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Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (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
177
Highest
160,800 number
Algeria
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
3,497 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,367

What the numbers show

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 160,800 number in Algeria; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,497 number, and the mean is 17,168 number.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,621.4%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 160,800 number 2019 down 6.4% volatile
2 Morocco 125,643 number 2019 up 76.2% rising
3 Argentina 123,460 number 2017 up 4.6% rising
4 Burkina Faso 119,870 number 2019 up 166.3% volatile
5 Bangladesh 116,737 number 2016 down 45.1% rising
6 India 116,072 number 2017 down 88.6% volatile
7 Mali 116,015 number 2017 up 286.5% volatile
8 Egypt 114,859 number 2019 down 17.0% rising
9 Ethiopia 105,958 number 2017 down 14.7% rising
10 South Africa 90,050 number 2018 down 23.6% volatile
11 Benin 82,785 number 2016 up 267.7% volatile
12 Côte d'Ivoire 81,657 number 2019 up 149.7% volatile
13 Iraq 80,507 number 2007 up 18.0% volatile
14 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 76,791 number 2014 — volatile
15 Niger 69,137 number 2019 up 288.0% volatile
16 Cameroon 62,390 number 2016 up 85.1% volatile
17 Madagascar 60,422 number 2019 up 24.4% volatile
18 Senegal 58,445 number 2019 up 80.1% volatile
19 Spain 57,287 number 2018 down 45.6% falling
20 Burundi 55,511 number 2019 up 111.5% volatile
21 Togo 54,830 number 2019 up 66.1% volatile
22 Pakistan 47,318 number 2019 down 27.1% falling
23 Germany 43,741 number 2018 down 27.7% falling
24 Mozambique 41,583 number 2019 up 49.0% volatile
25 Malawi 40,608 number 2012 up 203.2% rising
26 Nepal 35,767 number 2019 down 34.7% rising
27 Tunisia 34,788 number 2018 down 14.2% volatile
28 Guinea 31,069 number 2016 up 107.3% volatile
29 Colombia 30,354 number 2018 down 26.5% volatile
30 Kenya 30,239 number 2016 — volatile
31 Syrian Arab Republic 29,656 number 2013 down 37.8% rising
32 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 29,260 number 2017 down 5.1% falling
33 Afghanistan 28,124 number 2018 — volatile
34 Eswatini 27,096 number 2018 up 1,021.5% volatile
35 Philippines 26,423 number 2018 down 35.1% rising
36 Chad 25,340 number 2018 up 45.6% volatile
37 Zambia 22,621 number 2013 up 217.2% volatile
38 Thailand 22,369 number 2018 — rising
39 Saudi Arabia 22,075 number 2019 up 18.1% volatile
40 Peru 20,568 number 2019 down 49.3% falling
41 Congo 19,823 number 2012 down 1.8% volatile
42 Mexico 19,690 number 2018 up 8.0% volatile
43 Türkiye 17,209 number 2018 down 67.9% volatile
44 Namibia 16,760 number 2017 up 67.3% rising
45 Haiti 16,465 number 1997 up 197.1% volatile
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 15,493 number 2018 up 6.5% volatile
47 Uruguay 14,732 number 2010 up 40.8% rising
48 Yemen 14,347 number 2016 up 27.7% rising
49 France 13,839 number 2018 down 80.7% volatile
50 Viet Nam 13,812 number 2019 up 30.9% volatile
51 Italy 13,050 number 2018 down 19.4% volatile
52 Ghana 12,678 number 2019 up 10.6% volatile
53 Eritrea 12,500 number 2018 up 50.6% rising
54 Guatemala 12,357 number 2019 up 54.7% volatile
55 Libya 12,039 number 1983 up 787.2% volatile
56 Netherlands 11,622 number 1999 down 64.9% falling
57 Russia 11,294 number 2018 — volatile
58 Romania 10,583 number 2018 up 34.6% volatile
59 Central African Republic 10,165 number 2016 up 135.4% volatile
60 Sudan 9,670 number 2017 down 25.9% flat
61 Dominican Republic 9,547 number 2019 up 3.8% rising
62 Honduras 8,583 number 2019 up 33.8% rising
63 Lebanon 8,487 number 2019 down 35.7% rising
64 Rwanda 8,304 number 2019 down 22.6% volatile
65 Nicaragua 8,294 number 2010 up 24.9% rising
66 Uganda 8,124 number 2017 down 27.6% rising
67 Lesotho 8,003 number 2017 up 40.1% volatile
68 Ecuador 7,995 number 2018 down 22.3% falling
69 Iran 7,934 number 2017 down 90.1% volatile
70 Indonesia 7,754 number 2017 down 42.6% falling
71 Portugal 7,740 number 2018 — volatile
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7,702 number 2018 up 222.5% rising
73 Chile 7,371 number 2018 down 43.3% volatile
74 Myanmar 7,151 number 2017 down 55.6% volatile
75 Gabon 6,937 number 1995 up 141.1% volatile
76 Belgium 6,408 number 2018 down 7.1% volatile
77 Jordan 6,013 number 2019 up 69.6% volatile
78 Poland 5,320 number 2018 down 49.2% falling
79 Mauritania 4,808 number 2019 up 38.2% volatile
80 China (People’s Republic of) 4,684 number 2016 down 87.7% volatile
81 Cambodia 4,653 number 2019 up 25.9% falling
82 Sri Lanka 4,027 number 2017 down 14.1% volatile
83 Greece 4,019 number 2018 up 9.1% volatile
84 Guinea-Bissau 3,857 number 2010 up 152.6% volatile
