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Repeaters in Grade 6 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
133
Highest
55,148 number
Uganda
Lowest
0 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
867 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,309

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 55,148 number in Uganda; the lowest is 0 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 867 number, and the mean is 5,642 number.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 681.2%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 55,148 number 2017 down 8.5% rising
2 Malawi 46,291 number 2019 up 199.6% volatile
3 Iraq 43,796 number 2007 up 671.1% volatile
4 Burkina Faso 42,952 number 2019 up 36.5% volatile
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 38,398 number 2015 up 11.2% rising
6 Ethiopia 37,326 number 2015 up 89.2% volatile
7 Mali 34,885 number 2017 up 60.1% volatile
8 Cameroon 27,488 number 2019 up 9.3% rising
9 Burundi 26,799 number 2019 down 32.6% volatile
10 Cote d'Ivoire 23,109 number 2019 down 47.1% rising
11 Niger 21,167 number 2019 up 35.4% volatile
12 Morocco 19,924 number 2019 up 72.1% rising
13 Benin 19,357 number 2019 down 15.2% volatile
14 Kenya 19,144 number 2016 down 11.0% volatile
15 Egypt 15,880 number 2019 down 62.7% volatile
16 Chad 15,466 number 2018 up 48.5% volatile
17 Togo 15,296 number 2019 up 42.8% rising
18 Algeria 14,789 number 2008 down 56.5% rising
19 Guinea 14,323 number 2016 up 12.4% volatile
20 South Africa 14,246 number 2018 down 55.0% falling
21 Argentina 13,199 number 2017 up 10.8% rising
22 Afghanistan 12,356 number 2018 — volatile
23 Mozambique 10,489 number 2019 up 113.3% volatile
24 Zambia 10,474 number 2013 up 37.1% volatile
25 Belgium 9,196 number 1991 down 32.8% falling
26 Haiti 8,619 number 1997 up 353.9% volatile
27 Yemen 8,251 number 2016 up 63.5% rising
28 Senegal 7,624 number 2019 down 58.3% rising
29 Sudan 7,114 number 2017 down 25.0% flat
30 Central African Republic 6,892 number 2016 up 44.9% rising
31 Congo 5,784 number 2012 up 91.8% falling
32 Papua New Guinea 5,600 number 2016 — volatile
33 Tunisia 5,400 number 2017 down 42.9% volatile
34 Spain 5,204 number 2018 down 55.1% falling
35 Ghana 4,950 number 2018 down 63.6% volatile
36 Syria 4,929 number 2002 down 6.9% rising
37 Mexico 4,320 number 2018 up 10.3% volatile
38 Liberia 3,965 number 2017 up 195.9% volatile
39 Namibia 3,843 number 2018 up 5.9% rising
40 Libya 3,454 number 1983 down 14.1% rising
41 Indonesia 3,381 number 2018 down 1.2% volatile
42 Thailand 3,223 number 2019 — falling
43 Peru 2,880 number 2019 down 66.1% falling
44 Gabon 2,856 number 2003 down 37.3% rising
45 Chile 2,719 number 2018 down 52.1% falling
46 Iran 2,479 number 2017 — volatile
47 Lesotho 2,453 number 2016 down 28.5% rising
48 Dominican Republic 2,329 number 2019 down 25.7% rising
49 Cambodia 2,294 number 2019 down 29.6% rising
50 Tanzania 2,125 number 2019 up 681.2% volatile
51 Eswatini 2,113 number 2018 down 11.1% volatile
52 Lebanon 1,989 number 2019 down 31.8% falling
53 Mauritania 1,898 number 2019 down 40.3% rising
54 Philippines 1,855 number 2018 down 35.2% volatile
55 Portugal 1,803 number 2018 — falling
56 Rwanda 1,607 number 2019 down 66.4% volatile
57 Venezuela 1,516 number 2017 down 29.7% falling
58 Comoros 1,432 number 2018 down 3.0% falling
59 El Salvador 1,359 number 2018 down 29.0% rising
60 Bolivia 1,353 number 2018 down 69.3% falling
61 Guatemala 1,289 number 2019 down 39.8% volatile
62 Suriname 1,278 number 2019 up 41.2% falling
