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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
196
Highest
2.40 million
Brazil
Lowest
0
Uzbekistan
Median
3,387
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,635

What the numbers show

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 2.40 million in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,387, and the mean is 64,345.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 494.5%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 2.40 million 1999 β€” rising
2 India 1.40 million 2025 up 207.5% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 964,661 2023 up 48.3% rising
4 Malawi 617,151 2024 up 55.1% volatile
5 Madagascar 519,895 2024 up 15.2% rising
6 Ethiopia 413,005 2024 down 25.4% volatile
7 Uganda 383,387 2017 down 30.0% rising
8 Rwanda 356,313 2024 up 76.5% volatile
9 Cote d'Ivoire 310,779 2024 up 44.1% rising
10 Burundi 310,009 2020 down 0.4% volatile
11 Iraq 309,641 2007 up 111.9% volatile
12 Cameroon 280,635 2024 up 18.8% rising
13 Angola 267,638 2023 up 5.8% rising
14 Mali 229,555 2023 up 31.9% volatile
15 Pakistan 210,390 2024 up 11.9% rising
16 United States 207,264 2023 up 8.7% flat
17 Bangladesh 182,813 2024 down 71.2% falling
18 Chad 172,911 2022 down 18.3% volatile
19 Tanzania 153,098 2024 up 10.0% volatile
20 Afghanistan 146,067 2023 up 72.5% volatile
21 Mozambique 129,334 2022 down 29.5% rising
22 Guinea 116,828 2020 up 1.8% volatile
23 Haiti 114,497 1997 up 196.7% rising
24 Kenya 105,816 2016 down 36.5% volatile
25 Guatemala 104,909 2024 up 9.1% rising
26 Nepal 104,549 2025 down 51.8% falling
27 South Africa 100,944 2023 down 62.9% falling
28 Colombia 99,671 2022 up 104.1% volatile
29 Niger 97,016 2024 up 139.7% volatile
30 Benin 96,342 2022 down 10.5% volatile
31 Morocco 93,747 2024 down 35.1% falling
32 Yemen 92,869 2016 up 60.0% rising
33 TΓΌrkiye 84,016 2023 up 37.4% volatile
34 Zambia 82,097 2013 up 39.5% volatile
35 Central African Republic 81,103 2016 up 67.4% rising
36 Philippines 64,212 2024 up 8.2% falling
37 Burkina Faso 52,688 2024 down 40.1% volatile
38 Algeria 49,887 2025 down 41.6% falling
39 Sudan 49,810 2019 down 34.5% falling
40 Gabon 46,583 2003 up 33.0% rising
41 Argentina 43,457 2023 down 15.6% falling
42 Cambodia 43,227 2024 up 1.9% volatile
43 Iran 42,988 2023 up 22.5% volatile
44 Mexico 39,135 2025 down 3.7% volatile
45 Peru 37,549 2019 down 68.7% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 37,368 2024 down 58.4% volatile
47 Syria 36,748 2024 down 22.8% rising
48 Egypt 36,605 2024 down 71.5% falling
49 Papua New Guinea 36,393 2023 down 31.2% volatile
50 Namibia 35,986 2024 up 41.8% flat
51 Nicaragua 35,747 2022 up 21.2% rising
52 Congo 32,586 2023 down 58.8% rising
53 Senegal 32,448 2024 up 20.7% rising
54 Tunisia 30,740 2021 up 39.9% falling
55 Libya 28,279 1983 up 143.1% rising
56 Mauritania 26,691 2020 up 181.0% volatile
57 France 20,249 2024 up 83.8% volatile
58 Togo 19,532 2024 down 74.4% rising
59 Vietnam 19,207 2024 down 21.5% volatile
60 Guinea-Bissau 19,171 2010 up 29.5% rising
61 Spain 16,804 2024 down 39.7% volatile
62 Ghana 16,756 2024 down 67.6% volatile
63 Honduras 16,048 2024 up 113.2% volatile
64 Bolivia 15,951 2024 down 29.0% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 14,586 2024 down 45.8% falling
66 Lebanon 13,417 2023 down 11.2% falling
67 Lesotho 11,114 2024 down 17.7% falling
68 Russia 10,386 2019 down 3.0% volatile
69 Netherlands 9,603 1985 down 38.6% falling
70 Eritrea 9,074 2022 down 47.4% falling
71 Chile 8,687 2024 down 59.5% volatile
72 El Salvador 8,684 2024 down 49.4% falling
73 Belgium 8,561 2022 down 18.6% volatile
74 Myanmar 8,523 2010 down 32.2% volatile
75 Gambia 8,030 2025 up 6.2% volatile
76 Equatorial Guinea 7,997 2015 down 15.3% flat
77 Germany 7,343 2024 up 38.5% volatile
78 Liberia 7,128 2022 down 67.2% rising
79 Saudi Arabia 6,870 2024 down 46.7% volatile
80 Costa Rica 6,398 2024 down 16.4% falling
81 Austria 6,265 2024 up 67.8% volatile
82 Eswatini 6,149 2023 down 62.3% rising
83 Laos 6,147 2025 down 70.9% volatile
84 Poland 6,107 2024 up 2.2% rising
85 Comoros 6,097 2024 down 35.3% falling
86 Romania 5,795 2023 up 19.4% volatile
87 Venezuela 5,772 2024 down 83.9% volatile
88 New Zealand 5,421 1992 up 3.5% volatile
89 Zimbabwe 5,339 2024 down 74.4% volatile
90 Jordan 4,935 2024 up 135.3% volatile
91 Thailand 4,870 2025 down 82.1% volatile
92 Paraguay 4,797 2024 down 65.1% falling
93 Portugal 4,784 2023 down 43.1% volatile
94 Bhutan 4,463 2024 up 66.3% rising
95 Panama 4,100 2024 down 1.1% falling
