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Repeaters in Grade 4 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
84
Highest
489,257 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Republic of Moldova
Median
1,070 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
1,623

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 489,257 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,070 number, and the mean is 17,049 number.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 5,833.3%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 94.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 489,257 number 2011 down 16.5% volatile
2 Morocco 115,542 number 1990 up 247.4% volatile
3 Algeria 113,387 number 2019 up 9.5% volatile
4 Côte d'Ivoire 107,667 number 2019 up 106.9% volatile
5 Burkina Faso 78,510 number 2019 up 148.9% volatile
6 Madagascar 62,869 number 2019 up 95.6% volatile
7 Benin 54,541 number 2016 up 219.8% volatile
8 Cameroon 52,932 number 2016 up 103.1% volatile
9 Niger 41,716 number 2019 up 194.3% volatile
10 Guinea 37,246 number 2014 up 439.7% volatile
11 Togo 35,974 number 2019 up 63.2% volatile
12 Senegal 34,074 number 2019 up 43.9% volatile
13 Germany 23,618 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
14 France 20,158 number 2018 down 57.3% falling
15 Syria 19,726 number 2013 up 63.6% rising
16 Burundi 13,552 number 2016 up 155.5% volatile
17 Chad 13,312 number 2018 up 34.9% volatile
18 Ethiopia 12,754 number 2017 up 16.1% falling
19 Colombia 10,459 number 2018 down 44.8% falling
20 Uganda 10,250 number 2017 up 38.0% volatile
21 Congo 9,624 number 2012 down 17.9% volatile
22 Singapore 6,306 number 1984 up 139.9% rising
23 Malawi 5,813 number 2013 up 66.7% rising
24 Central African Republic 5,108 number 2016 up 153.8% volatile
25 Romania 4,985 number 2018 up 17.1% falling
26 Jordan 4,383 number 2019 up 221.8% volatile
27 Russian Federation 4,196 number 2018 down 42.8% volatile
28 Hong Kong 3,931 number 1996 down 35.2% falling
29 Mauritania 3,795 number 2019 up 122.7% rising
30 Türkiye 3,378 number 2018 down 69.1% volatile
31 Austria 2,572 number 2018 — volatile
32 Sri Lanka 2,245 number 2017 down 8.9% volatile
33 Djibouti 2,211 number 2020 up 318.8% volatile
34 Myanmar 2,118 number 2018 down 83.4% volatile
35 Palestine, State of 1,749 number 2019 down 35.7% rising
36 Gabon 1,730 number 1995 up 189.8% volatile
37 Viet Nam 1,619 number 2018 down 39.9% volatile
38 Sierra Leone 1,596 number 1979 up 201.1% rising
39 Ghana 1,590 number 1989 up 262.2% volatile
40 Bhutan 1,462 number 2020 up 3,555.0% volatile
41 Suriname 1,316 number 2019 down 0.8% rising
42 Bulgaria 1,124 number 2017 — volatile
43 Comoros 1,015 number 2017 up 15.7% falling
44 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,004 number 2018 down 60.6% volatile
45 Cuba 958 number 1977 down 72.3% volatile
46 Lao People's Democratic Republic 880 number 2019 up 50.2% volatile
47 United Arab Emirates 835 number 2014 down 50.7% falling
48 Hungary 791 number 2018 down 33.1% rising
49 Slovakia 783 number 2018 down 35.8% rising
50 Azerbaijan 547 number 2019 down 47.0% falling
51 French Polynesia 496 number 1993 up 161.1% rising
52 Equatorial Guinea 437 number 2015 down 4.8% rising
53 New Caledonia 412 number 1990 up 45.6% rising
54 Rwanda 327 number 1992 up 360.6% volatile
55 Belize 321 number 2019 down 7.8% rising
56 Brunei Darussalam 310 number 1994 up 76.1% volatile
57 Kuwait 290 number 2019 down 68.3% volatile
58 Albania 273 number 2019 — volatile
59 Fiji 242 number 2016 down 16.8% volatile
60 Georgia 208 number 2003 down 42.5% falling
61 Tajikistan 196 number 2017 down 72.7% volatile
62 Mongolia 178 number 2018 up 5,833.3% volatile
63 Tonga 177 number 2004 down 33.7% falling
64 Lithuania 162 number 2018 down 72.7% volatile
65 Czechia 157 number 2018 down 37.9% volatile
66 Vanuatu 148 number 2013 up 543.5% volatile
67 Gambia 93 number 1987 up 38.8% volatile
68 Serbia 80 number 2019 down 40.7% falling
69 Croatia 75 number 2018 down 18.5% volatile
70 Armenia 54 number 2019 — volatile
71 Ukraine 43 number 2019 down 23.2% volatile
72 North Macedonia 40 number 2018 down 2.4% volatile
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34 number 2019 down 43.3% falling
74 Kazakhstan 25 number 2019 down 94.0% volatile
75 Slovenia 21 number 2006 down 32.3% falling
76 Kyrgyzstan 20 number 2019 down 82.1% volatile
77 Belarus 19 number 2018 up 46.2% volatile
78 Andorra 17 number 2019 down 46.9% falling
79 Malta 13 number 2011 down 72.9% volatile
80 Uzbekistan 10 number 2019 down 90.7% volatile
81 Monaco 8 number 2020 — volatile
82 Montenegro 6 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
83 Liechtenstein 2 number 2018 — volatile
84 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 4 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
84 places, 1,623 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.