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Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) by country

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
33.7%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.0%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,171

What the numbers show

Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 33.7% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 4.4%.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 549.7%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).

Repeaters, primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 33.7% 2003 up 0.2% flat
2 Madagascar 24.8% 2018 up 32.7% falling
3 Burundi 24.3% 2018 down 28.5% rising
4 Brazil 24.0% 1999 — rising
5 Central African Republic 22.9% 2016 down 18.9% falling
6 Congo 20.9% 2012 down 14.2% falling
7 Mali 19.4% 2017 up 12.0% falling
8 Malawi 19.3% 2014 up 9.7% rising
9 Equatorial Guinea 17.4% 2015 down 31.8% falling
10 Chad 17.2% 2016 down 24.4% falling
11 Haiti 16.6% 1997 up 75.6% falling
12 Benin 14.8% 2018 up 3.2% falling
13 Comoros 14.5% 2018 down 40.7% falling
14 Iraq 14.4% 2007 up 55.6% falling
15 Guinea-Bissau 14.2% 2010 down 41.9% falling
16 Vanuatu 13.6% 2013 up 92.3% rising
17 Suriname 13.6% 2018 down 5.5% falling
18 Namibia 12.8% 2018 down 10.6% falling
19 Rwanda 12.6% 2018 down 29.1% falling
20 Portugal 12.1% 1991 down 18.1% falling
21 Guinea 12.0% 2016 up 32.7% falling
22 New Caledonia 12.0% 1990 down 15.4% rising
23 Cameroon 11.9% 2018 down 25.7% falling
24 Timor-Leste 11.2% 2018 down 5.4% falling
25 Eswatini 11.0% 2017 down 27.9% rising
26 Côte d'Ivoire 10.8% 2017 down 47.7% falling
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.0% 2015 down 39.1% falling
28 Sao Tome and Principe 9.9% 2017 down 59.4% falling
29 Papua New Guinea 8.9% 2016 — volatile
30 Uganda 8.6% 2017 down 40.8% falling
31 Djibouti 8.4% 2018 down 20.0% falling
32 Libya 8.3% 1983 up 36.3% rising
33 Mozambique 8.2% 2018 up 55.2% volatile
34 Tunisia 8.1% 2017 up 42.5% falling
35 Guatemala 7.8% 2018 down 31.5% falling
36 Morocco 7.6% 2018 down 20.8% volatile
37 Lesotho 7.5% 2016 down 57.2% falling
38 Togo 7.4% 2018 down 67.7% falling
39 Nepal 7.3% 2019 down 49.1% falling
40 Liberia 7.2% 2017 up 5.1% falling
41 Eritrea 7.0% 2018 down 52.4% falling
42 South Africa 6.8% 2016 down 9.4% falling
43 Ethiopia 6.7% 2015 up 3.3% falling
44 Nicaragua 6.6% 2010 up 50.5% falling
45 Syria 6.4% 2013 down 7.4% falling
46 Aruba 6.3% 2014 down 13.9% flat
47 Bhutan 6.1% 2018 up 9.5% volatile
48 Burkina Faso 5.6% 2018 down 46.1% falling
49 Cape Verde 5.5% 2018 down 39.3% volatile
50 Zambia 5.4% 2013 down 24.3% volatile
51 Solomon Islands 5.3% 2018 down 30.6% rising
52 Yemen 5.2% 2016 up 20.5% flat
53 Trinidad and Tobago 5.2% 2010 down 29.9% rising
54 Belize 5.1% 2018 down 26.4% falling
55 Cambodia 5.0% 2018 down 50.9% volatile
56 Lebanon 4.9% 2018 down 32.4% falling
57 Gambia 4.8% 2016 down 8.7% falling
58 Liechtenstein 4.5% 2017 — volatile
59 Botswana 4.3% 2014 up 22.8% rising
60 Afghanistan 3.8% 2018 — volatile
61 Bangladesh 3.8% 2018 down 70.8% falling
62 Algeria 3.7% 2018 down 37.3% falling
63 New Zealand 3.5% 1992 up 17.4% volatile
64 Senegal 3.5% 2018 down 53.8% falling
65 Uruguay 3.4% 2016 down 40.5% falling
66 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.4% 2018 down 78.4% falling
67 Luxembourg 3.3% 2017 down 0.9% falling
68 Argentina 3.2% 2017 down 35.2% falling
69 Slovakia 3.1% 2017 up 26.7% rising
70 El Salvador 3.0% 2018 down 40.8% falling
71 Dominican Republic 2.8% 2018 down 31.7% volatile
72 Kenya 2.7% 2016 down 52.2% volatile
73 Austria 2.6% 2017 up 141.8% falling
74 Niger 2.6% 2016 down 48.7% falling
75 Tonga 2.6% 2013 down 52.8% falling
76 Panama 2.5% 2017 down 42.1% falling
77 Bahamas 2.5% 2018 — volatile
78 Peru 2.5% 2018 down 63.4% volatile
79 Jamaica 2.4% 2018 down 10.4% falling
80 Türkiye 2.3% 2017 down 0.1% volatile
81 Sudan 2.3% 2017 down 42.6% falling
82 Saint Lucia 2.2% 2018 up 35.2% volatile
83 Dominica 2.2% 2016 down 27.7% falling
84 Chile 2.2% 2017 down 40.5% volatile
85 Paraguay 2.1% 2016 down 44.2% falling
86 Belgium 2.1% 2017 down 30.6% volatile
87 Spain 2.1% 2017 up 2.5% falling
88 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.1% 2017 down 42.6% falling
89 Kiribati 2.1% 2016 — volatile
90 British Virgin Islands 2.0% 2017 down 24.0% falling
91 Costa Rica 1.9% 2018 down 67.1% falling
92 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.9% 2018 up 90.1% volatile
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.8% 2018 down 64.3% falling
