Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
189
Highest
270,515
Brazil
Lowest
0
Uzbekistan
Median
536
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,139

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 270,515 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 536, and the mean is 12,389.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,961.1%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 270,515 1982 up 99.8% rising
1 Montserrat 2 2014 down 50.0% volatile
2 India 266,037 2025 up 207.8% volatile
2 Anguilla 0 2019 volatile
2 Cook Islands 0 2024 volatile
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 171,164 2023 up 18.1% rising
4 Malawi 116,482 2024 up 61.5% volatile
5 Madagascar 111,874 2024 up 0.6% rising
6 Cote d'Ivoire 75,550 2024 up 89.0% rising
7 Ethiopia 73,285 2024 down 22.7% volatile
8 Uganda 69,436 2017 down 25.5% rising
9 Rwanda 67,067 2024 up 136.2% volatile
10 Iraq 64,667 2007 up 67.4% rising
11 Mali 55,007 2023 up 29.7% volatile
12 Cameroon 52,954 2024 up 10.4% rising
13 Burundi 50,422 2020 up 8.5% volatile
14 Tanzania 43,136 2024 up 75.0% volatile
15 Bangladesh 39,565 2024 down 79.2% falling
16 Pakistan 38,105 2024 down 11.1% falling
17 Angola 37,282 2023 down 21.9% falling
18 Chad 35,690 2022 down 24.2% rising
19 South Africa 35,273 2023 down 43.5% falling
20 Algeria 33,227 2025 down 24.2% rising
21 Afghanistan 33,082 2023 volatile
22 United States 32,422 2023 down 21.8% falling
23 Morocco 30,613 2024 down 33.6% falling
24 Mozambique 27,677 2022 up 28.0% falling
25 Philippines 27,003 2024 up 25.7% rising
26 Guatemala 25,544 2024 up 26.0% rising
27 Nepal 24,242 2025 down 12.7% falling
28 Colombia 23,993 2022 up 87.9% volatile
29 Guinea 23,361 2020 up 22.4% rising
30 Yemen 22,653 2016 up 33.4% rising
31 Haiti 22,560 1997 up 134.5% rising
32 Kenya 20,000 2016 down 37.0% volatile
33 Central African Republic 19,513 2016 up 34.0% rising
34 Benin 15,529 2022 down 45.3% volatile
35 Mexico 14,388 2025 down 10.9% volatile
36 Nicaragua 13,665 2022 up 154.4% rising
37 Cambodia 13,412 2024 up 30.7% falling
38 Niger 13,337 2024 up 132.1% rising
39 Tunisia 12,111 2021 up 228.9% volatile
40 Argentina 12,080 2023 down 16.1% falling
41 Peru 11,970 2019 down 61.6% falling
42 Zambia 11,566 2013 up 27.7% volatile
43 Dominican Republic 10,960 2024 down 30.8% falling
44 Gabon 10,666 2003 up 79.7% volatile
45 Sudan 10,414 2019 down 37.0% falling
46 Turkey 9,669 2023 up 138.7% volatile
47 Congo 9,110 2023 down 55.7% rising
48 Iran 7,371 2023 up 28.2% volatile
49 Syria 6,394 2024 down 30.6% falling
50 Namibia 6,318 2024 up 60.0% rising
51 Papua New Guinea 6,213 2023 down 23.7% volatile
52 Honduras 5,820 2024 up 137.9% falling
53 Burkina Faso 5,309 2024 down 44.5% volatile
54 Vietnam 5,306 2024 down 13.3% volatile
55 Germany 5,236 2024 up 24.2% falling
56 France 5,159 2024 up 82.7% volatile
57 Sierra Leone 4,546 2024 down 70.9% volatile
58 Ghana 4,092 2024 down 50.4% volatile
59 Libya 4,081 1983 up 1,961.1% volatile
60 Bolivia 4,013 2024 down 34.1% falling
61 Senegal 3,512 2024 up 27.3% volatile
62 Romania 3,420 2023 up 78.7% falling
63 Lebanon 3,295 2023 up 3.7% falling
64 Guinea-Bissau 3,195 2010 down 7.4% rising
65 Lesotho 3,077 2024 up 164.1% rising
66 Poland 2,831 2024 up 94.4% rising
67 Venezuela 2,234 2024 down 85.6% falling
68 Chile 2,129 2024 down 57.3% volatile
69 Netherlands 2,043 1985 down 24.2% falling
70 El Salvador 1,981 2024 down 48.6% falling
71 Paraguay 1,922 2024 down 65.4% falling
72 Eritrea 1,673 2022 down 61.6% falling
73 Laos 1,624 2025 down 56.5% volatile
74 Russia 1,537 2019 down 12.3% volatile
75 Equatorial Guinea 1,424 2015 down 6.1% rising
76 Liberia 1,389 2022 down 64.0% rising
77 Comoros 1,330 2024 down 39.4% falling
78 Gambia 1,328 2025 up 9.1% volatile
79 Thailand 1,321 2025 down 76.9% volatile
80 Belgium 1,292 2023 down 13.8% volatile
80 Costa Rica 1,292 2024 down 14.6% falling
82 Austria 1,264 2024 up 55.5% volatile
83 Suriname 1,225 2021 down 4.7% falling
84 Zimbabwe 1,130 2024 down 68.9% volatile
85 Panama 1,102 2024 down 14.2% falling
86 Myanmar 1,028 2010 down 46.1% volatile
87 Eswatini 998 2023 down 79.2% volatile