96 Suriname 3,619 2021 down 22.4% falling
97 Greece 3,597 2023 up 75.8% volatile
98 Trinidad and Tobago 3,471 2024 up 4.7% falling
99 Botswana 3,304 2022 down 43.0% rising
100 China (People's Republic of) 2,757 2021 down 97.4% volatile
101 Switzerland 2,752 2024 up 35.8% falling
102 Italy 2,745 2023 up 24.4% volatile
103 Hungary 2,737 2024 up 2.6% falling
104 Slovak Republic 2,531 2024 down 13.6% falling
105 Israel 2,416 2024 down 35.1% falling
106 Ecuador 2,252 2024 down 78.5% volatile
107 Jamaica 1,944 2024 down 46.4% falling
108 Sao Tome and Principe 1,792 2017 down 52.7% falling
109 Czechia 1,555 2023 up 38.0% falling
110 Cuba 1,489 2024 up 2.7% volatile
111 New Caledonia 1,327 1990 down 26.8% rising
112 Ukraine 1,326 2024 up 183.3% volatile
113 Cape Verde 1,264 2022 down 49.3% volatile
114 Denmark 1,159 2024 down 32.1% volatile
115 Uruguay 1,034 2023 down 83.0% falling
116 Djibouti 1,006 2023 down 61.6% rising
117 Belize 954 2024 down 29.0% falling
118 Ireland 920 2022 down 36.3% volatile
119 Vanuatu 810 2024 down 71.5% falling
120 Hong Kong 731 2024 down 8.2% volatile
121 Azerbaijan 697 2024 up 72.1% volatile
122 Luxembourg 690 2024 up 22.6% falling
123 Slovenia 658 2023 up 123.8% rising
124 Sweden 574 2024 β€” volatile
125 Qatar 564 2024 down 27.0% volatile
126 Bulgaria 541 2024 up 494.5% volatile
127 Finland 470 2024 up 26.7% falling
128 Albania 433 2024 down 23.0% volatile
129 Bahamas 378 2019 β€” volatile
130 Georgia 324 2024 up 51.4% rising
131 Latvia 323 2024 up 1.6% falling
132 Estonia 293 2024 up 136.3% volatile
133 Fiji 291 2024 up 246.4% volatile
134 Tajikistan 277 2017 down 72.8% volatile
135 Micronesia (country) 266 2024 up 135.4% rising
136 Armenia 256 2024 up 80.3% volatile
137 Kazakhstan 242 2025 up 149.5% volatile
138 Serbia 239 2022 down 52.2% falling
139 Kiribati 236 2024 up 77.4% volatile
140 Aruba 220 2022 down 35.5% falling
141 Guyana 206 2010 down 81.4% volatile
142 Belarus 192 2024 up 269.2% volatile
143 Singapore 165 2023 down 8.3% volatile
144 Saint Lucia 162 2024 up 23.7% volatile
145 United Arab Emirates 153 2023 down 67.1% falling
146 Samoa 140 2024 down 20.0% rising
147 Lithuania 137 2024 down 35.4% volatile
148 Croatia 127 2023 down 1.6% volatile
149 Marshall Islands 121 2024 unchanged flat
150 Barbados 116 2024 β€” rising
151 Palestine 109 2023 down 66.6% volatile
152 Macao 100 2024 down 55.2% volatile
153 Antigua and Barbuda 70 2022 down 42.1% volatile
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67 2023 up 3.1% rising
155 East Timor 57 2023 down 99.7% falling
156 Cyprus 53 2024 up 76.7% volatile
157 Brunei 51 2024 up 142.9% volatile
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44 2024 down 64.2% volatile
159 Montenegro 43 2023 up 330.0% volatile
160 Dominica 42 2025 down 52.3% volatile
161 Malta 39 2023 up 95.0% volatile
161 British Virgin Islands 39 2024 down 35.0% falling
163 Kyrgyzstan 38 2025 down 57.3% volatile
164 Korea 29 2024 down 19.4% volatile
165 Turks and Caicos Islands 23 2022 up 21.1% volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22 2023 down 4.3% rising
167 Grenada 20 2024 up 17.6% volatile
168 Liechtenstein 19 2021 β€” volatile
169 Andorra 15 2024 down 6.2% volatile
170 Mauritius 9 2024 down 98.0% volatile
170 Tonga 9 2024 down 95.7% volatile
172 Bahrain 7 2024 down 97.8% volatile
172 Palau 7 2023 down 58.8% volatile
174 Monaco 6 2024 down 75.0% volatile
175 Mongolia 5 2024 down 91.5% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 5 2024 down 99.8% volatile
177 Tuvalu 3 2023 up 200.0% volatile
178 Kuwait 2 2021 down 99.7% volatile
179 Nauru 1 2024 unchanged volatile
180 Canada 0 2011 β€” flat
180 Cayman Islands 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
180 United Kingdom 0 2012 β€” flat
180 Gibraltar 0 2024 β€” flat
180 Indonesia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Iceland 0 2023 β€” flat
180 Japan 0 1999 β€” flat
180 Sri Lanka 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Moldova 0 2024 β€” volatile
180 Maldives 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
180 North Macedonia 0 2023 β€” volatile
180 Malaysia 0 2024 β€” flat
180 Norway 0 1993 β€” flat
180 Oman 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
180 San Marino 0 2024 β€” flat
180 Seychelles 0 1994 β€” volatile
180 Uzbekistan 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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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, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
419 places, 15,635 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release