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

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

Countries reporting
185
Highest
2.40 million number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
4,074 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
6,486

What the numbers show

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 2.40 million number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,074 number, and the mean is 57,727 number.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 258.9%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 2.40 million number 1999 — rising
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 679,135 number 2015 up 4.8% rising
3 Madagascar 517,410 number 2019 up 23.6% rising
4 Malawi 515,255 number 2019 up 71.4% volatile
5 Ethiopia 510,692 number 2015 up 74.6% volatile
6 Uganda 383,387 number 2017 down 30.0% rising
7 Bangladesh 332,343 number 2018 down 68.2% falling
8 India 331,726 number 2017 down 85.3% volatile
9 Iraq 309,641 number 2007 up 111.9% volatile
10 Burundi 278,269 number 2019 up 0.6% volatile
11 Cameroon 259,232 number 2019 up 19.0% rising
12 Mali 228,259 number 2017 up 73.2% volatile
13 Mozambique 210,075 number 2019 up 30.3% rising
15 Chad 184,260 number 2018 up 24.3% volatile
16 Pakistan 182,441 number 2019 down 46.1% falling
17 Benin 165,917 number 2019 up 58.8% volatile
18 Cote d'Ivoire 149,373 number 2019 down 25.0% rising
19 Nepal 147,433 number 2019 down 56.8% falling
20 Indonesia 138,722 number 2018 down 55.7% volatile
21 Morocco 127,617 number 2019 down 23.4% falling
22 Rwanda 114,622 number 2019 down 31.1% volatile
23 Haiti 114,497 number 1997 up 196.7% rising
24 Kenya 105,816 number 2016 down 36.5% volatile
25 Burkina Faso 100,225 number 2019 up 7.6% volatile
26 Tanzania 98,535 number 2019 up 3.5% volatile
27 Afghanistan 97,015 number 2018 — volatile
28 Guinea 95,297 number 2016 up 86.8% volatile
29 Yemen 92,869 number 2016 up 60.0% rising
30 Guatemala 83,349 number 2019 down 34.6% rising
31 Zambia 82,097 number 2013 up 39.5% volatile
33 Congo 79,140 number 2012 up 28.0% rising
34 Algeria 74,432 number 2019 down 42.1% falling
35 Argentina 70,963 number 2017 down 36.6% falling
36 Egypt 67,939 number 2019 down 44.2% rising
37 Turkey 62,362 number 2018 down 12.8% volatile
38 Togo 58,957 number 2019 down 53.9% rising
39 Mexico 57,007 number 2018 down 71.3% volatile
40 Sudan 54,489 number 2017 down 28.4% falling
41 Philippines 54,204 number 2018 down 45.9% rising
42 Papua New Guinea 52,527 number 2016 — volatile
43 Syria 47,607 number 2013 down 32.5% rising
44 Cambodia 46,941 number 2019 down 51.7% volatile
45 Gabon 46,583 number 2003 up 33.0% rising
46 Tunisia 45,783 number 2017 up 57.2% falling
47 Iran 42,164 number 2017 down 33.2% volatile
48 Peru 37,549 number 2019 down 68.7% volatile
49 Ghana 36,716 number 2018 down 65.1% volatile
50 Niger 36,648 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
51 Venezuela 33,384 number 2017 down 46.5% falling
52 Namibia 31,019 number 2018 up 7.1% flat
53 Spain 30,469 number 2018 up 5.9% volatile
54 Senegal 29,642 number 2019 down 52.0% rising
55 Nicaragua 29,501 number 2010 up 62.5% rising
56 Libya 28,279 number 1983 up 143.1% rising
57 Colombia 27,697 number 2018 down 63.7% volatile
58 Liberia 22,467 number 2017 up 41.2% rising
59 Vietnam 21,670 number 2019 down 11.6% volatile
60 Guinea-Bissau 19,171 number 2010 up 29.5% rising
61 Thailand 18,689 number 2018 — volatile
62 Dominican Republic 17,352 number 2019 down 39.3% falling
63 Sierra Leone 17,098 number 2019 down 73.3% volatile
64 Saudi Arabia 16,754 number 2019 down 65.9% volatile
65 Chile 15,030 number 2018 down 44.4% volatile
66 Honduras 14,670 number 2019 down 34.8% falling
67 Gambia 14,086 number 2019 up 134.4% volatile
68 Lesotho 13,272 number 2016 down 64.1% rising
69 Bolivia 12,160 number 2018 down 65.8% falling
70 Lebanon 11,617 number 2019 down 29.3% falling
71 Laos 11,610 number 2019 down 81.2% falling
72 Eritrea 10,995 number 2018 down 46.7% falling
73 East Timor 10,432 number 2019 down 40.3% falling
74 Netherlands 9,603 number 1985 down 38.6% falling
75 Russia 9,580 number 2018 — volatile
76 Eswatini 9,480 number 2018 down 44.4% rising
77 El Salvador 9,439 number 2018 down 60.7% falling
78 Comoros 8,819 number 2018 down 31.0% falling
79 Myanmar 8,523 number 2010 down 32.2% volatile
80 Belgium 8,458 number 2018 down 27.9% volatile
81 Portugal 8,406 number 2018 — falling
82 Equatorial Guinea 7,997 number 2015 down 15.3% flat
83 Sri Lanka 7,729 number 2017 up 50.7% volatile
84 Paraguay 7,265 number 2016 down 57.0% falling
85 Botswana 6,823 number 2014 up 20.6% rising
86 Germany 6,485 number 2018 down 65.6% volatile
87 Mauritania 5,522 number 2019 down 19.8% volatile
88 New Zealand 5,421 number 1992 up 3.5% volatile
89 Poland 5,201 number 2018 down 44.6% rising
90 Panama 5,144 number 2017 down 45.6% falling
91 Romania 4,688 number 2018 down 18.1% volatile