88 Israel 912 2024 down 30.6% falling
89 Botswana 785 2022 down 44.8% volatile
90 China 698 2021 down 84.3% volatile
91 Portugal 682 2023 down 41.9% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 655 2023 down 6.4% volatile
93 Greece 544 2023 up 30.1% volatile
93 Saudi Arabia 544 2024 down 84.8% volatile
95 Spain 536 2024 volatile
96 Italy 531 2023 down 13.8% volatile
97 Jordan 489 2024 up 173.2% volatile
98 Hungary 453 2024 down 25.4% volatile
99 Togo 419 2024 down 97.6% volatile
100 Ecuador 408 2024 down 81.8% volatile
101 Bhutan 362 2024 down 30.1% falling
102 Slovakia 341 2024 down 35.9% falling
103 Switzerland 321 2024 down 21.7% falling
104 New Caledonia 274 1990 down 22.4% rising
105 Czechia 257 2023 up 14.7% volatile
106 Djibouti 256 2023 down 19.7% rising
107 Jamaica 250 2024 down 15.0% volatile
108 Belize 237 2024 down 31.3% falling
109 Hong Kong 178 2024 up 5.3% volatile
110 Denmark 167 2024 down 47.3% volatile
111 Azerbaijan 164 2024 up 97.6% volatile
112 Slovenia 158 2023 up 26.4% rising
113 Bulgaria 143 2024 up 333.3% volatile
114 Cape Verde 132 2022 down 81.8% volatile
115 Sweden 128 2024 volatile
116 Guyana 116 2010 down 56.2% volatile
117 Egypt 113 2024 down 99.5% volatile
118 Ireland 106 2022 down 43.0% volatile
119 Tajikistan 102 2017 down 63.7% volatile
120 Albania 91 2024 down 28.3% volatile
121 Bahamas 80 2019 volatile
122 Armenia 79 2024 up 31.7% volatile
122 Ukraine 79 2024 up 102.6% volatile
124 Latvia 65 2024 up 35.4% volatile
125 Estonia 61 2024 up 74.3% volatile
126 Qatar 60 2024 down 4.8% volatile
126 Vanuatu 60 2024 down 91.4% volatile
128 Serbia 49 2022 down 58.1% falling
129 Fiji 48 2024 up 140.0% volatile
129 Georgia 48 2024 down 4.0% volatile
131 Micronesia (country) 47 2024 down 16.1% falling
131 Kiribati 47 2024 up 42.4% volatile
131 Sao Tome and Principe 47 2017 down 93.9% volatile
134 United Arab Emirates 44 2023 down 32.3% falling
134 Finland 44 2024 down 38.0% falling
136 Kazakhstan 42 2025 down 27.6% volatile
137 Aruba 39 2022 down 50.6% falling
138 Palestine 38 2023 down 38.7% volatile
139 Belarus 36 2024 up 1,100.0% volatile
139 Samoa 36 2024 up 50.0% rising
141 Marshall Islands 31 2024 down 18.4% flat
142 Barbados 29 2024 rising
142 Lithuania 29 2024 down 42.0% volatile
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 2023 up 12.5% falling
145 Antigua and Barbuda 13 2022 down 53.6% volatile
145 Croatia 13 2023 down 43.5% volatile
147 Dominica 12 2025 up 71.4% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11 2023 up 1,000.0% volatile
148 Saint Lucia 11 2024 down 45.0% volatile
150 Montenegro 10 2023 up 900.0% volatile
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 2024 down 54.5% volatile
152 Grenada 8 2024 up 33.3% volatile
152 Kyrgyzstan 8 2025 down 61.9% volatile
152 Palau 8 2024 down 38.5% volatile
155 Malta 5 2023 up 66.7% volatile
155 Singapore 5 2023 up 150.0% volatile
157 Brunei 4 2024 down 55.6% volatile
157 Macao 4 2024 down 94.5% volatile
159 South Korea 3 2024 down 50.0% volatile
159 Tonga 3 2023 down 62.5% volatile
159 British Virgin Islands 3 2024 down 72.7% volatile
162 Kuwait 2 2021 down 97.1% volatile
162 Monaco 2 2024 unchanged volatile
162 Mongolia 2 2024 down 77.8% volatile
165 Cyprus 1 2024 volatile
165 Liechtenstein 1 2021 volatile
165 Luxembourg 1 2024 volatile
165 Nauru 1 2024 volatile
165 Solomon Islands 1 2024 down 99.9% volatile
165 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 2024 unchanged volatile
171 Andorra 0 2024 volatile
171 Bahrain 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
171 Cuba 0 2024 volatile
171 Indonesia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 Sri Lanka 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 Moldova 0 2024 volatile
171 Maldives 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
171 North Macedonia 0 2023 volatile
171 Mauritania 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
171 Oman 0 2024 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 Uruguay 0 2023 down 100.0% falling
171 Uzbekistan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
197 places, 5,139 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release