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Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
175
Highest
51.7%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.6%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,799

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 51.7% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 4.7%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,863.9%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 51.7% 1984 up 210.2% rising
1 Montserrat 0.0% 2015 — volatile
2 Mali 34.4% 2016 up 3.0% falling
3 Burundi 32.9% 2019 down 2.7% rising
4 Iraq 28.0% 1999 up 1.0% flat
5 Namibia 27.4% 2023 down 4.4% rising
6 Malawi 23.8% 2023 up 47.0% rising
7 Chad 22.0% 2021 down 9.5% flat
8 Niger 20.6% 2023 up 1.3% rising
9 Congo 19.5% 2011 down 51.3% flat
10 Bhutan 18.5% 2023 up 317.2% volatile
11 Benin 17.5% 2021 down 24.9% rising
12 Libya 17.2% 1980 up 48.2% rising
13 Rwanda 16.9% 2023 up 102.2% falling
14 New Caledonia 14.7% 1989 down 16.1% falling
15 Burkina Faso 14.6% 2023 down 32.4% rising
16 Eritrea 14.2% 2017 down 0.0% falling
17 Central African Republic 14.0% 2011 — rising
18 Guinea 13.5% 2013 down 12.1% falling
19 Sao Tome and Principe 12.0% 2016 down 72.5% falling
20 Tunisia 11.9% 2020 down 16.4% rising
21 Suriname 11.9% 2020 down 33.8% rising
22 Cape Verde 11.3% 2021 down 51.4% falling
23 Morocco 11.0% 2023 up 203.4% falling
24 Algeria 11.0% 2024 down 28.9% volatile
25 Eswatini 10.3% 2022 down 15.2% rising
26 Mozambique 10.1% 2018 down 13.3% falling
27 Lesotho 9.8% 2023 down 9.1% rising
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.5% 2023 up 51.7% volatile
29 Lebanon 9.4% 2022 down 32.6% falling
30 Togo 9.3% 2023 down 54.2% falling
31 Ethiopia 9.0% 2022 down 34.5% falling
32 Guyana 8.9% 2009 up 4.9% rising
33 Nicaragua 8.6% 2007 up 38.0% falling
34 Côte d'Ivoire 8.4% 2023 down 2.3% falling
35 Haiti 8.2% 1990 up 39.9% rising
36 Colombia 8.0% 2021 up 134.4% volatile
37 Senegal 7.9% 2023 down 57.7% flat
38 Costa Rica 7.7% 2023 down 33.5% falling
39 Dominica 6.9% 2022 up 36.7% rising
40 South Africa 6.9% 2022 down 30.1% falling
41 Greece 6.5% 2022 up 101.0% falling
42 Spain 6.2% 2023 down 38.0% falling
43 Zambia 6.1% 2012 down 15.6% volatile
44 Nepal 5.9% 2024 up 37.0% volatile
45 Honduras 5.6% 2023 up 41.1% rising
46 Madagascar 5.4% 2023 down 54.1% falling
47 Uruguay 5.2% 2022 down 72.2% falling
48 British Virgin Islands 5.1% 2020 up 0.6% volatile
49 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.9% 2023 up 46.1% falling
50 El Salvador 4.8% 2023 down 7.5% volatile
51 Egypt 4.7% 2023 down 61.7% rising
52 Sierra Leone 4.7% 2023 down 51.4% volatile
53 Guatemala 4.3% 2023 down 2.3% falling
54 Cameroon 4.2% 2022 down 52.1% falling
55 Mauritania 4.2% 2018 down 59.0% falling
56 Kenya 4.1% 2015 — falling
57 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2023 up 22.7% rising
58 Afghanistan 3.8% 2018 — volatile
59 Syrian Arab Republic 3.8% 2023 up 237.5% volatile
60 Türkiye 3.7% 2022 up 148.2% volatile
61 Macau, China 3.7% 2023 down 53.3% falling
62 Vanuatu 3.5% 2023 up 64.3% volatile
63 Argentina 3.5% 2022 down 42.8% falling
64 Aruba 3.5% 2019 up 15.8% falling
65 Romania 3.4% 2022 up 32.4% rising
66 Hong Kong, China 3.3% 2023 up 26.6% falling
67 Portugal 3.2% 2022 — volatile
68 Gambia 2.8% 2024 up 9.1% rising
69 Bangladesh 2.7% 2019 down 24.2% falling
70 Austria 2.6% 2023 up 135.0% volatile
71 Panama 2.6% 2023 down 62.6% falling
72 Pakistan 2.6% 2022 down 16.4% falling
73 Liberia 2.5% 2021 down 54.7% falling
74 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5% 2018 down 80.5% volatile
75 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.5% 2023 up 44.8% volatile
76 Belize 2.5% 2023 down 43.1% falling
77 Sudan 2.5% 2018 down 37.4% falling
78 Peru 2.4% 2018 down 52.8% volatile
79 Saint Lucia 2.2% 2022 up 646.4% volatile
80 Bulgaria 2.1% 2023 down 8.1% falling
81 Ghana 2.0% 2018 down 48.9% rising
82 Timor-Leste 2.0% 2019 down 54.2% falling
83 Tuvalu 1.9% 2022 — volatile
84 Luxembourg 1.7% 2023 down 58.6% volatile
85 Chile 1.6% 2023 down 64.8% volatile
86 Djibouti 1.6% 2022 down 69.8% falling
87 United States of America 1.6% 2021 down 6.2% falling
88 Barbados 1.6% 2023 down 68.5% volatile
89 Slovakia 1.5% 2023 down 35.4% flat
