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Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) by country

Number of pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.

Countries reporting
190
Highest
1.44 million number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
10,640 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,144

What the numbers show

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 1.44 million number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 10,640 number, and the mean is 112,415 number.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 398.8%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.44 million number 2011 down 65.9% rising
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.36 million number 2015 down 3.5% rising
3 Ethiopia 1.11 million number 2015 up 52.9% rising
4 Madagascar 1.09 million number 2019 up 23.3% rising
5 Malawi 1.05 million number 2019 up 72.6% volatile
6 Iraq 818,729 number 2007 up 126.3% rising
7 Uganda 778,349 number 2017 down 30.2% rising
8 Bangladesh 718,029 number 2018 down 65.9% falling
9 India 701,221 number 2017 down 85.5% volatile
10 Burundi 582,744 number 2019 up 3.7% volatile
11 South Africa 571,199 number 2018 down 3.6% falling
12 Cameroon 567,691 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
13 Angola 517,629 number 2011 — rising
14 Mali 499,550 number 2017 up 71.6% volatile
15 Mozambique 458,915 number 2019 up 28.9% rising
16 Pakistan 427,190 number 2019 down 46.9% falling
17 Chad 410,677 number 2018 up 17.6% volatile
18 Indonesia 391,239 number 2018 down 54.4% falling
19 Morocco 360,018 number 2019 down 18.3% falling
20 Benin 356,609 number 2019 up 55.7% volatile
21 Côte d’Ivoire 337,982 number 2019 down 24.5% rising
22 Nepal 301,539 number 2019 down 56.6% falling
23 Afghanistan 267,018 number 2018 — volatile
24 Rwanda 251,851 number 2019 down 24.8% volatile
25 Haiti 241,622 number 1997 up 192.9% rising
26 Kenya 235,728 number 2016 down 33.4% volatile
27 Algeria 235,328 number 2019 down 33.3% flat
28 Yemen 229,234 number 2016 up 45.2% rising
29 Tanzania 216,972 number 2019 up 9.1% volatile
30 Guinea 206,751 number 2016 up 90.8% volatile
31 Burkina Faso 205,925 number 2019 up 2.3% volatile
32 Guatemala 202,157 number 2019 down 29.6% rising
33 Egypt 190,038 number 2019 down 45.3% rising
34 Philippines 187,039 number 2018 down 37.2% rising
35 Central African Republic 184,252 number 2016 up 56.1% rising
36 Zambia 169,961 number 2013 up 29.7% volatile
37 Congo 167,396 number 2012 up 28.8% rising
38 Argentina 152,350 number 2017 down 47.1% falling
39 Mexico 146,875 number 2018 down 72.3% falling
40 Türkiye 132,068 number 2018 down 8.2% volatile
41 Tunisia 131,543 number 2017 up 66.1% falling
42 Cambodia 129,112 number 2019 down 44.5% volatile
43 Sudan 125,051 number 2017 down 26.9% falling
44 Togo 122,470 number 2019 down 55.3% rising
45 Syria 113,730 number 2013 down 34.1% rising
46 Papua New Guinea 113,461 number 2016 — volatile
47 Iran 106,899 number 2017 down 27.8% volatile
48 Venezuela 96,413 number 2017 down 44.3% flat
49 Gabon 96,273 number 2003 up 37.3% rising
50 Peru 84,765 number 2019 down 66.8% falling
51 Ghana 79,549 number 2018 down 66.3% volatile
52 Niger 79,226 number 2019 up 1.0% rising
53 Namibia 76,885 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
54 Spain 73,502 number 2018 up 5.3% volatile
55 Nicaragua 73,347 number 2010 up 70.9% rising
