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Repeaters in Grade 5 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
158
Highest
225,191 number
Iraq
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
2,014 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,199

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 225,191 number in Iraq; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,014 number, and the mean is 16,455 number.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 11,214.3%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 225,191 number 2007 up 103.2% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 179,978 number 2015 up 5.7% rising
3 Ethiopia 132,961 number 2015 up 23.1% volatile
4 Malawi 130,033 number 2019 up 159.6% volatile
5 Uganda 126,040 number 2017 down 10.6% rising
6 India 111,734 number 2017 down 88.4% falling
7 Mozambique 105,740 number 2019 up 10.9% volatile
8 Madagascar 94,289 number 2019 down 8.8% rising
9 Mali 94,251 number 2017 up 64.5% volatile
10 Cameroon 80,356 number 2019 up 33.3% rising
11 Bangladesh 74,106 number 2015 down 44.6% falling
12 Burundi 73,363 number 2019 down 3.3% volatile
13 South Africa 62,396 number 2018 down 17.1% falling
14 Benin 59,742 number 2019 up 50.3% volatile
15 Côte d'Ivoire 57,070 number 2019 down 14.1% volatile
16 Pakistan 53,959 number 2019 down 42.0% falling
17 Egypt 45,683 number 2019 down 38.2% volatile
18 Afghanistan 45,569 number 2018 — volatile
19 Morocco 44,554 number 2019 down 8.0% volatile
20 Rwanda 41,027 number 2019 up 27.5% volatile
21 Chad 40,999 number 2018 up 11.3% volatile
22 Kenya 37,612 number 2016 down 25.2% volatile
23 Indonesia 33,484 number 2018 down 54.4% volatile
24 Yemen 31,039 number 2016 up 26.9% rising
25 Nepal 30,981 number 2019 down 29.9% falling
26 Tunisia 27,328 number 2017 up 436.2% falling
27 Algeria 26,197 number 2019 down 69.2% rising
28 Argentina 25,402 number 2017 down 36.1% rising
29 Burkina Faso 23,724 number 2019 down 18.6% volatile
30 Congo 23,465 number 2012 up 24.8% rising
31 Guinea 22,744 number 2016 up 242.7% volatile
32 Philippines 21,653 number 2018 up 5.3% rising
33 Zambia 21,457 number 2013 up 29.7% volatile
34 Mexico 21,403 number 2018 down 60.8% falling
35 Haiti 19,359 number 1997 up 71.7% rising
36 Central African Republic 18,300 number 2016 up 43.3% rising
37 Libya 18,216 number 1983 up 11,214.3% volatile
38 Sudan 18,073 number 2017 down 29.2% falling
39 Papua New Guinea 16,555 number 2016 — volatile
40 Peru 12,479 number 2019 down 65.2% falling
41 Guatemala 12,334 number 2019 down 3.5% volatile
42 Namibia 11,897 number 2018 down 21.7% rising
43 Ghana 11,499 number 2018 down 58.9% volatile
44 Dominican Republic 11,235 number 2019 down 12.4% rising
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10,900 number 2017 down 32.7% falling
46 Cambodia 10,645 number 2019 down 39.6% volatile
47 Gabon 10,623 number 2003 up 123.7% volatile
48 Syria 10,469 number 2002 down 28.0% rising
49 Thailand 9,649 number 2018 — volatile
50 Spain 9,542 number 2018 — volatile
51 Colombia 9,243 number 2018 down 62.8% falling
52 Niger 8,921 number 2019 down 28.2% rising
53 Togo 8,166 number 2019 down 78.6% rising
54 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8,109 number 2017 down 48.5% volatile
55 Chile 7,006 number 2018 down 49.8% falling
56 Portugal 5,823 number 2018 — falling
57 Senegal 5,820 number 2019 down 64.3% volatile
58 Eritrea 5,514 number 2018 down 9.5% rising
59 Lesotho 5,499 number 2016 down 47.1% rising
60 Lebanon 5,196 number 2019 down 34.8% falling
61 Honduras 4,796 number 2019 up 197.0% falling
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4,605 number 2018 down 53.7% falling
63 Eswatini 4,580 number 2018 down 21.1% volatile
64 Liberia 4,496 number 2017 up 19.8% rising
65 Oman 3,672 number 2017 up 37.0% rising
66 El Salvador 3,588 number 2018 down 41.1% rising
67 Nicaragua 3,414 number 2010 up 14.0% rising
68 Sri Lanka 3,299 number 2017 down 21.4% volatile
69 Timor-Leste 3,158 number 2019 up 1.1% rising
70 Guinea-Bissau 2,696 number 2010 down 13.7% rising
71 Myanmar 2,684 number 2018 up 58.8% volatile
72 Comoros 2,337 number 2018 down 24.4% flat
73 Poland 2,331 number 2018 down 49.6% volatile
74 Netherlands 2,296 number 1985 down 25.4% falling
75 Mauritania 2,292 number 2019 down 42.4% rising
