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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
177
Highest
38.8%
Iraq
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
2.3%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,798

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (%) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 38.8% in Iraq; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 6.0%.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,942.1%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 38.8% 1999 up 16.8% rising
1 Cook Islands 0.0% 2023 — volatile
2 Burundi 32.7% 2019 down 0.8% volatile
3 Guinea-Bissau 32.5% 1984 up 146.1% rising
4 Namibia 31.7% 2023 down 0.2% rising
5 Mali 28.0% 2016 up 53.6% falling
6 Cape Verde 27.3% 2021 down 9.8% rising
7 Algeria 26.7% 2024 down 16.4% volatile
8 Morocco 25.4% 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Malawi 23.3% 2023 up 45.8% rising
10 Tunisia 22.8% 2020 up 1.2% rising
11 Libya 22.7% 1980 up 20.5% rising
12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.4% 2023 up 23.7% volatile
13 Bhutan 21.8% 2023 up 324.7% volatile
14 Eritrea 20.4% 2017 up 20.8% rising
15 Chad 20.2% 2021 down 1.9% flat
16 Niger 19.9% 2023 up 2.0% rising
17 Congo 19.5% 2011 down 31.2% rising
18 Rwanda 19.2% 2023 up 117.1% rising
19 Benin 18.1% 2021 down 19.4% rising
20 Sao Tome and Principe 17.7% 2016 down 52.5% falling
21 Guyana 17.4% 2009 up 54.9% rising
22 South Africa 17.2% 2022 up 12.0% rising
23 Central African Republic 16.5% 2011 — rising
24 Burkina Faso 16.2% 2023 down 22.8% rising
25 Suriname 15.9% 2020 down 33.5% rising
26 Guinea 15.7% 2013 up 34.5% falling
27 New Caledonia 13.7% 1989 down 29.7% falling
28 Lesotho 13.0% 2023 up 9.8% rising
29 Eswatini 12.7% 2022 down 10.5% rising
30 British Virgin Islands 12.6% 2020 down 8.7% rising
31 Nicaragua 12.4% 2007 up 46.2% rising
32 Mozambique 11.7% 2018 up 1.0% falling
33 Togo 10.4% 2023 down 50.7% falling
34 Senegal 10.4% 2023 down 44.5% rising
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.2% 2023 up 36.7% rising
36 Lebanon 10.2% 2022 down 31.1% falling
37 Colombia 10.0% 2021 up 89.0% volatile
38 Dominica 9.9% 2022 down 11.6% falling
39 Costa Rica 9.8% 2023 down 33.0% falling
40 Madagascar 9.6% 2023 down 24.8% falling
41 Dominican Republic 9.6% 2023 up 22.1% rising
42 Ethiopia 9.5% 2022 up 21.1% flat
43 Greece 9.3% 2022 up 56.5% falling
44 Spain 9.1% 2023 down 36.5% falling
45 Honduras 9.0% 2023 up 30.2% rising
46 Côte d'Ivoire 8.7% 2023 up 12.4% flat
47 Guatemala 7.8% 2023 up 14.6% rising
48 Haiti 7.7% 1990 up 14.7% flat
49 El Salvador 7.6% 2023 down 18.4% volatile
50 Uruguay 7.2% 2022 down 73.3% falling
51 Antigua and Barbuda 7.1% 2018 down 60.2% rising
52 Egypt 7.0% 2023 down 56.9% rising
53 Macau, China 6.9% 2023 down 49.2% falling
54 Nepal 6.7% 2024 up 31.2% falling
55 Syrian Arab Republic 6.1% 2023 up 253.4% falling
56 Zambia 5.5% 2012 up 8.2% volatile
57 Cameroon 5.5% 2022 down 41.7% falling
58 Barbados 5.4% 2023 down 42.8% volatile
59 Timor-Leste 5.3% 2019 down 19.2% rising
60 Mauritania 5.0% 2018 down 48.5% falling
61 Portugal 4.9% 2022 — volatile
62 Afghanistan 4.8% 2018 — volatile
63 Romania 4.7% 2022 up 3.2% flat
64 Sierra Leone 4.7% 2023 down 51.1% volatile
65 Vanuatu 4.7% 2023 up 42.0% volatile
66 Kenya 4.6% 2015 — falling
67 Djibouti 4.4% 2022 down 36.1% falling
68 Aruba 4.2% 2019 down 40.3% falling
69 Panama 4.2% 2023 down 62.2% falling
70 Hong Kong, China 4.1% 2023 down 14.3% falling
71 Peru 4.0% 2018 down 48.9% falling
72 Belize 3.8% 2023 down 46.4% falling
73 Argentina 3.8% 2022 down 60.6% falling
74 Austria 3.8% 2023 up 87.4% volatile
75 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.7% 2022 down 32.2% volatile
76 Qatar 3.7% 2023 down 44.4% volatile
