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Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, female (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
21
Highest
12,191 number
Germany
Lowest
0 number
Republic of Moldova
Median
92 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
333

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, female (number) is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 12,191 number in Germany; the lowest is 0 number in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 92 number, and the mean is 1,892 number.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 302.5%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 12,191 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
2 Syria 10,933 number 2013 down 39.7% falling
3 Hong Kong 7,550 number 1985 up 241.3% rising
4 Russian Federation 5,801 number 2018 — volatile
5 Sri Lanka 1,648 number 1992 down 95.3% volatile
6 Palestine, State of 511 number 2019 down 14.3% rising
7 Brunei Darussalam 475 number 1984 up 302.5% rising
8 Sierra Leone 152 number 1979 up 5.6% rising
9 New Caledonia 122 number 1987 up 103.3% rising
10 Slovakia 98 number 2018 up 6.5% rising
11 Tajikistan 92 number 2017 down 71.1% volatile
12 Lithuania 80 number 2018 down 59.0% volatile
13 Armenia 34 number 2019 — volatile
14 Kazakhstan 21 number 2019 down 77.4% volatile
15 Belarus 11 number 2018 up 57.1% volatile
16 Ukraine 7 number 2019 down 73.1% volatile
17 Kyrgyzstan 5 number 2019 down 68.8% volatile
18 Uzbekistan 1 number 2019 down 97.4% volatile
18 Azerbaijan 1 number 2019 down 99.9% volatile
18 Malta 1 number 2011 down 75.0% volatile
21 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 333 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.