Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male was 1.09 million in 2020. ▲ Rising
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), 1971–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2020, repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) stood at 1.09 million. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) peaked at 1.09 million in 2020 and was at its lowest, 359,474, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 115th out of 220 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 359,474 | — |
| 1972 | 378,103 | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 393,349 | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 405,546 | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 409,972 | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 452,748 | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 448,931 | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 414,820 | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 439,993 | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 438,112 | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 499,633 | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 579,323 | +15.9% |
| 1983 | 632,639 | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 661,193 | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 659,659 | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 652,584 | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 691,684 | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 698,771 | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 699,907 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 750,184 | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 754,833 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 689,463 | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 672,651 | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 683,148 | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 673,230 | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 648,134 | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 648,215 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 637,243 | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 612,864 | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 682,899 | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 666,602 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 651,162 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 570,569 | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 525,029 | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 655,902 | +24.9% |
| 2006 | 778,554 | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 856,226 | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 900,302 | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 939,579 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 954,484 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 980,038 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 982,124 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.07 million | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.04 million | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 411,437 | 359,474 | 452,748 | 9 |
| 1980s | 621,350 | 438,112 | 699,907 | 10 |
| 1990s | 676,996 | 612,864 | 754,833 | 10 |
| 2000s | 722,682 | 525,029 | 939,579 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million | 954,484 | 1.07 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million | 1.09 million | 1.09 million | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 10.59 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.4% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 4.94 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.8% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 5.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.69 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 974,013 (2019)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 6.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 12.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.52 million (2024)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) was 1.09 million in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest repeaters in primary education, all grades, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million in 2020.
- What is the lowest repeaters in primary education, all grades, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The lowest recorded value was 359,474 in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) rank for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) ranks 115th out of 220 groups with data for 2020.
- Is repeaters in primary education, all grades, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release