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Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, 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
179
Highest
2.26 million number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
7,815 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,898

What the numbers show

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 2.26 million number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,815 number, and the mean is 53,941 number.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.7%).

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 2.26 million number 2011 down 29.3% volatile
2 Algeria 508,161 number 2019 up 6.0% volatile
3 Morocco 359,552 number 2019 up 70.7% rising
4 Iraq 302,241 number 2007 up 33.2% rising
5 Argentina 289,528 number 2017 up 6.1% rising
6 Egypt 269,418 number 2019 down 16.3% rising
7 India 251,584 number 2017 down 89.8% volatile
8 South Africa 248,755 number 2018 up 1.8% falling
9 Mali 248,327 number 2017 up 248.7% volatile
10 Ethiopia 228,738 number 2017 down 29.0% rising
11 Burkina Faso 227,633 number 2019 up 132.8% volatile
12 Côte d'Ivoire 195,325 number 2019 up 125.1% volatile
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 189,376 number 2014 — volatile
14 Bangladesh 183,559 number 2018 down 56.1% falling
15 Benin 180,288 number 2016 up 195.0% volatile
16 Niger 155,178 number 2019 up 247.2% volatile
17 Spain 144,941 number 2018 down 42.2% falling
18 Cameroon 131,243 number 2016 up 89.4% volatile
19 Madagascar 125,874 number 2019 up 26.4% volatile
20 Togo 122,595 number 2019 up 42.5% volatile
21 Philippines 119,963 number 2018 down 25.0% rising
22 Senegal 114,781 number 2019 up 63.9% volatile
23 Germany 112,348 number 2018 down 23.5% falling
24 Pakistan 105,045 number 2019 down 39.4% falling
25 Burundi 97,306 number 2019 up 65.3% volatile
26 Tunisia 90,398 number 2018 down 15.2% volatile
27 Afghanistan 90,019 number 2018 — volatile
28 Mozambique 87,224 number 2019 up 45.7% volatile
29 Guinea 85,378 number 2016 up 81.8% volatile
30 Malawi 84,464 number 2012 up 159.7% rising
31 Syrian Arab Republic 81,789 number 2013 down 32.0% rising
32 Thailand 76,572 number 2018 — rising
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 74,107 number 2017 down 7.3% rising
34 Nepal 73,703 number 2019 down 35.4% rising
35 Colombia 72,924 number 2018 down 31.3% volatile
36 Chad 67,379 number 2018 up 27.1% volatile
37 Kenya 64,218 number 2016 — rising
38 Mexico 58,887 number 2018 down 10.5% falling
39 Eswatini 58,653 number 2018 up 1,086.3% volatile
40 Peru 54,182 number 2019 down 49.2% rising
41 Türkiye 53,386 number 2018 down 55.9% volatile
42 Zambia 48,206 number 2013 up 205.6% volatile
43 Yemen 46,867 number 2016 down 1.7% rising
44 Viet Nam 42,292 number 2019 down 53.5% falling
45 Saudi Arabia 41,900 number 2019 down 18.0% volatile
46 Congo 40,672 number 2012 down 5.2% volatile
47 Italy 39,431 number 2018 down 23.3% volatile
48 France 35,492 number 2018 down 78.5% volatile
49 Guatemala 35,308 number 2019 up 88.1% volatile
50 Namibia 34,079 number 2017 up 82.1% rising
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 33,382 number 2017 down 89.4% volatile
52 Libya 32,256 number 1983 up 292.8% volatile
53 Haiti 32,171 number 1997 up 185.0% volatile
54 Uruguay 32,055 number 2010 up 32.2% rising
55 Dominican Republic 31,624 number 2019 up 21.7% rising
56 Indonesia 30,912 number 2017 down 27.3% falling
57 Eritrea 30,525 number 2018 up 51.5% rising
58 Tanzania, United Republic of 28,518 number 2018 up 10.8% volatile
59 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28,167 number 2018 up 389.5% volatile
60 Romania 27,917 number 2018 up 15.7% volatile
61 Ghana 26,174 number 2019 down 34.6% volatile
62 Central African Republic 25,697 number 2016 up 109.5% volatile
63 Russian Federation 24,480 number 2018 down 15.1% volatile
64 Honduras 23,352 number 2019 up 60.6% flat
65 Sudan 22,101 number 2017 down 24.2% flat
66 Nicaragua 21,373 number 2010 up 44.0% rising
67 Ecuador 21,317 number 2018 down 20.3% falling
68 Myanmar 20,604 number 2017 down 36.6% volatile
69 Netherlands 20,369 number 1999 down 68.9% falling
70 Portugal 20,028 number 2018 — volatile
71 Chile 17,445 number 2018 down 48.0% falling
72 Uganda 17,106 number 2017 down 27.6% rising
73 Rwanda 16,985 number 2019 down 13.7% volatile
74 Lebanon 16,826 number 2019 down 33.0% falling
75 Belgium 16,365 number 2018 down 0.7% volatile
76 Jordan 16,291 number 2019 up 90.0% volatile
77 Poland 15,918 number 2018 down 57.9% falling
78 Cambodia 15,462 number 2019 up 22.1% falling
79 Lesotho 14,863 number 2017 up 49.8% volatile
80 Gabon 14,474 number 1995 up 173.2% volatile
81 China 11,763 number 2016 down 87.7% volatile
82 Oman 11,440 number 2019 up 202.2% volatile
83 El Salvador 11,259 number 2018 down 26.2% volatile
84 Greece 10,820 number 2018 down 11.6% falling
85 Sri Lanka 10,362 number 2017 down 18.5% volatile