85 El Salvador 3,732 number 2018 down 31.3% volatile
86 Sierra Leone 3,689 number 2019 down 76.4% volatile
87 Austria 3,648 number 2018 — volatile
88 Oman 3,551 number 2019 up 155.7% volatile
89 Palestine, State of 3,497 number 2019 down 36.9% falling
90 Liberia 3,177 number 2017 up 9.9% rising
91 Panama 3,165 number 2017 down 0.3% rising
92 Bhutan 2,995 number 2020 up 194.8% volatile
93 Hungary 2,869 number 2018 down 16.8% falling
94 Cape Verde 2,826 number 2018 down 31.0% volatile
95 Comoros 2,649 number 2017 up 28.5% rising
96 Guyana 2,346 number 2010 up 30.0% falling
97 Gambia 2,091 number 2019 up 64.5% volatile
98 Slovakia 2,079 number 2018 down 17.6% rising
99 Hong Kong (China) 2,065 number 2019 down 27.5% volatile
100 Suriname 2,062 number 2019 up 8.9% rising
101 Sao Tome and Principe 2,027 number 2017 up 64.1% rising
102 Bulgaria 1,881 number 2018 down 33.9% volatile
103 Israel 1,550 number 2018 down 9.4% falling
104 Costa Rica 1,373 number 2019 down 88.0% rising
105 New Zealand 1,364 number 1995 down 67.1% falling
106 Switzerland 1,347 number 2018 down 35.1% volatile
107 Djibouti 1,317 number 2020 up 71.3% volatile
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,282 number 2019 up 14.4% volatile
109 Czechia 1,243 number 2018 down 22.3% falling
110 Cuba 1,228 number 2019 up 424.8% volatile
111 Mauritius 1,200 number 2019 up 1.8% volatile
112 New Caledonia 1,198 number 1990 up 36.1% rising
113 Equatorial Guinea 1,158 number 2015 down 32.0% falling
114 Denmark 1,022 number 2018 up 24.2% rising
115 Kuwait 1,015 number 2019 down 71.6% volatile
116 Serbia 884 number 2019 down 26.7% flat
117 Paraguay 839 number 2016 down 18.5% falling
118 Timor-Leste 750 number 2019 up 76.1% rising
119 United Arab Emirates 747 number 2014 down 67.5% volatile
120 Azerbaijan 628 number 2019 down 71.3% volatile
121 Belize 501 number 2019 down 15.1% falling
122 Qatar 489 number 2019 up 40.9% volatile
123 Mongolia 482 number 2018 up 1,621.4% volatile
124 Tajikistan 481 number 2017 down 78.3% volatile
125 Georgia 418 number 2019 up 646.4% rising
126 Albania 396 number 2019 down 64.9% volatile
127 Tonga 349 number 2004 down 61.9% volatile
128 Jamaica 338 number 2019 down 11.7% volatile
129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 328 number 2018 up 245.3% flat
130 Estonia 297 number 2018 down 55.9% falling
131 Macau (China) 280 number 2019 down 78.0% falling
132 Fiji 265 number 2016 down 42.8% volatile
133 Finland 255 number 2018 down 44.8% volatile
133 Lithuania 255 number 2018 down 66.0% falling
135 Botswana 225 number 2014 down 47.9% volatile
136 Kiribati 213 number 2016 — volatile
137 Latvia 203 number 2018 down 63.8% falling
137 Singapore 203 number 2018 down 20.1% volatile
139 Croatia 187 number 2018 down 12.6% volatile
140 Slovenia 162 number 2018 up 27.6% volatile
141 Aruba 154 number 2014 down 20.6% falling
142 Bahrain 124 number 2019 down 75.5% falling
142 Solomon Islands 124 number 2018 down 27.1% volatile
144 Ireland 123 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
145 Cyprus 104 number 2018 up 57.6% volatile
146 Antigua and Barbuda 93 number 2018 down 76.0% falling
146 Luxembourg 93 number 2018 down 89.5% rising
148 Dominica 88 number 2016 down 71.5% falling
149 Kazakhstan 83 number 2019 down 77.7% volatile
150 Bahamas 79 number 2010 — volatile
151 Armenia 77 number 2019 down 52.8% flat
152 Brunei Darussalam 73 number 2019 down 76.8% volatile
153 North Macedonia 65 number 2018 down 19.8% falling
154 Ukraine 62 number 2019 down 65.4% volatile
155 Grenada 60 number 2018 down 77.4% volatile
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56 number 2019 down 58.2% falling
157 Belarus 48 number 2018 up 108.7% volatile
157 Trinidad and Tobago 48 number 2010 down 66.7% volatile
159 Kyrgyzstan 29 number 2019 down 80.5% volatile
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28 number 2016 up 47.4% rising
161 Montenegro 23 number 2019 up 9.5% rising
162 Korea 21 number 2018 down 53.3% volatile
163 British Virgin Islands 19 number 2018 down 58.7% falling
163 Samoa 19 number 2019 down 40.6% volatile
165 Andorra 18 number 2019 down 80.4% falling
166 Uzbekistan 15 number 2019 down 89.4% volatile
167 Malta 9 number 2018 down 88.6% volatile
168 Monaco 5 number 2020 — volatile
168 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 number 2018 — volatile
170 Saint Lucia 4 number 2019 up 100.0% volatile
170 Maldives 4 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
170 Tuvalu 4 number 2019 — volatile
173 Liechtenstein 3 number 2018 — volatile
174 Naoero 1 number 2019 — volatile
174 San Marino 1 number 2019 — volatile
176 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
176 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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
226 places, 4,367 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.