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Repeaters in Grade 6 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
134
Highest
128,680 number
Iraq
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
2,342 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,622

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 128,680 number in Iraq; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,342 number, and the mean is 12,834 number.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 644.7%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 128,680 number 2007 up 550.8% volatile
2 Uganda 110,030 number 2017 down 9.9% rising
3 Malawi 90,695 number 2019 up 185.6% volatile
4 Ethiopia 84,647 number 2015 up 40.1% volatile
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 76,796 number 2015 down 6.7% rising
6 Burkina Faso 75,224 number 2019 up 18.2% volatile
7 Mali 72,673 number 2017 up 44.2% volatile
8 Cameroon 61,981 number 2019 up 1.6% rising
9 Morocco 56,573 number 2019 up 51.5% rising
10 Côte d'Ivoire 51,625 number 2019 down 52.8% rising
11 Burundi 49,648 number 2019 down 36.5% volatile
12 Niger 45,724 number 2019 up 27.0% volatile
13 South Africa 42,526 number 2018 down 33.2% falling
14 Benin 42,082 number 2019 down 21.4% rising
15 Algeria 41,725 number 2008 down 61.8% rising
16 Kenya 41,037 number 2016 down 9.4% volatile
17 Egypt 40,462 number 2019 down 66.4% volatile
18 Afghanistan 36,242 number 2018 — volatile
19 Chad 35,328 number 2018 up 25.4% rising
20 Guinea 32,812 number 2016 up 16.9% volatile
21 Togo 30,710 number 2019 up 29.3% rising
22 Yemen 24,300 number 2016 up 33.4% rising
23 Mozambique 24,004 number 2019 up 109.7% volatile
24 Argentina 23,826 number 2017 down 22.2% rising
25 Zambia 21,750 number 2013 up 24.8% volatile
26 Belgium 20,228 number 1991 down 33.4% falling
27 Sri Lanka 20,018 number 1986 up 1.4% falling
28 Haiti 18,454 number 1997 up 367.9% volatile
29 Central African Republic 17,383 number 2016 up 30.4% rising
30 Sudan 16,751 number 2017 down 21.8% flat
31 Tunisia 16,216 number 2017 down 40.3% falling
32 Syria 15,121 number 2002 down 4.7% rising
33 Senegal 14,363 number 2019 down 59.5% rising
34 Congo 13,764 number 2012 up 128.5% falling
35 Papua New Guinea 12,790 number 2016 — volatile
36 Spain 12,762 number 2018 down 54.4% falling
37 Ghana 10,905 number 2018 down 64.3% volatile
38 Mexico 10,835 number 2018 up 2.8% falling
39 Libya 9,988 number 1983 down 36.2% rising
40 Namibia 8,816 number 2018 up 9.8% rising
41 Dominican Republic 8,515 number 2019 down 22.8% rising
42 Chile 7,643 number 2018 down 54.2% falling
43 Philippines 7,591 number 2018 down 20.4% falling
44 Cambodia 6,886 number 2019 down 19.7% rising
45 Thailand 6,765 number 2019 — falling
46 Peru 6,232 number 2019 down 65.9% falling
47 Liberia 6,010 number 2017 up 115.0% rising
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,743 number 2017 — volatile
49 Lesotho 5,598 number 2016 down 16.3% rising
50 Gabon 5,525 number 2003 down 40.2% rising
51 Portugal 5,378 number 2018 — falling
52 Indonesia 4,777 number 2018 down 42.0% volatile
53 Lebanon 4,734 number 2019 down 31.5% falling
54 Eswatini 4,581 number 2018 down 11.5% volatile
55 Tanzania, United Republic of 4,386 number 2019 up 644.7% volatile
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4,361 number 2017 down 27.5% volatile
57 Mauritania 3,770 number 2019 down 41.1% rising
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3,768 number 2018 down 67.3% volatile
59 El Salvador 3,662 number 2018 down 28.8% volatile
60 Guatemala 3,556 number 2019 down 18.8% volatile
61 Rwanda 2,958 number 2019 down 66.1% volatile
62 Comoros 2,692 number 2018 down 21.4% falling
