Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps was 10.92 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 10.92 million for repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 10.92 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.36 million, in 1971.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 34th out of 220 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.60 million | — |
| 1971 | 2.36 million | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 2.42 million | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 2.53 million | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 2.61 million | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 2.65 million | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 2.86 million | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 3.06 million | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 3.15 million | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 3.21 million | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 3.32 million | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3.38 million | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 3.53 million | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 3.55 million | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 3.60 million | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 3.63 million | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 3.80 million | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 3.85 million | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 4.05 million | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 4.03 million | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 3.94 million | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 4.16 million | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 3.88 million | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 4.05 million | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 4.79 million | +18.5% |
| 1995 | 5.15 million | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 5.13 million | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 5.41 million | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 5.69 million | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 5.77 million | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 6.25 million | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 6.76 million | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 7.41 million | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 7.78 million | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 8.04 million | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 7.32 million | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 7.54 million | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 8.02 million | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 8.26 million | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 8.93 million | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 8.87 million | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 9.07 million | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 9.38 million | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 9.42 million | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 9.19 million | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 8.96 million | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 9.16 million | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 9.47 million | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 9.68 million | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 9.44 million | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 9.63 million | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 10.35 million | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 10.80 million | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 10.77 million | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 10.92 million | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.74 million | 2.36 million | 3.21 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.67 million | 3.32 million | 4.05 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.80 million | 3.88 million | 5.77 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.63 million | 6.25 million | 8.93 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.26 million | 8.87 million | 9.68 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.49 million | 9.63 million | 10.92 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 10.92 million in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.92 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.36 million in 1971.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 34th out of 220 groups with data for 2024.
- Is repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) with 748 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) with 748 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.