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Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
154
Highest
89,989 number
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
823.5 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,806

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 89,989 number in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 823.5 number, and the mean is 7,303 number.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 42,870.6%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 89,989 number 2015 up 10.9% rising
2 Iraq 81,974 number 2007 up 103.8% volatile
3 Malawi 65,214 number 2019 up 166.0% volatile
4 Uganda 63,627 number 2017 down 8.9% rising
5 Ethiopia 61,552 number 2015 up 47.6% volatile
6 India 52,454 number 2017 down 88.1% falling
7 Madagascar 46,607 number 2019 down 9.6% rising
8 Mozambique 45,550 number 2019 up 9.4% volatile
9 Mali 43,372 number 2017 up 70.3% volatile
10 Burundi 37,722 number 2019 down 0.3% volatile
11 Cameroon 37,076 number 2019 up 37.8% rising
12 Bangladesh 33,221 number 2015 down 49.5% rising
13 Benin 28,071 number 2019 up 50.6% volatile
14 Cote d'Ivoire 26,605 number 2019 down 11.1% rising
15 South Africa 19,907 number 2018 down 41.1% falling
16 Rwanda 19,688 number 2019 up 15.1% volatile
17 Chad 18,407 number 2018 up 20.2% volatile
18 Kenya 17,290 number 2016 down 32.1% volatile
19 Pakistan 16,175 number 2019 down 47.0% falling
20 Egypt 15,843 number 2019 down 38.1% volatile
21 Afghanistan 15,775 number 2018 — volatile
22 Nepal 15,189 number 2019 down 27.7% falling
23 Morocco 13,569 number 2019 down 10.4% volatile
24 Indonesia 12,573 number 2018 down 52.5% volatile
25 Argentina 12,550 number 2017 down 15.0% flat
26 Burkina Faso 11,543 number 2019 down 16.9% volatile
27 Yemen 11,153 number 2016 up 49.1% rising
28 Congo 11,022 number 2012 up 24.3% rising
29 Guinea 10,587 number 2016 up 229.1% volatile
30 Zambia 10,377 number 2013 up 38.8% volatile
31 Haiti 9,507 number 1997 up 67.5% rising
32 Tunisia 9,207 number 2017 up 432.5% volatile
33 Algeria 8,136 number 2019 down 75.8% flat
34 Papua New Guinea 7,784 number 2016 — volatile
35 Sudan 7,755 number 2017 down 32.4% falling
36 Mexico 7,510 number 2018 down 59.0% volatile
37 Central African Republic 7,326 number 2016 up 48.7% rising
38 Libya 7,305 number 1983 up 42,870.6% volatile
39 Peru 5,447 number 2019 down 67.3% falling
40 Philippines 5,444 number 2018 down 8.8% falling
41 Gabon 5,395 number 2003 up 127.3% volatile
42 Ghana 5,359 number 2018 down 53.3% volatile
43 Namibia 5,034 number 2018 down 20.7% rising
44 Guatemala 4,594 number 2019 down 15.1% rising
45 Niger 4,161 number 2019 down 24.0% rising
46 Spain 3,980 number 2018 — volatile
47 Togo 3,912 number 2019 down 78.0% rising
48 Syria 3,795 number 2002 down 32.5% rising
49 Cambodia 3,746 number 2019 down 46.3% volatile
50 Venezuela 3,573 number 2017 down 36.7% falling
51 Colombia 3,445 number 2018 down 66.3% falling
52 Dominican Republic 3,032 number 2019 down 18.5% falling
53 Senegal 2,917 number 2019 down 63.9% volatile
54 Iran 2,653 number 2017 down 46.6% volatile
55 Liberia 2,240 number 2017 up 27.3% rising
56 Chile 2,221 number 2018 down 52.2% volatile
57 Lebanon 2,089 number 2019 down 37.3% falling
58 Lesotho 2,033 number 2016 down 55.5% rising
59 Eritrea 1,994 number 2018 down 19.1% falling
60 Thailand 1,987 number 2018 — volatile
61 Eswatini 1,872 number 2018 down 25.7% rising
62 Portugal 1,862 number 2018 — falling
63 Honduras 1,747 number 2019 up 47.4% falling
64 Bolivia 1,661 number 2018 down 59.7% falling
65 Sri Lanka 1,490 number 2017 down 11.4% volatile
66 Oman 1,387 number 2017 down 2.7% volatile
67 Gambia 1,384 number 2019 up 150.7% volatile
68 El Salvador 1,331 number 2018 down 42.7% rising
69 Nicaragua 1,302 number 2010 up 1.9% rising
70 Comoros 1,234 number 2018 down 12.3% flat
71 Guinea-Bissau 1,221 number 2010 up 3.0% rising
72 East Timor 1,199 number 2019 down 9.8% rising
73 Mauritania 1,162 number 2019 down 42.7% rising
74 Tanzania 1,109 number 2019 up 117.9% volatile
