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Repeaters in Grade 4 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
648,203 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
1,855 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,833

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 648,203 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,855 number, and the mean is 21,399 number.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,109.5%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 648,203 number 2004 up 42.9% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 229,034 number 2015 up 10.9% rising
3 Bangladesh 158,171 number 2018 down 54.9% rising
4 Uganda 150,641 number 2017 down 6.1% rising
5 Ethiopia 147,946 number 2015 up 21.4% volatile
6 Madagascar 130,409 number 2019 up 73.4% rising
7 Malawi 114,498 number 2019 up 61.1% volatile
8 Iraq 113,704 number 2007 up 374.4% rising
9 India 110,301 number 2017 down 88.2% volatile
10 South Africa 109,240 number 2018 up 21.4% flat
11 Mali 94,833 number 2017 up 85.5% volatile
12 Angola 93,233 number 2011 — rising
13 Cameroon 84,206 number 2019 up 13.1% rising
14 Pakistan 80,038 number 2019 down 44.8% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 79,262 number 2019 up 21.3% volatile
16 Algeria 68,704 number 2019 up 0.9% rising
17 Benin 66,323 number 2019 up 63.0% volatile
18 Afghanistan 61,014 number 2018 — volatile
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 60,470 number 2019 up 115.8% volatile
20 Egypt 59,319 number 2019 down 12.7% falling
21 Burundi 58,757 number 2019 up 2.3% volatile
22 Chad 57,347 number 2018 up 25.1% volatile
23 Morocco 50,462 number 2019 down 20.3% falling
24 Mozambique 46,188 number 2019 up 43.1% rising
25 Indonesia 43,668 number 2018 down 61.2% falling
26 Kenya 42,004 number 2016 down 26.4% volatile
27 Rwanda 40,066 number 2019 down 13.8% volatile
28 Burkina Faso 39,330 number 2019 up 17.0% volatile
29 Yemen 38,308 number 2016 up 28.9% rising
30 Nepal 38,171 number 2019 down 39.2% falling
31 Guinea 35,501 number 2016 up 36.0% volatile
32 Togo 35,424 number 2019 down 10.3% rising
33 Mexico 33,802 number 2018 down 54.4% falling
34 Haiti 30,131 number 1997 up 92.1% rising
35 Tunisia 28,000 number 2017 up 17.6% falling
36 Congo 27,732 number 2012 up 13.4% rising
37 Argentina 27,217 number 2017 down 39.4% falling
38 Philippines 25,898 number 2018 up 1.8% rising
39 Central African Republic 24,429 number 2016 up 36.8% rising
40 Zambia 23,953 number 2013 up 28.9% volatile
41 Sudan 22,480 number 2017 down 24.8% falling
42 Guatemala 21,087 number 2019 down 7.9% volatile
43 Libya 18,708 number 1983 up 10.2% rising
44 Papua New Guinea 17,985 number 2016 — volatile
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 16,503 number 2017 down 35.4% falling
46 Namibia 16,189 number 2018 up 108.8% rising
47 Peru 15,741 number 2019 down 62.9% falling
48 Cambodia 15,485 number 2019 down 43.5% falling
49 Eritrea 14,591 number 2018 up 36.4% rising
50 Dominican Republic 14,541 number 2019 down 4.9% flat
51 Senegal 14,525 number 2019 down 31.0% rising
52 Ghana 14,485 number 2018 down 49.2% volatile
53 Türkiye 11,863 number 2018 down 48.4% volatile
54 Spain 11,658 number 2018 down 43.7% volatile
55 Colombia 11,260 number 2018 down 58.8% falling
56 Gabon 10,267 number 2003 up 87.6% rising
57 Syria 9,122 number 2013 down 50.9% flat
58 Niger 8,566 number 2019 down 18.2% rising
59 Lebanon 7,970 number 2019 down 41.5% falling
60 Thailand 7,668 number 2018 — volatile
61 Honduras 7,348 number 2019 up 161.6% falling
62 Guinea-Bissau 6,649 number 2010 up 41.5% rising
63 Nicaragua 6,247 number 2010 up 24.6% rising
64 Iran 6,132 number 2017 down 68.0% volatile
65 Liberia 5,803 number 2017 up 26.8% rising
66 Lesotho 5,482 number 2016 down 59.5% rising
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4,831 number 2018 down 58.5% falling
67 Viet Nam 4,831 number 2018 down 53.9% volatile
69 Germany 4,696 number 2018 down 18.0% falling
70 Eswatini 4,607 number 2018 down 21.8% rising
71 Chile 4,172 number 2018 down 46.4% volatile
72 Timor-Leste 3,894 number 2019 down 11.0% rising
73 Russian Federation 3,839 number 2018 up 15.4% falling
74 El Salvador 3,701 number 2018 down 51.0% rising
75 Botswana 3,608 number 2015 down 20.3% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 3,584 number 2017 up 23.7% volatile
77 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,444 number 2019 down 59.3% falling
78 Comoros 3,254 number 2018 down 21.0% rising
79 Gambia 3,116 number 2019 up 104.2% volatile
80 Paraguay 2,906 number 2016 down 47.0% falling
81 Romania 2,739 number 2018 down 31.2% falling
82 Netherlands 2,535 number 1985 down 44.9% falling
83 Equatorial Guinea 2,215 number 2015 down 8.8% rising
84 Belgium 2,124 number 2018 down 34.4% volatile
85 Sierra Leone 2,025 number 2019 down 89.8% volatile
86 Poland 1,995 number 2018 down 49.2% volatile