76 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,270 number 2019 up 112.2% volatile
77 Jordan 2,241 number 2019 up 58.3% volatile
78 Gambia 2,068 number 2019 up 88.9% volatile
79 France 2,045 number 2018 — volatile
80 Belgium 1,983 number 2018 down 38.5% volatile
81 Botswana 1,754 number 2014 up 42.6% volatile
82 Equatorial Guinea 1,646 number 2015 down 19.5% flat
83 Paraguay 1,614 number 2016 down 48.2% rising
84 Bhutan 1,461 number 2020 up 6.7% rising
85 Sierra Leone 1,419 number 2019 down 91.0% volatile
86 Panama 1,390 number 2017 down 27.0% falling
87 Viet Nam 1,369 number 2018 down 4.7% volatile
88 Italy 1,318 number 2018 down 20.4% volatile
89 Suriname 1,285 number 2019 down 16.7% falling
90 Belarus 1,200 number 1990 up 300.0% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 1,160 number 2019 down 84.6% volatile
92 Ecuador 1,140 number 2018 down 42.3% volatile
93 Djibouti 1,095 number 2020 down 62.5% volatile
94 Israel 1,089 number 2018 down 33.4% flat
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,089 number 2019 down 69.6% volatile
96 Trinidad and Tobago 1,063 number 2010 up 0.1% volatile
97 Cape Verde 1,036 number 2018 up 2.7% falling
98 Solomon Islands 911 number 2018 up 10.2% volatile
99 China 769 number 2019 down 85.4% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 752 number 2017 down 23.0% rising
101 Uruguay 726 number 2018 down 70.2% falling
102 Vanuatu 704 number 2013 up 54.4% rising
103 Switzerland 599 number 2018 down 44.9% falling
104 New Caledonia 582 number 1990 down 33.3% rising
105 Belize 530 number 2019 up 2.3% flat
106 Cuba 484 number 2019 up 46.2% volatile
107 Qatar 477 number 2019 up 311.2% falling
108 Czechia 460 number 2018 down 3.2% volatile
108 Greece 460 number 2018 down 1.5% volatile
110 Denmark 268 number 2018 — volatile
111 Costa Rica 259 number 2019 down 90.5% falling
112 Jamaica 238 number 2019 down 79.4% falling
113 Albania 197 number 2019 down 82.9% volatile
114 Kuwait 163 number 2019 down 45.5% rising
115 Slovenia 158 number 2018 up 122.5% rising
116 Hong Kong 154 number 2019 down 63.5% volatile
117 Ireland 146 number 2018 down 36.5% volatile
118 Georgia 137 number 2019 up 226.2% falling
119 United Arab Emirates 133 number 2015 down 84.0% falling
120 Macao 99 number 2019 down 80.9% volatile
121 Aruba 96 number 2014 up 9.1% rising
122 Latvia 90 number 2018 down 85.8% volatile
123 Fiji 77 number 2016 down 80.5% volatile
124 Guyana 60 number 2010 down 71.0% volatile
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55 number 2018 down 43.3% volatile
126 Bahrain 51 number 2019 down 73.4% volatile
126 Estonia 51 number 2018 down 55.7% volatile
128 Kiribati 50 number 2016 — volatile
129 Bahamas 41 number 2018 — volatile
130 Grenada 39 number 2018 up 200.0% volatile
130 Mongolia 39 number 2018 down 66.9% volatile
132 Finland 38 number 2018 down 60.0% falling
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 number 2019 up 26.9% rising
134 Brunei Darussalam 25 number 2019 down 53.7% volatile
135 Dominica 21 number 2016 down 27.6% rising
136 Saint Lucia 15 number 2019 down 42.3% volatile
137 Malta 12 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
137 Samoa 12 number 2019 down 29.4% volatile
139 Antigua and Barbuda 10 number 2018 down 78.3% volatile
139 Republic of Korea 10 number 2018 down 16.7% volatile
141 Tonga 9 number 2013 — volatile
142 Montenegro 8 number 2019 — volatile
143 Singapore 7 number 2018 down 80.0% volatile
144 Andorra 6 number 2019 up 20.0% volatile
144 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 number 2016 down 53.8% volatile
146 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 number 2018 up 33.3% volatile
147 Maldives 3 number 2019 down 97.9% volatile
147 British Virgin Islands 3 number 2018 down 87.5% flat
149 Cyprus 2 number 2018 up 100.0% volatile
149 Monaco 2 number 2020 — volatile
151 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 — volatile
152 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
152 North Macedonia 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
152 Naoero 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
152 Türkiye 0 number 2015 down 100.0% falling
152 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
166 places, 4,199 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.