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Repeaters, primary, male (% of male 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
180
Highest
35.1%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,171

What the numbers show

Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 35.1% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.7%, and the mean is 5.4%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 256.9%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).

Repeaters, primary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 35.1% 2003 up 5.8% flat
2 Madagascar 27.3% 2018 up 32.7% falling
3 Burundi 27.1% 2018 down 19.0% rising
4 Congo 24.8% 2012 down 1.3% falling
5 Brazil 24.0% 1999 — rising
6 Central African Republic 22.5% 2016 down 20.2% falling
7 Mali 19.9% 2017 up 19.5% falling
8 Malawi 19.8% 2014 up 7.4% rising
9 Equatorial Guinea 19.6% 2015 down 23.4% flat
10 Suriname 19.1% 2018 down 3.9% falling
11 Iraq 18.8% 2007 up 76.1% falling
12 Namibia 18.4% 2018 down 15.5% falling
13 Comoros 17.4% 2018 down 28.9% falling
14 Vanuatu 17.3% 2013 up 90.7% rising
15 Haiti 17.1% 1997 up 81.8% falling
16 Chad 16.5% 2016 down 21.9% falling
17 Portugal 16.3% 1991 down 11.1% falling
18 Eswatini 15.6% 2017 down 23.9% rising
19 Timor-Leste 15.5% 2018 up 13.1% falling
20 Benin 15.4% 2018 up 7.8% falling
21 New Caledonia 14.9% 1990 down 12.9% rising
22 Rwanda 14.5% 2018 down 17.4% falling
23 Sao Tome and Principe 14.4% 2017 down 47.3% falling
24 Tunisia 14.1% 2017 up 57.4% falling
25 Guinea-Bissau 13.9% 2010 down 41.0% falling
26 Cameroon 12.5% 2018 down 28.2% falling
27 Morocco 12.4% 2018 down 10.6% falling
28 Guinea 11.3% 2016 up 37.2% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 11.3% 2017 down 49.6% falling
30 Libya 10.8% 1983 up 19.9% rising
31 Lesotho 10.7% 2016 down 55.7% rising
32 South Africa 10.7% 2016 up 27.1% falling
33 Guatemala 10.2% 2018 down 24.5% falling
34 Cape Verde 9.8% 2018 down 29.6% falling
35 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.8% 2015 down 37.2% falling
36 Nicaragua 9.2% 2010 up 57.7% falling
37 Mozambique 9.1% 2018 up 58.7% falling
38 Eritrea 9.1% 2018 down 43.4% falling
39 Uganda 9.0% 2017 down 40.2% falling
40 Djibouti 8.9% 2018 down 16.4% falling
41 Papua New Guinea 8.9% 2016 — volatile
42 Bhutan 8.5% 2018 up 17.6% falling
43 Aruba 8.3% 2014 down 13.6% falling
44 Syria 8.2% 2013 down 8.9% falling
45 Belize 8.1% 2018 down 14.0% falling
46 Nepal 7.9% 2019 down 46.4% falling
47 Cambodia 7.7% 2018 down 37.3% volatile
48 Togo 7.7% 2018 down 66.1% falling
49 Lebanon 7.6% 2018 down 25.9% falling
50 Trinidad and Tobago 7.4% 2010 down 12.1% rising
51 Algeria 7.2% 2018 down 24.7% falling
52 Ethiopia 7.0% 2015 down 11.2% falling
53 Liberia 6.6% 2017 up 3.2% falling
54 Yemen 6.4% 2016 up 21.0% falling
55 Dominican Republic 6.3% 2018 down 8.5% falling
56 Solomon Islands 6.3% 2018 down 27.7% rising
57 Botswana 6.3% 2014 up 10.3% rising
58 Burkina Faso 5.8% 2018 down 45.4% falling
59 Zambia 5.7% 2013 down 28.9% volatile
60 Gambia 5.6% 2016 up 2.2% falling
61 Uruguay 5.0% 2016 down 39.0% falling
62 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.9% 2018 down 72.7% falling
63 El Salvador 4.5% 2018 down 36.3% falling
64 Bangladesh 4.5% 2018 down 66.2% falling
65 Afghanistan 4.3% 2018 — volatile
66 New Zealand 4.0% 1992 up 12.6% volatile
67 British Virgin Islands 4.0% 2017 down 34.9% falling
68 Bahamas 3.9% 2018 — volatile
69 Luxembourg 3.9% 2017 down 15.5% falling
70 Chile 3.8% 2017 down 37.5% falling
71 Panama 3.8% 2017 down 42.0% falling
72 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.7% 2017 down 38.9% falling
73 Senegal 3.7% 2018 down 52.7% falling
74 Saint Lucia 3.6% 2018 up 14.9% volatile
75 Paraguay 3.5% 2016 down 39.0% falling
76 Tonga 3.5% 2013 down 49.5% falling
77 Dominica 3.5% 2016 down 23.9% rising
78 Argentina 3.5% 2017 down 52.6% falling
79 Slovakia 3.5% 2017 up 17.3% rising
80 Jamaica 3.3% 2018 down 4.5% falling
81 Austria 3.2% 2017 up 128.9% volatile
82 Kenya 3.2% 2016 down 47.2% volatile
83 Grenada 3.1% 2018 down 15.1% volatile
84 Peru 3.0% 2018 down 59.1% volatile
85 Liechtenstein 2.9% 2017 — volatile
86 Spain 2.9% 2017 down 0.9% falling
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8% 2018 down 45.3% falling
88 Sudan 2.8% 2017 down 37.7% falling
89 Egypt 2.7% 2018 down 35.4% falling
90 Costa Rica 2.7% 2018 down 67.2% falling
