonia 469 number 1990 down 19.4% rising
114 Djibouti 466 number 2020 down 28.5% rising
115 Czechia 418 number 2018 down 6.3% falling
116 Ireland 295 number 2018 down 20.1% volatile
117 Hong Kong 288 number 2019 down 51.8% volatile
118 Bahrain 272 number 2019 down 40.2% falling
119 Jamaica 255 number 2019 down 46.0% falling
120 Serbia 229 number 2019 down 47.8% falling
121 Slovenia 198 number 2018 up 88.6% falling
122 Guyana 189 number 2010 down 59.9% volatile
123 Tajikistan 187 number 2017 down 43.5% volatile
124 Qatar 157 number 2019 up 60.2% volatile
125 Kuwait 152 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
126 Albania 133 number 2019 down 66.2% volatile
127 Azerbaijan 125 number 2019 down 49.6% volatile
128 Bahamas 119 number 2018 — volatile
129 United Arab Emirates 116 number 2015 down 85.4% falling
130 Sao Tome and Principe 90 number 2017 down 93.6% volatile
131 Aruba 85 number 2014 down 41.4% falling
132 Finland 82 number 2018 down 47.4% falling
133 Macao 79 number 2019 down 56.4% volatile
134 Bulgaria 71 number 2018 down 94.4% volatile
134 Fiji 71 number 2016 down 82.8% volatile
136 Georgia 70 number 2019 up 268.4% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 70 number 2019 down 45.7% volatile
138 Latvia 69 number 2018 down 81.7% volatile
139 Ukraine 64 number 2019 down 60.7% volatile
140 Lithuania 55 number 2018 down 53.4% volatile
141 Estonia 50 number 2018 down 28.6% volatile
142 Palestine, State of 46 number 2019 — volatile
143 Croatia 41 number 2018 down 54.4% volatile
144 Belarus 36 number 2018 up 414.3% volatile
145 Saint Lucia 32 number 2019 up 52.4% volatile
145 Samoa 32 number 2019 down 20.0% falling
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30 number 2018 down 63.0% volatile
148 Armenia 29 number 2019 down 58.6% volatile
148 Grenada 29 number 2018 down 21.6% volatile
150 Dominica 28 number 2016 down 15.2% rising
150 Kiribati 28 number 2016 — volatile
152 Mongolia 27 number 2018 down 83.8% volatile
153 Kyrgyzstan 22 number 2019 down 63.9% volatile
154 Brunei Darussalam 18 number 2019 down 40.0% volatile
154 Montenegro 18 number 2019 up 50.0% volatile
156 Antigua and Barbuda 16 number 2018 down 63.6% volatile
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 number 2019 down 36.4% rising
158 Tonga 13 number 2013 — volatile
159 Malta 12 number 2018 down 60.0% volatile
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 number 2016 down 23.1% volatile
161 Republic of Korea 9 number 2018 up 28.6% volatile
162 Andorra 8 number 2019 up 700.0% volatile
163 Singapore 7 number 2018 down 63.2% volatile
164 Monaco 5 number 2020 — volatile
164 British Virgin Islands 5 number 2018 down 58.3% volatile
166 Liechtenstein 4 number 2018 — volatile
167 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 96.9% volatile
167 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 number 2018 down 75.0% volatile
167 Uzbekistan 1 number 2019 down 94.4% volatile
170 Cuba 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 Cyprus 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
170 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
170 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
170 Naoero 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
170 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
170 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 4,870 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.