Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total

IDA total: Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female was 1.67 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.67 million number
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
5th
of 42 groups
All-time high
1.74 million number
in 2014
All-time low
733,508 number
in 1999
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total, 1998–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M1998200820191998: 738.0k number1999: 733.5k number2000: 782.5k number2001: 812.0k number2002: 837.9k number2003: 910.8k number2004: 999.3k number2005: 1.1M number2006: 1.1M number2007: 1.2M number2008: 1.2M number2009: 1.2M number2010: 1.4M number2011: 1.4M number2012: 1.6M number2013: 1.6M number2014: 1.7M number2015: 1.6M number2016: 1.7M number2017: 1.6M number2018: 1.7M number2019: 1.7M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total is 1.67 million number, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total peaked at 1.74 million number in 2014 and was at its lowest, 733,508 number, in 1999.

That places IDA total 5th out of 42 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total, year by year

Annual values for Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number) in IDA total, 1998 to 2019.
Year number Change
1998 737,986 number
1999 733,508 number -0.6%
2000 782,498 number +6.7%
2001 811,972 number +3.8%
2002 837,862 number +3.2%
2003 910,776 number +8.7%
2004 999,345 number +9.7%
2005 1.08 million number +7.6%
2006 1.13 million number +5.5%
2007 1.19 million number +4.9%
2008 1.24 million number +4.0%
2009 1.25 million number +0.7%
2010 1.35 million number +8.7%
2011 1.44 million number +6.5%
2012 1.55 million number +7.7%
2013 1.58 million number +1.5%
2014 1.74 million number +10.2%
2015 1.62 million number -7.0%
2016 1.66 million number +2.5%
2017 1.64 million number -0.9%
2018 1.66 million number +1.3%
2019 1.67 million number +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 735,747 number 733,508 number 737,986 number 2
2000s 1.02 million number 782,498 number 1.25 million number 10
2010s 1.59 million number 1.35 million number 1.74 million number 10

Countries ranked near IDA total

  1. 2 Morocco 125,643 number compare
  2. 3 Argentina 123,460 number compare
  3. 4 Burkina Faso 119,870 number compare
  4. 5 Bangladesh 116,737 number compare
  5. 6 India 116,072 number compare
  6. 7 Mali 116,015 number compare
  7. 8 Egypt 114,859 number compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total?
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in IDA total was 1.67 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in IDA total?
The highest recorded value was 1.74 million number in 2014.
What is the lowest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in IDA total?
The lowest recorded value was 733,508 number in 1999.
How does IDA total rank for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female?
IDA total ranks 5th out of 42 groups with data for 2019.
Is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female rising or falling in IDA total?
Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA total 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)
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.