56 Viet Nam 71,251 number 2019 down 33.0% volatile
57 Colombia 70,748 number 2018 down 61.5% volatile
58 Libya 69,173 number 1983 up 95.9% rising
59 Thailand 65,958 number 2018 — volatile
60 Dominican Republic 59,721 number 2019 down 34.4% falling
61 Senegal 58,729 number 2019 down 52.6% rising
62 Liberia 44,005 number 2017 up 35.7% rising
63 Chile 42,793 number 2018 down 42.7% volatile
64 Guinea-Bissau 39,234 number 2010 up 9.2% rising
65 Honduras 38,566 number 2019 down 5.9% falling
66 Saudi Arabia 35,545 number 2019 down 66.6% volatile
67 Sierra Leone 33,681 number 2019 down 74.4% volatile
68 Lesotho 33,074 number 2016 down 62.8% rising
69 Bolivia 31,040 number 2018 down 62.4% falling
70 Lebanon 30,419 number 2019 down 27.0% falling
71 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 30,343 number 2019 down 78.9% falling
72 Eritrea 28,411 number 2018 down 41.3% falling
73 Timor-Leste 26,261 number 2019 down 34.7% falling
74 France 25,764 number 2018 — falling
75 Myanmar 25,434 number 2018 up 11.6% volatile
76 El Salvador 24,972 number 2018 down 58.8% falling
77 Eswatini 24,017 number 2018 down 42.7% rising
78 Netherlands 23,856 number 1985 down 37.2% falling
79 Gambia 23,319 number 2019 up 94.7% volatile
80 Portugal 22,476 number 2018 — falling
81 Paraguay 20,247 number 2016 down 54.3% falling
82 Comoros 19,820 number 2018 down 27.0% flat
83 Russia 19,641 number 2018 down 7.2% volatile
84 Belgium 18,202 number 2018 down 26.7% volatile
85 Botswana 17,567 number 2014 up 16.2% volatile
86 Equatorial Guinea 17,300 number 2015 down 10.7% rising
87 Sri Lanka 16,705 number 2017 up 27.5% volatile
88 Poland 15,308 number 2018 down 45.4% volatile
89 Germany 14,386 number 2018 down 65.0% volatile
90 Panama 13,294 number 2017 down 45.8% falling
91 Romania 12,119 number 2018 down 17.9% volatile
92 New Zealand 12,020 number 1992 up 1.4% volatile
93 Uruguay 11,437 number 2018 down 52.1% falling
94 Mauritania 10,876 number 2019 down 19.9% volatile
95 Suriname 10,723 number 2019 down 11.7% falling
96 Jordan 10,557 number 2019 up 120.8% volatile
97 Austria 9,448 number 2018 up 17.7% volatile
98 Ecuador 9,087 number 2018 down 68.3% volatile
99 Italy 8,340 number 2018 up 9.3% volatile
100 China (People’s Republic of) 8,312 number 2019 down 97.1% volatile
101 Trinidad and Tobago 8,308 number 2010 down 37.8% rising
102 Slovak Republic 6,917 number 2018 up 4.0% falling
103 Vanuatu 6,876 number 2013 up 90.9% rising
104 Israel 6,808 number 2018 down 28.1% flat
105 Bhutan 6,400 number 2020 down 8.4% rising
106 Hungary 6,326 number 2018 down 7.0% falling
107 Switzerland 6,125 number 2018 down 18.1% falling
108 Solomon Islands 6,095 number 2018 down 11.7% volatile
109 Cabo Verde 4,909 number 2018 down 44.5% falling
110 Greece 4,772 number 2018 up 11.4% volatile
111 Sao Tome and Principe 4,544 number 2017 down 44.2% rising
112 Cuba 4,160 number 2019 up 11.5% volatile
113 Jamaica 3,982 number 2019 down 64.2% falling
114 Denmark 3,939 number 2018 — volatile
115 Costa Rica 3,706 number 2019 down 86.3% falling
116 Belize 3,629 number 2019 down 15.7% falling
117 New Caledonia 3,090 number 1990 down 25.5% rising
118 Czechia 3,080 number 2018 up 6.4% falling
119 Djibouti 3,067 number 2020 down 47.8% rising
120 Ireland 2,236 number 2018 down 33.8% falling
121 Qatar 2,005 number 2019 up 398.8% falling
122 Hong Kong (China) 1,608 number 2019 down 48.8% volatile
123 Luxembourg 1,427 number 2018 up 4.9% falling
