Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.

Countries reporting

Highest

31,005 number

Germany

Lowest

0 number

Moldova

Median

206 number

Years covered

1970–2019

Data points

439

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 31,005 number in Germany; the lowest is 0 number in Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 206 number, and the mean is 3,557 number.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 222.9%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.7%).

Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Germany	31,005 number	2018	down 19.6%	falling
2	Syria	29,076 number	2013	down 33.5%	falling
3	Russia	12,877 number	2018	up 222.9%	volatile
4	Hong Kong	7,433 number	1996	down 53.9%	falling
5	Sri Lanka	3,686 number	1992	down 96.0%	volatile
6	Brunei	1,230 number	1994	up 36.5%	rising
7	Palestine	1,146 number	2019	down 33.3%	rising
8	Sierra Leone	705 number	1979	up 143.1%	rising
9	Georgia	310 number	2003	up 64.9%	flat
10	Rwanda	272 number	1991	up 212.6%	rising
11	Lithuania	237 number	2018	down 64.6%	volatile
12	Slovakia	221 number	2018	up 19.5%	rising
13	Tajikistan	206 number	2017	down 60.8%	volatile
14	New Caledonia	188 number	1987	up 129.3%	rising
15	Armenia	114 number	2019	—	volatile
16	French Polynesia	56 number	1987	down 18.8%	rising
17	Mongolia	54 number	1996	—	volatile
18	Kazakhstan	34 number	2019	down 88.2%	volatile
19	Ukraine	30 number	2019	down 43.4%	volatile
20	Belarus	22 number	2018	up 46.7%	volatile
21	Kyrgyzstan	8 number	2019	down 75.0%	volatile
22	Azerbaijan	6 number	2019	down 99.7%	volatile
22	Malta	6 number	2011	down 66.7%	volatile
24	Uzbekistan	5 number	2019	down 96.4%	volatile
25	Moldova	0 number	2019	—	volatile

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Indicator: Repeaters in Grade 5 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: 25 places, 439 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.