Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) (primary) in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) (primary) was 1.03 million in 2023. ▲ Rising
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 1.03 million for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female in 2023.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repeaters in primary education, all grades, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 1.13 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 217,880, in 1975.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 99th out of 220 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) (primary) in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 217,880 | — |
| 1976 | 225,842 | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 240,190 | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 459,833 | +91.4% |
| 1989 | 501,415 | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 512,461 | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 630,289 | +23.0% |
| 1995 | 659,581 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 641,251 | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 709,813 | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 762,931 | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 812,379 | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 825,590 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 851,854 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 934,099 | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 896,730 | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 911,375 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 911,361 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 961,089 | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 982,969 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.05 million | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.00 million | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 1.13 million | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 1.13 million | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.06 million | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 950,957 | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 1.01 million | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 985,029 | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 971,536 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 987,536 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 886,157 | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million | -4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) (primary) in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +91.4% | 240,190 | 459,833 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 227,971 | 217,880 | 240,190 | 3 |
| 1980s | 480,624 | 459,833 | 501,415 | 2 |
| 1990s | 675,529 | 512,461 | 812,379 | 7 |
| 2000s | 932,966 | 825,590 | 1.03 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million | 950,957 | 1.13 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 996,893 | 886,157 | 1.08 million | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.82 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is repeaters in primary education, all grades, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 1.03 million in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest repeaters in primary education, all grades, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest repeaters in primary education, all grades, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 217,880 in 1975.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 99th out of 220 groups with data for 2023.
- Is repeaters in primary education, all grades, female rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release