92 Uruguay 4,455 number 2018 down 51.8% falling
93 Suriname 4,257 number 2019 down 14.1% falling
94 Jordan 4,080 number 2019 up 69.8% volatile
95 Austria 4,074 number 2018 up 20.3% volatile
96 Ecuador 3,773 number 2018 down 69.0% volatile
97 Italy 3,359 number 2018 up 23.3% volatile
98 Trinidad and Tobago 3,315 number 2010 down 46.1% falling
99 Slovakia 3,237 number 2018 up 10.6% falling
100 China 3,091 number 2019 down 97.4% volatile
101 Vanuatu 2,843 number 2013 up 123.2% rising
102 Switzerland 2,706 number 2018 down 19.5% falling
103 Solomon Islands 2,678 number 2018 down 24.4% volatile
104 Bhutan 2,618 number 2020 down 14.2% rising
105 Hungary 2,456 number 2018 down 9.0% falling
106 Greece 2,297 number 2018 up 29.2% volatile
107 Israel 1,972 number 2018 down 36.6% falling
108 Sao Tome and Principe 1,792 number 2017 down 52.7% falling
109 Cape Verde 1,674 number 2018 down 49.9% falling
110 Denmark 1,533 number 2018 — volatile
111 Cuba 1,478 number 2019 up 49.9% volatile
112 Costa Rica 1,459 number 2019 down 86.6% falling
113 Belize 1,388 number 2019 down 19.8% falling
114 Djibouti 1,366 number 2020 down 49.1% rising
115 Jamaica 1,327 number 2019 down 71.2% falling
115 New Caledonia 1,327 number 1990 down 26.8% rising
117 Czechia 1,292 number 2018 up 10.4% falling
118 Ireland 1,023 number 2018 down 31.2% falling
119 Qatar 725 number 2019 up 258.9% volatile
120 Hong Kong 684 number 2019 down 45.5% volatile
121 Luxembourg 656 number 2018 up 4.3% falling
122 Serbia 600 number 2019 down 18.8% rising
123 Kuwait 535 number 2019 down 12.2% volatile
124 Slovenia 435 number 2018 up 90.0% rising
125 Albania 403 number 2019 down 67.1% volatile
126 Bahamas 368 number 2018 — volatile
127 Azerbaijan 367 number 2019 down 37.2% volatile
128 United Arab Emirates 341 number 2015 down 82.5% falling
129 Finland 322 number 2018 down 33.9% falling
130 Ukraine 302 number 2019 down 56.3% volatile
131 Aruba 298 number 2014 down 16.5% rising
132 Tajikistan 277 number 2017 down 72.8% volatile
133 Georgia 276 number 2019 up 162.9% rising
134 Bahrain 238 number 2019 down 51.5% volatile
135 Latvia 229 number 2018 down 78.5% falling
136 Tonga 211 number 2013 down 51.5% falling
137 Guyana 206 number 2010 down 81.4% volatile
138 Kazakhstan 205 number 2019 down 17.7% volatile
139 Fiji 201 number 2016 down 78.0% volatile
140 Lithuania 195 number 2018 down 41.4% volatile
141 Saint Lucia 186 number 2019 up 14.1% volatile
142 Kiribati 175 number 2016 — volatile
143 Singapore 174 number 2018 down 57.1% volatile
144 Macao 166 number 2019 down 72.2% volatile
145 Estonia 151 number 2018 down 7.9% volatile
146 Bulgaria 139 number 2018 down 92.6% volatile
147 Samoa 127 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
148 Croatia 110 number 2018 down 54.2% falling
149 Grenada 102 number 2018 down 21.5% volatile
150 Armenia 91 number 2019 down 19.5% volatile
151 Belarus 88 number 2018 up 20.5% volatile
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83 number 2018 down 71.0% volatile
153 Palestine 82 number 2019 — volatile
154 Dominica 78 number 2016 down 40.9% falling
155 Mongolia 74 number 2018 down 59.1% volatile
156 Kyrgyzstan 60 number 2019 down 47.8% volatile
157 Antigua and Barbuda 52 number 2018 down 77.4% volatile
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47 number 2019 up 27.0% rising
159 Malta 38 number 2018 down 83.0% volatile
160 Cyprus 34 number 2018 down 69.1% volatile
160 Turks and Caicos Islands 34 number 2018 up 142.9% volatile
162 Brunei 32 number 2019 down 50.8% volatile
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29 number 2016 down 6.5% rising
164 Andorra 27 number 2019 down 34.1% volatile
165 South Korea 26 number 2018 up 23.8% volatile
166 Liechtenstein 23 number 2018 — volatile
167 Montenegro 19 number 2019 up 111.1% volatile
168 Nauru 13 number 2019 — volatile
169 British Virgin Islands 8 number 2018 down 80.0% falling
170 Maldives 7 number 2019 down 99.0% volatile
171 Mauritius 6 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
172 Monaco 5 number 2020 — volatile
173 Uzbekistan 4 number 2019 down 85.2% volatile
174 Canada 0 number 2011 — flat
174 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
174 United Kingdom 0 number 2012 — flat
174 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
174 Japan 0 number 2015 — flat
174 Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
174 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
174 Malaysia 0 number 1991 — flat
174 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
174 Oman 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
174 San Marino 0 number 2019 — flat
174 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
174 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
174 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 6,486 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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