Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per square kilometre by country
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
28.69 units per square kilometre
Rwanda
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Uzbekistan
Median
0.1368 units per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
5,653
What the numbers show
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per square kilometre is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 28.69 units per square kilometre in Rwanda; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1368 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.9235 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 700.0%), 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 | Rwanda | 28.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Burundi | 25.18 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Comoros | 13.38 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 4 | Malawi | 12.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Haiti | 8.77 units per square kilometre | 1997 | up 192.9% | rising |
| 6 | Monaco | 6.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.73 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 3.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 3.88 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 10 | Lebanon | 3.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 11 | Macau, China | 2.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Aruba | 2.74 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 13 | Guatemala | 2.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 14 | Madagascar | 1.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 15 | Gambia | 1.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 16 | Hong Kong, China | 1.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 1.87 units per square kilometre | 2007 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 20 | Benin | 1.86 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.4 units per square kilometre | 2010 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 1.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 1.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 1.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 26 | Marshall Islands | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 27 | Togo | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.5% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea | 1.04 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 30 | Lesotho | 0.9657 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | flat |
| 31 | Eswatini | 0.8817 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.4% | rising |
| 32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8768 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 0.8742 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Grenada | 0.8647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 0.7089 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 36 | Cambodia | 0.7075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Netherlands | 0.7066 units per square kilometre | 1985 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 38 | Morocco | 0.6957 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 0.6672 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Pakistan | 0.6311 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 41 | British Virgin Islands | 0.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6168 units per square kilometre | 2015 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5795 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 0.5701 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 45 | Tunisia | 0.5685 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 44.0% | falling |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 0.5609 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 0.5383 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 0.538 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 49 | Nepal | 0.5359 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 0.5273 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 51 | India | 0.5146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Kiribati | 0.5099 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Singapore | 0.468 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.4529 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.4522 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 56 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.451 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Angola | 0.4394 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 58 | Yemen | 0.4342 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4273 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | 0.4245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 61 | Mali | 0.4202 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Kenya | 0.4114 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 0.3796 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 64 | Gabon | 0.3736 units per square kilometre | 2003 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 65 | Israel | 0.3616 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 66 | Mozambique | 0.3541 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 0.336 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 68 | Chad | 0.3048 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 0.2958 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 70 | South Africa | 0.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 0.2667 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Bhutan | 0.255 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.2507 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 0.25 units per square kilometre | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2462 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 76 | Türkiye | 0.2395 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahrain | 0.2387 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Zambia | 0.2286 units per square kilometre | 2013 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 0.2263 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Malta | 0.2188 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Colombia | 0.2118 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Congo | 0.2058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.0% | rising |
| 83 | Eritrea | 0.1971 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 0.1922 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 0.183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1787 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Brazil | 0.1726 units per square kilometre | 2011 | down 65.9% | rising |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 0.169 units per square kilometre | 1990 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 89 | Qatar | 0.1674 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.4% | falling |
| 90 | Belize | 0.1652 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 91 | Slovakia | 0.1553 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 92 | Liberia | 0.1538 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 66.2% | rising |
| 93 | Austria | 0.1454 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Panama | 0.1396 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0.1341 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 96 | Niger | 0.1298 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Samoa | 0.127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 98 | Ghana | 0.1249 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Egypt | 0.1243 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 0.1242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 0.1183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 102 | Tonga | 0.1125 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | falling |
| 103 | Bahamas | 0.1073 units per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Djibouti | 0.0983 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.3% | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 0.0937 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 0.0888 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 107 | France | 0.0828 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Slovenia | 0.0823 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0821 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Andorra | 0.0809 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Denmark | 0.0684 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0666 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Peru | 0.0662 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 114 | Romania | 0.0627 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Spain | 0.0614 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Palau | 0.0587 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Greece | 0.0585 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Suriname | 0.0584 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 119 | Sudan | 0.0563 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 120 | Palestine, State of | 0.0508 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.0508 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0484 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Poland | 0.0474 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 124 | United States of America | 0.0459 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.0456 units per square kilometre | 1992 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Czechia | 0.0447 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 127 | Albania | 0.0432 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Germany | 0.0428 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Jordan | 0.0413 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Libya | 0.0393 units per square kilometre | 1983 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 131 | Myanmar | 0.039 units per square kilometre | 2018 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0387 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 0.0378 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0374 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 603.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Fiji | 0.0369 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 229.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Mexico | 0.0366 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.0349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Argentina | 0.0335 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 139 | Chile | 0.0328 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0286 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Ireland | 0.0282 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Paraguay | 0.0262 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 143 | Thailand | 0.0225 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Italy | 0.0223 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.0196 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Ecuador | 0.018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Botswana | 0.0169 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 0.0154 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Uruguay | 0.0144 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.9% | falling |
| 150 | Estonia | 0.0126 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Armenia | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.7% | falling |
| 155 | Montenegro | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 231.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Georgia | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 157 | Serbia | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Lithuania | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Finland | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 163 | Sweden | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Croatia | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 166 | Guyana | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2010 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Ukraine | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Russian Federation | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2019 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Belarus | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 171 | China | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Republic of Korea | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Kuwait | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Maldives | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Mauritius | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Naoero | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | San Marino | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0 units per square kilometre | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.