86 Mauritania 10,013 number 2019 up 37.4% volatile
87 Austria 9,150 number 2018 — volatile
88 Guinea-Bissau 9,032 number 2010 up 131.1% volatile
89 Palestine, State of 8,240 number 2019 down 38.4% falling
90 Panama 7,815 number 2017 down 4.2% volatile
91 Sierra Leone 7,369 number 2019 down 75.9% volatile
92 Hungary 7,320 number 2018 down 22.6% falling
93 Cape Verde 7,110 number 2018 down 14.4% volatile
94 Liberia 6,834 number 2017 up 6.3% rising
95 Bhutan 6,509 number 2020 up 248.6% volatile
96 Guyana 6,411 number 2010 up 49.3% volatile
97 Comoros 5,881 number 2017 up 28.1% rising
98 Hong Kong, China 5,585 number 2019 down 29.0% volatile
99 Israel 5,311 number 2018 down 2.9% falling
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,237 number 2019 up 10.8% rising
101 Bulgaria 5,081 number 2018 down 30.2% volatile
102 Cuba 4,965 number 2019 up 531.7% volatile
103 Slovakia 4,785 number 2018 down 24.0% falling
104 Sao Tome and Principe 4,288 number 2017 up 71.9% rising
105 Gambia 3,850 number 2019 up 59.6% volatile
106 Suriname 3,796 number 2019 up 9.6% rising
107 Costa Rica 3,500 number 2019 down 86.5% rising
108 Djibouti 3,382 number 2020 up 86.5% volatile
109 New Zealand 3,363 number 1995 down 59.0% falling
110 Czechia 3,171 number 2018 down 30.3% falling
111 Switzerland 3,096 number 2018 down 34.6% volatile
112 Kuwait 3,095 number 2019 down 62.7% volatile
113 United Arab Emirates 2,965 number 2014 down 60.0% volatile
114 Paraguay 2,576 number 2016 down 18.2% falling
115 French Polynesia 2,569 number 1993 up 112.7% rising
116 Mauritius 2,561 number 2019 down 7.4% volatile
117 Timor-Leste 2,530 number 2019 up 165.5% rising
118 Denmark 2,388 number 2018 up 12.0% rising
119 Equatorial Guinea 2,330 number 2015 down 36.9% flat
120 Serbia 2,212 number 2019 down 43.3% falling
121 New Caledonia 2,152 number 1990 up 31.8% rising
122 Azerbaijan 1,565 number 2019 down 68.5% volatile
123 Qatar 1,500 number 2019 up 208.6% volatile
124 Georgia 1,357 number 2019 up 484.9% falling
125 Belize 1,312 number 2019 down 1.5% falling
126 Albania 1,292 number 2019 down 61.4% volatile
127 Jamaica 1,195 number 2019 up 4.4% volatile
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,154 number 2018 up 52.6% rising
129 Tajikistan 1,103 number 2017 down 69.7% volatile
130 Lithuania 844 number 2018 down 71.6% volatile
131 Mongolia 792 number 2018 up 820.9% volatile
132 Macau, China 778 number 2019 down 76.9% falling
133 Tonga 747 number 2004 down 62.2% volatile
134 Estonia 742 number 2018 down 60.6% volatile
135 Latvia 639 number 2018 down 56.4% volatile
136 Croatia 634 number 2018 down 35.6% volatile
137 Fiji 625 number 2016 down 37.4% volatile
138 Finland 606 number 2018 down 43.5% volatile
139 Singapore 543 number 2018 down 22.1% volatile
140 Bahrain 493 number 2019 down 73.7% falling
141 Slovenia 467 number 2018 up 24.2% volatile
142 Botswana 430 number 2014 down 36.0% volatile
143 Kiribati 411 number 2016 — volatile
144 Antigua and Barbuda 390 number 2018 down 64.6% falling
145 Cyprus 379 number 2018 up 26.8% volatile
146 Aruba 373 number 2014 down 10.3% rising
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 335 number 2019 down 44.6% falling
148 Ireland 297 number 2018 down 39.6% volatile
149 Solomon Islands 290 number 2018 down 27.1% volatile
150 Dominica 269 number 2016 down 61.2% falling
151 Armenia 256 number 2019 down 30.8% volatile
152 Brunei Darussalam 250 number 2019 down 73.0% volatile
153 Bahamas 246 number 2010 — volatile
154 Luxembourg 222 number 2018 down 88.9% rising
155 North Macedonia 208 number 2018 down 37.0% volatile
156 Kazakhstan 193 number 2019 down 86.5% volatile
157 Grenada 192 number 2018 down 56.1% volatile
158 Ukraine 179 number 2019 down 51.0% volatile
159 Trinidad and Tobago 115 number 2010 down 69.8% volatile
160 Belarus 99 number 2018 up 102.0% volatile
161 Montenegro 92 number 2019 down 34.3% falling
162 Kyrgyzstan 71 number 2019 down 84.7% volatile
163 British Virgin Islands 66 number 2018 down 49.6% falling
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60 number 2016 up 27.7% rising
165 Samoa 56 number 2019 down 9.7% volatile
166 Andorra 53 number 2019 down 75.5% falling
167 Republic of Korea 50 number 2018 down 51.9% volatile
168 Uzbekistan 29 number 2019 down 93.0% volatile
169 Malta 22 number 2018 down 83.8% volatile
170 Liechtenstein 14 number 2018 — volatile
170 Monaco 14 number 2020 — volatile
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 number 2018 up 1,100.0% volatile
173 Maldives 7 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
173 San Marino 7 number 2019 — volatile
175 Saint Lucia 6 number 2019 up 20.0% volatile
175 Tuvalu 6 number 2019 — volatile
177 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
178 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
178 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
228 places, 4,898 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.