75 Myanmar 1,044 number 2018 up 23.1% volatile
76 Netherlands 935 number 1985 down 41.2% falling
77 Belgium 849 number 2018 down 42.8% volatile
78 Jordan 798 number 2019 up 6.0% volatile
79 Sierra Leone 767 number 2019 down 89.9% volatile
80 Equatorial Guinea 765 number 2015 down 24.7% rising
81 Poland 688 number 2018 down 53.7% falling
82 Botswana 630 number 2014 up 33.8% volatile
83 Italy 585 number 2018 down 7.9% volatile
84 Bhutan 565 number 2020 down 5.2% rising
85 Saudi Arabia 560 number 2019 down 81.9% volatile
86 Suriname 502 number 2019 down 17.6% falling
87 Panama 493 number 2017 down 25.4% falling
87 Paraguay 493 number 2016 down 56.6% flat
89 Djibouti 468 number 2020 down 64.6% volatile
90 Ecuador 453 number 2018 down 44.1% volatile
91 Trinidad and Tobago 420 number 2010 down 4.3% volatile
92 Solomon Islands 411 number 2018 down 11.8% volatile
93 Laos 389 number 2019 down 70.9% volatile
94 Cape Verde 372 number 2018 down 6.3% volatile
95 Vietnam 342 number 2018 down 76.2% volatile
96 Israel 332 number 2018 down 35.7% falling
97 Sao Tome and Principe 301 number 2017 down 37.4% falling
98 Vanuatu 279 number 2013 up 48.4% rising
99 China 276 number 2019 down 86.2% volatile
100 Uruguay 262 number 2018 down 70.3% falling
101 New Caledonia 261 number 1990 down 34.9% rising
102 Greece 237 number 2018 up 24.7% volatile
103 Switzerland 230 number 2018 down 49.7% falling
104 Belize 207 number 2019 down 3.7% flat
105 Cuba 201 number 2019 up 164.5% volatile
106 Czechia 183 number 2018 up 6.4% volatile
107 Denmark 114 number 2018 — volatile
108 Qatar 104 number 2019 up 76.3% falling
109 Costa Rica 102 number 2019 down 90.6% falling
110 Jamaica 80 number 2019 down 81.9% falling
111 Ireland 79 number 2018 down 38.8% volatile
112 Albania 76 number 2019 down 83.1% volatile
113 Kuwait 67 number 2019 down 20.2% rising
114 Hong Kong 66 number 2019 down 59.8% volatile
115 Slovenia 53 number 2018 up 178.9% rising
116 United Arab Emirates 49 number 2015 down 79.4% falling
116 Georgia 49 number 2019 up 206.2% falling
118 Macao 38 number 2019 down 78.9% volatile
119 Aruba 36 number 2014 down 18.2% rising
120 Fiji 32 number 2016 down 78.7% volatile
121 Bahrain 28 number 2019 down 52.5% volatile
121 Latvia 28 number 2018 down 83.9% volatile
123 Kiribati 25 number 2016 — volatile
124 Guyana 23 number 2010 down 75.5% volatile
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18 number 2018 down 56.1% volatile
126 Bahamas 16 number 2018 — volatile
127 Finland 14 number 2018 down 53.3% flat
128 Mongolia 13 number 2018 down 75.9% volatile
129 Brunei 12 number 2019 down 7.7% volatile
130 Grenada 11 number 2018 up 266.7% volatile
131 Estonia 10 number 2018 down 58.3% volatile
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 number 2019 unchanged rising
132 Saint Lucia 8 number 2019 up 14.3% volatile
134 Dominica 5 number 2016 down 37.5% volatile
134 Malta 5 number 2018 down 68.8% volatile
136 Andorra 4 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 number 2016 unchanged volatile
136 Samoa 4 number 2019 down 42.9% volatile
139 Antigua and Barbuda 3 number 2018 down 85.7% volatile
139 South Korea 3 number 2018 down 25.0% volatile
139 Montenegro 3 number 2019 — volatile
139 Singapore 3 number 2018 down 80.0% volatile
143 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 number 2018 up 100.0% volatile
144 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 — volatile
144 Monaco 1 number 2020 — volatile
144 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 98.3% volatile
144 Tonga 1 number 2013 — volatile
144 British Virgin Islands 1 number 2018 down 87.5% volatile
149 Cyprus 0 number 2018 — volatile
149 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
149 North Macedonia 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
149 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
149 Turkey 0 number 2015 down 100.0% falling
149 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,806 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of female pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.