Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) was 918,503 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) stood at 918,503.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) peaked at 2.08 million in 1983 and was at its lowest, 745,599, in 2021.
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 126th of 220 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2.05 million | — |
| 1983 | 2.08 million | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 2.04 million | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 2.02 million | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 1.94 million | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 1.93 million | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.78 million | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 1.67 million | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 1.63 million | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 1.60 million | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.53 million | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 1.43 million | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 1.32 million | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 1.23 million | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 1.17 million | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 1.13 million | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 1.07 million | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 998,685 | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 951,773 | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 900,707 | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 854,483 | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 830,214 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 810,176 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 800,680 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 774,935 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 804,896 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 758,547 | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 755,522 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 805,802 | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 797,858 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 781,876 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 773,800 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 772,451 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 829,273 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 843,720 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 832,378 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 860,775 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 840,315 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 745,599 | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 943,700 | +26.6% |
| 2023 | 917,564 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 918,503 | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +26.6% | 745,599 | 943,700 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.94 million | 1.67 million | 2.08 million | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.34 million | 1.07 million | 1.63 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 848,510 | 758,547 | 998,685 | 10 |
| 2010s | 805,346 | 755,522 | 860,775 | 10 |
| 2020s | 873,136 | 745,599 | 943,700 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
More education data for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 29.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 54.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.299 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 58.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.2912 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 38.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 794,026 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) was 918,503 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.08 million in 1983.
- What is the lowest repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The lowest recorded value was 745,599 in 2021.
- How does ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank for repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes?
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 126th out of 220 groups with data for 2024.
- Is repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes rising or falling in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release