90 India 1.5% 2024 up 207.9% volatile
91 Cambodia 1.5% 2023 up 117.8% flat
92 Estonia 1.4% 2023 up 56.3% falling
93 Italy 1.3% 2022 down 51.4% volatile
94 Jordan 1.3% 2023 down 4.6% volatile
95 Netherlands 1.3% 2009 down 23.2% falling
96 Qatar 1.3% 2023 down 85.2% volatile
97 Ecuador 1.3% 2023 down 41.5% volatile
98 Hungary 1.2% 2023 down 30.4% falling
99 Slovenia 1.2% 2022 up 89.1% rising
100 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.2% 2023 down 77.7% falling
101 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.1% 2022 down 32.9% volatile
102 Germany 1.1% 2023 up 0.5% falling
103 Kiribati 1.1% 2023 down 76.1% volatile
104 Paraguay 1.1% 2023 up 0.2% rising
105 Belgium 1.0% 2022 down 88.6% volatile
106 Philippines 0.9% 2023 up 1.5% falling
107 Grenada 0.9% 2020 down 83.3% volatile
108 Cyprus 0.8% 2023 up 66.9% volatile
109 Poland 0.8% 2023 down 61.0% falling
110 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.8% 2024 up 15.6% volatile
111 Albania 0.8% 2023 down 14.7% volatile
112 Latvia 0.8% 2023 down 15.5% volatile
113 Bahamas 0.8% 2009 — volatile
114 Mongolia 0.7% 2022 — volatile
115 Czechia 0.7% 2022 down 33.0% falling
116 France 0.7% 2023 down 61.4% volatile
117 Serbia 0.6% 2021 down 63.9% falling
118 Montenegro 0.6% 2022 up 96.2% volatile
119 Solomon Islands 0.6% 2019 down 41.1% volatile
120 Myanmar 0.5% 2016 up 6.9% volatile
121 Samoa 0.5% 2023 up 82.3% volatile
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% 2021 down 72.3% volatile
123 Switzerland 0.5% 2023 down 35.4% falling
124 Oman 0.5% 2023 down 87.4% volatile
125 Israel 0.5% 2023 down 36.1% falling
126 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.4% 2020 — volatile
127 Mauritius 0.4% 2023 down 78.1% volatile
128 Mexico 0.4% 2023 down 12.2% falling
129 Thailand 0.4% 2024 down 77.7% volatile
130 Fiji 0.4% 2023 up 677.2% volatile
131 Cuba 0.4% 2023 down 65.3% volatile
132 Uganda 0.3% 2016 down 83.3% falling
133 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2024 up 19.8% volatile
134 Armenia 0.3% 2023 up 1.6% volatile
135 Finland 0.3% 2023 down 11.8% rising
136 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2023 down 82.1% volatile
137 Denmark 0.3% 2023 down 35.5% volatile
138 Singapore 0.3% 2022 up 6.4% volatile
139 Viet Nam 0.2% 2023 down 68.8% volatile
140 Ireland 0.2% 2021 down 24.2% falling
141 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2023 down 1.6% volatile
142 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2023 down 65.4% volatile
143 Georgia 0.2% 2023 down 50.7% volatile
144 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
145 Tajikistan 0.2% 2016 down 71.1% volatile
146 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2023 down 86.5% volatile
147 Russian Federation 0.1% 2018 down 40.5% falling
148 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2021 down 90.8% volatile
149 Bahrain 0.1% 2023 down 85.5% volatile
150 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 1,863.9% volatile
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 down 30.7% falling
152 Botswana 0.1% 2013 down 18.0% volatile
153 Indonesia 0.1% 2024 down 13.8% volatile
154 Tonga 0.1% 2022 — volatile
155 Lithuania 0.1% 2023 down 54.2% volatile
156 Jamaica 0.1% 2023 down 88.8% volatile
157 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 89.1% volatile
158 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
159 Belarus 0.0% 2023 — volatile
160 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 87.1% volatile
161 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 72.8% volatile
162 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 up 23.2% volatile
163 China 0.0% 2020 down 97.0% volatile
164 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.9% volatile
165 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 74.2% volatile
166 Andorra 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2020 — volatile
166 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
166 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
166 Malta 0.0% 2022 — volatile
166 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
166 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
184 places, 3,799 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release