Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per capita by country
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
0.0696 units per person
Gabon
Lowest
0 units per person
Uzbekistan
Median
0.0015 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,848
What the numbers show
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.0696 units per person in Gabon; the lowest is 0 units per person in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0015 units per person, and the mean is 0.0058 units per person.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 409.1%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 0.0696 units per person | 2003 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 0.0576 units per person | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 0.0558 units per person | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Burundi | 0.0513 units per person | 2020 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 0.0391 units per person | 2016 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 6 | Madagascar | 0.034 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 7 | Haiti | 0.0308 units per person | 1997 | up 135.5% | rising |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.0297 units per person | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 9 | Iraq | 0.0288 units per person | 2007 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.025 units per person | 2010 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.022 units per person | 2017 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 0.0216 units per person | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Cameroon | 0.021 units per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0209 units per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 0.0208 units per person | 2022 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 16 | Uganda | 0.0194 units per person | 2017 | down 48.5% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea | 0.0192 units per person | 2020 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0188 units per person | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 19 | Libya | 0.0186 units per person | 1983 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 0.0175 units per person | 1990 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 21 | Benin | 0.0152 units per person | 2022 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 22 | Comoros | 0.0152 units per person | 2024 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 23 | Suriname | 0.0152 units per person | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 24 | Angola | 0.0149 units per person | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 0.0135 units per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 26 | Lesotho | 0.0131 units per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 0.0127 units per person | 2022 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 28 | Bhutan | 0.0126 units per person | 2024 | up 45.2% | falling |
| 29 | Eswatini | 0.0123 units per person | 2023 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0119 units per person | 2015 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 0.0114 units per person | 2020 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Congo | 0.0114 units per person | 2023 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 0.011 units per person | 2013 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Nepal | 0.0089 units per person | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 0.0085 units per person | 2022 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 0.0085 units per person | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 0.0083 units per person | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 0.008 units per person | 2022 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0078 units per person | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Niger | 0.0077 units per person | 2024 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 0.0074 units per person | 2011 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 42 | Tunisia | 0.0073 units per person | 2021 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Marshall Islands | 0.0072 units per person | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 44 | Yemen | 0.0071 units per person | 2016 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 45 | Cambodia | 0.007 units per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Eritrea | 0.007 units per person | 2022 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 47 | Morocco | 0.007 units per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 0.0068 units per person | 2024 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lebanon | 0.006 units per person | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0059 units per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 51 | Gambia | 0.0058 units per person | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 52 | Belize | 0.0057 units per person | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 0.0054 units per person | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 54 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0054 units per person | 2024 | up 63.9% | flat |
| 55 | Kenya | 0.0049 units per person | 2016 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Togo | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 58 | Aruba | 0.0046 units per person | 2022 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 59 | Vanuatu | 0.0046 units per person | 2024 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 60 | Colombia | 0.0045 units per person | 2022 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Kiribati | 0.0045 units per person | 2024 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 0.0045 units per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 0.004 units per person | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Botswana | 0.0039 units per person | 2022 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0037 units per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 0.0037 units per person | 2024 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 0.0035 units per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 68 | El Salvador | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 69 | New Zealand | 0.0034 units per person | 1992 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0033 units per person | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 71 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0032 units per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 0.0029 units per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Liberia | 0.0028 units per person | 2022 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 74 | Bahamas | 0.0027 units per person | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Peru | 0.0026 units per person | 2019 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Sudan | 0.0023 units per person | 2019 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.0022 units per person | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Panama | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Türkiye | 0.0022 units per person | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 0.0021 units per person | 2025 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 83 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0021 units per person | 2025 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.002 units per person | 2022 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Argentina | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Djibouti | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Samoa | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 92 | Philippines | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 93 | Netherlands | 0.0016 units per person | 1985 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 95 | Palau | 0.0015 units per person | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Austria | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Belgium | 0.0015 units per person | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 100 | United States of America | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 101 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Ghana | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Chile | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Portugal | 0.0011 units per person | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Liechtenstein | 0.001 units per person | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 107 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.001 units per person | 2022 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Barbados | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 109 | Jordan | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Grenada | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Egypt | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 113 | Spain | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Israel | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Romania | 0.0008 units per person | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Uruguay | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Greece | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Guyana | 0.0007 units per person | 2010 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Hungary | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 123 | Fiji | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Viet Nam | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 125 | France | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Switzerland | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 127 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Latvia | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Estonia | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.0005 units per person | 2018 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Denmark | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Qatar | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Albania | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Poland | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Andorra | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Ireland | 0.0004 units per person | 2022 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Macau, China | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 140 | Monaco | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Ecuador | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Naoero | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 169.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Tuvalu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Finland | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 146 | Georgia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 147 | Tonga | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Armenia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Thailand | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Germany | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 230.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Russian Federation | 0.0001 units per person | 2019 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Malta | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Lithuania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Italy | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Timor-Leste | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 99.7% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Ukraine | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 297.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Serbia | 0.0001 units per person | 2022 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2017 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Palestine, State of | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Singapore | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 168 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 274.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritius | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 99.9% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 176 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 177 | China | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Republic of Korea | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Oman | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0 units per person | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.