87 France 1,972 number 2018 — volatile
88 Mauritania 1,929 number 2019 down 35.5% rising
89 Portugal 1,928 number 2018 — falling
90 Panama 1,855 number 2017 down 38.9% falling
91 Suriname 1,798 number 2019 down 2.8% falling
92 Myanmar 1,716 number 2010 down 25.6% volatile
93 Jordan 1,694 number 2019 up 56.0% volatile
94 Saudi Arabia 1,660 number 2019 down 91.0% volatile
95 Cape Verde 1,422 number 2018 down 22.0% falling
96 Ecuador 1,241 number 2018 down 58.4% volatile
97 Slovakia 1,097 number 2018 down 2.6% falling
98 Uruguay 1,045 number 2018 down 65.4% falling
99 Trinidad and Tobago 1,041 number 2010 up 29.0% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 1,032 number 2017 up 29.3% rising
101 Israel 1,013 number 2018 down 32.4% flat
102 Solomon Islands 957 number 2018 down 12.7% volatile
103 Vanuatu 930 number 2013 up 76.8% rising
104 Austria 896 number 2018 up 4.2% volatile
105 Italy 883 number 2018 up 14.8% volatile
106 Hungary 867 number 2018 down 28.2% volatile
107 Bhutan 816 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
108 China 739 number 2019 down 88.8% volatile
109 Cuba 687 number 2019 down 22.8% volatile
110 Switzerland 665 number 2018 down 57.8% falling
111 Belize 600 number 2019 up 1.9% falling
112 New Caledonia 574 number 1990 down 15.2% rising
113 Luxembourg 561 number 2018 up 163.4% volatile
114 Serbia 528 number 2019 up 28.8% rising
115 Qatar 508 number 2019 up 1,109.5% volatile
116 Greece 478 number 2018 up 1.3% volatile
117 Costa Rica 433 number 2019 down 92.0% volatile
118 Czechia 429 number 2018 down 9.1% volatile
119 Djibouti 365 number 2020 down 30.6% rising
120 Hong Kong 359 number 2019 down 55.3% volatile
121 Denmark 335 number 2018 — volatile
122 Jamaica 212 number 2019 down 80.1% volatile
123 Kuwait 206 number 2019 down 73.4% volatile
124 Azerbaijan 178 number 2019 down 43.5% volatile
125 Tajikistan 170 number 2017 down 56.1% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 157 number 2015 down 83.0% falling
127 Ireland 156 number 2018 down 29.1% volatile
127 Slovenia 156 number 2018 up 95.0% falling
129 Albania 154 number 2019 down 64.5% volatile
130 Macao 106 number 2019 down 69.6% volatile
131 Aruba 105 number 2014 down 12.5% rising
132 Lithuania 104 number 2018 down 18.1% volatile
133 Bulgaria 98 number 2018 down 94.6% volatile
133 Ukraine 98 number 2019 down 32.9% volatile
135 Guyana 94 number 2010 down 68.9% volatile
136 Bahamas 78 number 2018 — volatile
137 Bahrain 72 number 2019 down 65.0% volatile
138 Kiribati 70 number 2016 — volatile
139 Georgia 69 number 2019 up 91.7% volatile
140 Fiji 64 number 2016 down 77.7% volatile
141 Latvia 57 number 2018 down 86.9% volatile
142 Kazakhstan 55 number 2019 down 49.5% volatile
142 Saint Lucia 55 number 2019 up 71.9% volatile
144 Estonia 47 number 2018 down 41.2% volatile
144 Grenada 47 number 2018 up 88.0% volatile
144 Croatia 47 number 2018 up 9.3% volatile
147 Palestine, State of 45 number 2019 — volatile
148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 number 2018 down 46.3% volatile
149 Finland 34 number 2018 down 65.7% falling
150 Armenia 29 number 2019 down 50.8% volatile
151 Antigua and Barbuda 26 number 2018 down 13.3% volatile
152 Belarus 25 number 2018 up 400.0% volatile
153 Brunei Darussalam 24 number 2019 down 61.9% volatile
154 Mongolia 21 number 2018 down 85.3% volatile
155 Samoa 19 number 2019 down 44.1% falling
156 Kyrgyzstan 17 number 2019 down 62.2% volatile
157 Dominica 16 number 2016 down 52.9% falling
158 Montenegro 12 number 2019 up 300.0% volatile
159 Republic of Korea 10 number 2018 down 9.1% volatile
159 Liechtenstein 10 number 2018 — volatile
159 Malta 10 number 2018 down 77.8% volatile
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 number 2019 down 67.9% rising
163 Singapore 8 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
164 Tonga 7 number 2013 — volatile
165 Andorra 6 number 2019 down 82.9% volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 number 2016 down 69.2% volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 number 2018 up 100.0% volatile
166 Uzbekistan 4 number 2019 down 77.8% volatile
169 British Virgin Islands 2 number 2018 down 89.5% falling
170 Cyprus 1 number 2018 down 66.7% volatile
170 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 98.3% volatile
170 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
173 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
173 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
173 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
173 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
173 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
173 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
173 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 4 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, 4,833 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.