124 Kuwait 1,298 number 2019 down 11.3% volatile
125 Serbia 1,262 number 2019 down 31.3% falling
126 Slovenia 1,162 number 2018 up 89.3% falling
127 Albania 1,074 number 2019 down 66.8% volatile
128 Bahamas 953 number 2018 — volatile
129 Finland 929 number 2018 down 36.3% falling
130 Ukraine 897 number 2019 down 36.8% volatile
131 United Arab Emirates 783 number 2015 down 84.0% falling
132 Azerbaijan 743 number 2019 down 44.4% falling
133 Aruba 721 number 2014 down 16.9% flat
134 Georgia 714 number 2019 up 157.8% falling
135 Latvia 685 number 2018 down 82.3% falling
136 Tajikistan 580 number 2017 down 53.7% volatile
137 Kazakhstan 551 number 2019 down 21.3% volatile
138 Guyana 536 number 2010 down 78.9% volatile
139 Tonga 526 number 2013 down 50.3% falling
140 Lithuania 522 number 2018 down 42.6% volatile
141 Saint Lucia 451 number 2019 down 8.3% volatile
142 Bahrain 450 number 2019 down 58.1% volatile
143 Macau (China) 445 number 2019 down 74.6% volatile
144 Estonia 440 number 2018 down 33.7% volatile
145 Fiji 407 number 2016 down 83.4% volatile
146 Singapore 363 number 2018 down 60.9% volatile
147 Samoa 362 number 2019 up 25.7% falling
148 Kiribati 350 number 2016 — volatile
149 Grenada 317 number 2018 down 20.6% volatile
150 Bulgaria 313 number 2018 down 93.4% volatile
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 272 number 2018 down 61.6% volatile
152 Croatia 261 number 2018 down 50.5% volatile
153 Palestine 211 number 2019 — volatile
154 Dominica 210 number 2016 down 38.6% falling
155 Armenia 208 number 2019 down 19.1% volatile
156 Mongolia 186 number 2018 down 56.7% volatile
157 Belarus 184 number 2018 up 19.5% volatile
158 Antigua and Barbuda 139 number 2018 down 78.6% volatile
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 127 number 2019 up 18.7% rising
160 Kyrgyzstan 126 number 2019 down 59.1% volatile
161 Brunei 102 number 2019 down 58.0% volatile
162 Malta 94 number 2018 down 80.8% volatile
163 Palau 88 number 2014 up 1.1% volatile
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 86 number 2016 down 23.9% rising
165 Cyprus 79 number 2018 down 68.1% volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 77 number 2018 up 45.3% volatile
167 Korea 69 number 2018 down 1.4% volatile
168 Liechtenstein 62 number 2018 — volatile
169 Andorra 60 number 2019 down 45.5% volatile
170 Montenegro 47 number 2019 up 74.1% volatile
171 British Virgin Islands 33 number 2018 down 75.7% falling
172 Nauru 29 number 2019 — volatile
173 Uzbekistan 18 number 2019 down 77.2% volatile
174 Mauritius 15 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
175 Monaco 13 number 2020 — volatile
175 Maldives 13 number 2019 down 99.2% volatile
177 Tuvalu 2 number 2019 — volatile
178 Canada 0 number 2011 — flat
178 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
178 United Kingdom 0 number 2012 — flat
178 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
178 Japan 0 number 2015 — flat
178 Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
178 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
178 Malaysia 0 number 1991 — flat
178 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
178 Oman 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
178 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
178 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
178 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,144 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.