63 Guinea-Bissau 1,173 number 2010 down 8.8% volatile
64 Gambia 996 number 2019 up 175.1% volatile
65 Jordan 919 number 2019 up 15.7% falling
66 Nicaragua 877 number 2010 up 29.0% rising
67 Netherlands 867 number 1985 down 6.9% falling
68 Honduras 859 number 2019 up 83.2% falling
69 Oman 845 number 2017 down 11.1% volatile
70 Jamaica 791 number 2019 down 72.7% falling
71 Equatorial Guinea 644 number 2015 up 17.5% rising
72 Bhutan 613 number 2020 up 63.9% rising
73 Ecuador 598 number 2018 up 35.9% volatile
74 Djibouti 551 number 2006 down 54.3% volatile
75 Poland 542 number 2018 down 51.0% falling
76 Trinidad and Tobago 536 number 2010 down 21.3% volatile
77 Botswana 459 number 2014 up 9.3% volatile
78 Israel 448 number 2018 up 16.1% rising
79 East Timor 432 number 2019 down 18.8% flat
80 Sao Tome and Principe 379 number 2017 down 44.3% falling
81 Cape Verde 337 number 2018 down 32.5% volatile
82 Switzerland 329 number 2018 up 17.1% falling
83 Vanuatu 322 number 2013 down 8.0% falling
84 Paraguay 310 number 2016 down 32.0% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 310 number 2019 down 78.9% volatile
86 United Arab Emirates 297 number 2002 up 12.5% rising
87 Greece 252 number 2018 up 31.9% volatile
88 Panama 220 number 2017 down 11.3% falling
89 Belize 177 number 2019 up 6.0% falling
90 Singapore 163 number 2018 down 54.1% volatile
91 Tonga 151 number 2013 down 65.3% falling
92 Uruguay 150 number 2018 down 64.5% volatile
93 Cuba 133 number 2019 up 280.0% volatile
94 Sierra Leone 127 number 2019 down 92.7% volatile
95 Denmark 111 number 2018 — volatile
96 Qatar 105 number 2019 up 650.0% volatile
97 Slovenia 87 number 2018 up 93.3% rising
98 Ireland 77 number 2018 down 30.6% volatile
99 Solomon Islands 61 number 2018 down 79.3% rising
100 Georgia 52 number 2019 up 372.7% volatile
101 Estonia 37 number 2018 down 7.5% volatile
102 Fiji 34 number 2016 down 88.7% volatile
103 Kiribati 32 number 2016 — volatile
103 Latvia 32 number 2018 down 89.3% volatile
105 Costa Rica 29 number 2019 down 89.1% falling
105 Guyana 29 number 2010 down 83.7% volatile
107 Macao 22 number 2019 down 88.0% volatile
108 Finland 21 number 2018 down 34.4% rising
109 Turks and Caicos Islands 18 number 2018 up 80.0% volatile
110 Bahamas 16 number 2018 — volatile
111 Luxembourg 15 number 2018 — volatile
112 Grenada 14 number 2018 up 133.3% volatile
112 Samoa 14 number 2019 up 100.0% falling
114 Saint Lucia 13 number 2019 down 27.8% volatile
115 Aruba 12 number 2014 down 47.8% falling
115 Bahrain 12 number 2019 down 73.3% volatile
115 Dominica 12 number 2016 up 71.4% volatile
118 Hong Kong 10 number 2019 unchanged volatile
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 number 2018 down 65.5% volatile
120 Malta 7 number 2018 down 61.1% volatile
121 Antigua and Barbuda 6 number 2018 down 87.5% volatile
121 Mauritius 6 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
123 South Korea 4 number 2018 unchanged volatile
124 Cyprus 2 number 2018 up 100.0% volatile
124 Maldives 2 number 2019 down 98.4% volatile
126 Brunei 1 number 2019 down 75.0% volatile
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 number 2016 down 80.0% volatile
126 Nauru 1 number 2019 — volatile
129 Andorra 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
129 New Caledonia 0 number 1990 down 100.0% volatile
129 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
129 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile
129 British Virgin Islands 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
140 places, 3,309 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.