63 Oman 2,610 number 2017 up 54.0% volatile
64 Guinea-Bissau 2,586 number 2010 down 21.0% volatile
65 Jordan 2,580 number 2019 up 61.1% volatile
66 Suriname 2,450 number 2019 up 41.1% rising
67 Jamaica 2,366 number 2019 down 59.0% flat
68 Honduras 2,319 number 2019 up 307.6% rising
69 Nicaragua 2,238 number 2010 up 39.2% rising
70 Poland 1,951 number 2018 down 27.5% volatile
71 Netherlands 1,910 number 1985 up 2.2% falling
72 Israel 1,524 number 2018 up 26.7% rising
73 Gambia 1,519 number 2019 up 112.7% volatile
74 Bhutan 1,480 number 2020 up 74.5% rising
75 Ecuador 1,384 number 2018 up 36.1% volatile
76 Djibouti 1,375 number 2006 down 46.2% rising
77 Equatorial Guinea 1,362 number 2015 up 13.5% rising
78 Botswana 1,249 number 2014 up 21.9% volatile
79 Timor-Leste 1,246 number 2019 up 9.2% rising
80 Trinidad and Tobago 1,228 number 2010 down 22.1% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 1,024 number 2002 up 7.9% rising
82 Paraguay 1,021 number 2016 down 24.0% rising
83 Cape Verde 916 number 2018 down 19.2% volatile
84 Switzerland 891 number 2018 up 22.9% falling
85 Sao Tome and Principe 851 number 2017 down 35.8% flat
86 Vanuatu 781 number 2013 up 7.1% falling
87 Panama 648 number 2017 down 13.5% falling
88 Saudi Arabia 630 number 2019 down 81.6% volatile
89 Greece 528 number 2018 up 2.9% volatile
90 Belize 480 number 2019 up 15.1% falling
91 Tonga 358 number 2013 down 66.2% falling
92 Uruguay 352 number 2018 down 66.8% falling
93 Singapore 326 number 2018 down 59.7% volatile
94 Qatar 324 number 2019 up 458.6% volatile
95 Denmark 313 number 2018 — volatile
96 Slovenia 293 number 2018 up 79.8% rising
97 Cuba 249 number 2019 up 77.9% volatile
98 Sierra Leone 248 number 2019 down 93.2% volatile
99 Solomon Islands 171 number 2018 down 68.4% volatile
100 Georgia 156 number 2019 up 262.8% falling
101 Ireland 146 number 2018 down 33.0% volatile
102 Latvia 118 number 2018 down 89.2% volatile
103 Estonia 91 number 2018 down 49.7% volatile
104 Costa Rica 87 number 2019 down 87.2% falling
105 Finland 75 number 2018 down 8.5% flat
106 Fiji 74 number 2016 down 88.2% volatile
107 Guyana 70 number 2010 down 79.0% volatile
108 Kiribati 64 number 2016 — volatile
109 Macao 54 number 2019 down 89.0% volatile
110 Bahamas 48 number 2018 — volatile
111 Turks and Caicos Islands 47 number 2018 up 51.6% volatile
112 Grenada 44 number 2018 up 158.8% volatile
113 Bahrain 42 number 2019 down 70.8% volatile
114 Luxembourg 39 number 2018 — volatile
115 Samoa 32 number 2019 up 6.7% falling
116 Hong Kong 31 number 2019 up 55.0% volatile
117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30 number 2018 down 60.5% volatile
118 Saint Lucia 29 number 2019 down 12.1% volatile
119 Aruba 26 number 2014 down 50.0% falling
120 Dominica 25 number 2016 down 21.9% falling
121 Republic of Korea 20 number 2018 down 9.1% volatile
122 Mauritius 15 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
123 Antigua and Barbuda 14 number 2018 down 87.5% volatile
124 Malta 13 number 2018 down 63.9% volatile
125 Brunei Darussalam 7 number 2019 down 46.2% volatile
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 number 2016 down 45.5% volatile
127 Cyprus 5 number 2018 up 150.0% volatile
128 Maldives 3 number 2019 down 99.2% volatile
129 Andorra 2 number 2019 down 89.5% volatile
130 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
130 British Virgin Islands 1 number 2018 down 93.8% volatile
132 New Caledonia 0 number 1990 down 100.0% volatile
132 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
132 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 3,622 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.