91 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.7% 2018 down 58.1% falling
92 Netherlands 2.6% 1985 down 15.1% falling
93 Honduras 2.5% 2017 down 64.1% volatile
94 Niger 2.5% 2016 down 48.0% falling
95 Türkiye 2.4% 2017 up 14.1% volatile
96 Belgium 2.3% 2017 down 29.7% volatile
97 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.3% 2018 down 13.1% volatile
98 Macao 2.1% 2018 down 73.0% falling
99 Kiribati 2.1% 2016 — volatile
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.1% 2016 down 21.5% rising
101 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.0% 2018 down 52.1% rising
102 Qatar 2.0% 2017 up 107.1% volatile
103 Colombia 2.0% 2018 down 50.7% volatile
104 Thailand 1.9% 2018 — volatile
105 Ghana 1.9% 2018 down 72.7% rising
106 Philippines 1.9% 2017 down 35.5% flat
107 Pakistan 1.9% 2018 down 60.3% falling
108 Antigua and Barbuda 1.7% 2018 down 75.9% volatile
109 Indonesia 1.6% 2018 down 54.0% falling
110 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.6% 2017 down 42.2% volatile
111 Mauritania 1.6% 2018 down 53.1% falling
112 Romania 1.5% 2017 down 0.2% falling
113 Sierra Leone 1.5% 2018 down 84.9% falling
114 Monaco 1.4% 2019 — volatile
115 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2018 down 62.0% volatile
116 Switzerland 1.3% 2017 down 16.4% falling
117 Hungary 1.3% 2017 down 42.7% falling
118 Poland 1.3% 2017 up 16.7% flat
119 Jordan 1.2% 2018 up 114.7% volatile
120 Samoa 1.1% 2018 down 23.6% rising
121 Viet Nam 1.1% 2018 down 60.3% volatile
122 Denmark 1.1% 2017 — volatile
123 Israel 1.1% 2017 down 30.1% falling
124 Mexico 1.1% 2017 down 77.3% volatile
125 Slovenia 1.0% 2017 up 98.2% falling
126 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2017 up 6.3% volatile
127 Albania 1.0% 2018 down 31.0% volatile
128 Latvia 0.9% 2017 down 79.5% falling
129 Andorra 0.8% 2018 down 77.9% volatile
130 Greece 0.7% 2017 down 6.5% volatile
131 Tuvalu 0.7% 2018 — volatile
132 Estonia 0.7% 2017 — volatile
133 Guyana 0.6% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
134 Cuba 0.6% 2018 down 10.3% volatile
135 India 0.6% 2018 down 82.9% volatile
136 Lithuania 0.6% 2017 down 21.6% volatile
137 Serbia 0.6% 2018 down 21.4% flat
138 Kuwait 0.6% 2018 down 48.3% volatile
139 Czechia 0.6% 2017 down 21.5% falling
140 Ecuador 0.5% 2018 down 65.7% volatile
141 Ireland 0.5% 2017 down 35.2% volatile
142 Germany 0.5% 2017 down 61.2% volatile
143 Georgia 0.4% 2018 up 19.3% falling
144 Hong Kong 0.4% 2018 down 59.9% volatile
145 Italy 0.4% 2017 up 28.6% volatile
146 Fiji 0.4% 2016 down 86.6% volatile
147 Montenegro 0.3% 2018 up 256.9% volatile
148 Finland 0.3% 2017 down 44.0% falling
149 Bahrain 0.3% 2018 down 90.1% volatile
150 Russian Federation 0.3% 2017 — volatile
151 Myanmar 0.3% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
152 Malta 0.3% 2017 down 87.2% volatile
153 Armenia 0.2% 2018 up 162.3% volatile
154 Naoero 0.2% 2016 — volatile
155 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2015 down 91.4% volatile
156 Singapore 0.2% 2017 down 55.9% volatile
157 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 59.6% falling
158 Cyprus 0.1% 2017 down 48.3% volatile
159 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 63.6% falling
160 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2018 down 90.5% volatile
161 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2018 down 78.8% volatile
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 down 5.3% rising
163 Ukraine 0.1% 2018 down 24.0% volatile
164 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 96.7% volatile
165 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 73.2% volatile
166 Mongolia 0.1% 2018 down 65.4% volatile
167 Maldives 0.1% 2017 down 98.9% volatile
168 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 49.9% volatile
169 Belarus 0.0% 2018 up 0.4% volatile
170 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 80.3% volatile
171 Mauritius 0.0% 2018 down 99.7% falling
172 China 0.0% 2018 down 97.1% volatile
173 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 40.6% volatile
174 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 83.8% 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 San Marino 0.0% 2018 — 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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About this data

Indicator
Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
Unit
% of male 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.