Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female was 2.80 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.80 million
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
11th
of 216 groups
All-time high
2.80 million
in 2024
All-time low
999,348
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1998–2024

01.0M2.0M3.0M1998201120241998: 999.3k1999: 1.0M2000: 1.1M2001: 1.1M2002: 1.1M2003: 1.2M2004: 1.3M2005: 1.3M2006: 1.5M2007: 1.5M2008: 1.5M2009: 1.5M2010: 1.6M2011: 1.7M2012: 1.8M2013: 1.9M2014: 2.1M2015: 2.0M2016: 2.1M2017: 2.0M2018: 2.0M2019: 2.1M2020: 2.3M2021: 2.3M2022: 2.6M2023: 2.8M2024: 2.8M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2024, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 2.80 million. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 2.80 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 999,348, in 1998.

That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 11th out of 216 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year

Annual values for Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number) in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1998 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1998 999,348
1999 1.00 million +0.4%
2000 1.05 million +5.1%
2001 1.10 million +3.9%
2002 1.12 million +2.2%
2003 1.18 million +5.0%
2004 1.27 million +7.7%
2005 1.33 million +5.3%
2006 1.46 million +9.5%
2007 1.46 million -0.1%
2008 1.50 million +2.9%
2009 1.51 million +1.0%
2010 1.58 million +4.6%
2011 1.67 million +5.1%
2012 1.80 million +8.3%
2013 1.90 million +5.1%
2014 2.10 million +10.8%
2015 1.99 million -5.4%
2016 2.06 million +3.4%
2017 1.99 million -3.3%
2018 2.03 million +2.3%
2019 2.13 million +4.6%
2020 2.29 million +7.7%
2021 2.33 million +1.5%
2022 2.65 million +13.7%
2023 2.80 million +5.7%
2024 2.80 million +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.00 million 999,348 1.00 million 2
2000s 1.30 million 1.05 million 1.51 million 10
2010s 1.92 million 1.58 million 2.13 million 10
2020s 2.57 million 2.29 million 2.80 million 5

Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024

  1. 8 Morocco 115,737 compare
  2. 9 Colombia 108,327 compare
  3. 10 United States of America 103,772 compare
  4. 11 Egypt 102,986 compare
  5. 12 Angola 99,784 compare
  6. 13 Mali 96,666 compare
  7. 14 Türkiye 89,550 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 2.80 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
The highest recorded value was 2.80 million in 2024.
What is the lowest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
The lowest recorded value was 999,348 in 1998.
How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female?
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 11th out of 216 groups with data for 2024.
Is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 9,525 data points, 1970–2025
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February 2026 Data Release