94 Pakistan 1.8% 2018 down 54.0% falling
95 Mauritania 1.8% 2018 down 47.0% volatile
96 Netherlands 1.8% 1985 down 19.4% falling
97 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.7% 2018 down 59.2% volatile
98 Ghana 1.7% 2018 down 71.7% rising
99 Colombia 1.6% 2018 down 45.1% volatile
100 Grenada 1.6% 2018 down 18.4% volatile
101 Honduras 1.6% 2017 down 77.6% volatile
102 Egypt 1.5% 2018 down 38.5% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 1.5% 2018 down 85.3% falling
104 Macao 1.3% 2018 down 70.9% falling
105 Hungary 1.3% 2017 down 18.2% falling
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.3% 2018 down 67.2% volatile
107 Qatar 1.2% 2017 up 51.6% volatile
108 Saudi Arabia 1.1% 2018 down 63.9% volatile
109 Iran 1.1% 2017 down 49.6% volatile
110 Jordan 1.1% 2018 up 79.9% volatile
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.1% 2016 up 6.2% rising
112 Romania 1.1% 2017 up 5.9% falling
113 Switzerland 1.1% 2017 down 20.4% falling
114 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0% 2018 down 74.7% volatile
115 Indonesia 1.0% 2018 down 54.9% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2017 up 48.9% volatile
117 Philippines 0.9% 2017 down 46.3% falling
118 Poland 0.9% 2017 up 169.2% rising
119 Samoa 0.8% 2018 down 8.9% rising
120 Thailand 0.8% 2018 — volatile
121 Denmark 0.7% 2017 — volatile
122 Andorra 0.7% 2018 down 66.6% volatile
123 Greece 0.7% 2017 up 24.7% volatile
124 Albania 0.7% 2018 down 26.1% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.6% 2017 up 101.3% falling
126 Mexico 0.6% 2017 down 78.5% volatile
127 India 0.6% 2018 down 83.5% volatile
128 Serbia 0.5% 2018 up 7.4% rising
129 Viet Nam 0.5% 2018 down 74.5% volatile
130 Latvia 0.5% 2017 down 73.9% falling
131 Israel 0.5% 2017 down 35.3% falling
132 Kuwait 0.5% 2018 down 36.1% volatile
133 Czechia 0.4% 2017 down 13.9% falling
134 Guyana 0.4% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
135 Monaco 0.4% 2019 — volatile
136 Germany 0.4% 2017 down 62.6% falling
137 Ireland 0.4% 2017 down 38.0% volatile
138 Ecuador 0.4% 2018 down 67.5% volatile
139 Malta 0.4% 2017 down 78.1% volatile
140 Fiji 0.4% 2016 down 78.1% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.4% 2017 down 28.9% falling
142 Hong Kong 0.4% 2018 down 50.3% volatile
143 Bahrain 0.4% 2018 down 84.5% volatile
144 Estonia 0.3% 2017 — volatile
145 Myanmar 0.3% 2010 down 36.0% volatile
146 Georgia 0.3% 2018 up 55.4% rising
147 Armenia 0.3% 2018 up 169.8% volatile
148 Montenegro 0.3% 2018 up 549.7% volatile
149 Russian Federation 0.3% 2017 — volatile
150 Italy 0.3% 2017 up 53.9% volatile
151 Cuba 0.3% 2018 down 28.9% volatile
152 Naoero 0.2% 2016 — volatile
153 Finland 0.2% 2017 down 43.2% flat
154 Tuvalu 0.2% 2018 — volatile
155 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2015 down 90.0% volatile
156 Singapore 0.1% 2017 down 52.5% volatile
157 Cyprus 0.1% 2017 down 28.1% volatile
158 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 53.1% falling
159 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 57.2% falling
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 up 75.5% rising
161 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 75.9% volatile
162 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 95.9% volatile
163 Maldives 0.1% 2017 down 98.1% volatile
164 Ukraine 0.1% 2018 down 52.0% volatile
165 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2018 down 88.8% volatile
166 Mongolia 0.0% 2018 down 68.1% volatile
167 Belarus 0.0% 2018 up 2.1% volatile
168 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2018 down 91.1% volatile
169 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 46.6% volatile
170 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 81.1% volatile
171 Mauritius 0.0% 2018 down 99.8% volatile
172 China 0.0% 2018 down 97.8% volatile
173 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 147.8% volatile
174 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 70.2% volatile
175 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2018 — volatile
175 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
175 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
175 Oman 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
175 Seychelles 0.0% 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, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Unit
% of female enrollment
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
228 places, 6,171 data points, 1970–2019
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Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.