77 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.6% 2023 up 60.5% volatile
78 Grenada 3.6% 2020 down 72.4% falling
79 Türkiye 3.5% 2022 up 363.6% volatile
80 Cambodia 3.4% 2023 up 153.2% rising
81 Bangladesh 3.2% 2019 down 8.7% volatile
82 Bulgaria 3.0% 2023 down 26.3% falling
83 Liberia 3.0% 2021 down 33.3% falling
84 Gambia 2.7% 2024 up 20.5% rising
85 Sudan 2.6% 2018 down 29.0% falling
86 Jordan 2.5% 2023 up 59.0% volatile
87 Bahamas 2.4% 2009 — volatile
88 Pakistan 2.3% 2022 down 25.0% falling
89 Netherlands 2.3% 2009 down 10.9% falling
90 Italy 2.3% 2022 down 61.0% volatile
91 Ecuador 2.2% 2023 down 44.1% volatile
92 Philippines 2.1% 2023 down 34.6% falling
93 Kiribati 2.1% 2023 down 50.6% volatile
94 Chile 2.1% 2023 down 65.3% volatile
95 Ghana 2.1% 2018 down 48.5% rising
96 Slovenia 2.1% 2022 up 55.0% falling
97 Paraguay 2.1% 2023 down 7.8% rising
98 Hungary 2.0% 2023 down 36.1% falling
99 Luxembourg 1.9% 2023 down 60.6% volatile
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.9% 2024 down 9.0% volatile
101 Slovakia 1.7% 2023 down 42.3% falling
102 India 1.7% 2024 up 219.9% volatile
103 Belgium 1.7% 2022 down 86.4% volatile
104 Oman 1.7% 2023 down 71.4% volatile
105 Tuvalu 1.6% 2022 — volatile
106 Latvia 1.6% 2023 up 4.2% volatile
107 Germany 1.5% 2023 down 7.0% falling
108 Cyprus 1.5% 2023 up 43.4% volatile
109 Estonia 1.5% 2023 down 10.8% volatile
110 Albania 1.3% 2023 down 15.7% volatile
111 United States of America 1.3% 2021 down 14.6% falling
112 San Marino 1.2% 2023 — volatile
113 Poland 1.2% 2023 down 76.0% volatile
114 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.2% 2023 down 86.6% falling
115 Israel 1.0% 2023 down 49.0% falling
116 Cuba 1.0% 2023 down 68.4% volatile
117 Solomon Islands 1.0% 2019 down 14.6% volatile
118 Myanmar 1.0% 2016 up 105.6% volatile
119 France 0.9% 2023 down 66.9% volatile
120 Switzerland 0.9% 2023 down 42.6% falling
121 Montenegro 0.9% 2022 up 24.2% falling
122 Czechia 0.9% 2022 down 46.2% falling
123 Mexico 0.8% 2023 down 38.7% falling
124 Samoa 0.8% 2023 up 82.9% falling
125 Serbia 0.7% 2021 down 70.6% falling
126 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7% 2020 — volatile
127 Viet Nam 0.7% 2023 down 74.2% volatile
128 Andorra 0.7% 2023 down 86.9% volatile
129 Fiji 0.5% 2023 up 543.2% volatile
130 Thailand 0.5% 2024 down 89.2% volatile
131 Mongolia 0.5% 2022 up 1,698.1% volatile
132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% 2021 down 75.6% volatile
133 Saudi Arabia 0.4% 2021 down 76.8% volatile
134 Georgia 0.4% 2023 down 32.9% volatile
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2022 down 43.6% falling
136 Bahrain 0.4% 2023 down 86.1% volatile
137 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2024 up 77.1% volatile
138 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 59.4% falling
139 Denmark 0.4% 2023 down 29.6% volatile
140 Finland 0.4% 2023 up 3.7% falling
141 Singapore 0.3% 2022 down 29.3% volatile
142 Mauritius 0.3% 2023 down 85.4% falling
143 Uganda 0.3% 2016 down 85.3% falling
144 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2023 down 89.4% volatile
145 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2023 down 37.0% volatile
146 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2023 down 78.8% volatile
147 Indonesia 0.2% 2024 down 54.3% falling
148 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2023 down 17.0% volatile
149 Tajikistan 0.2% 2016 down 61.0% falling
150 Lithuania 0.2% 2023 down 53.3% volatile
151 Ireland 0.2% 2021 down 38.0% falling
152 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
153 Russian Federation 0.1% 2018 down 40.4% falling
154 Botswana 0.1% 2013 up 40.0% volatile
155 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 1,942.1% volatile
156 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 91.0% volatile
157 Jamaica 0.1% 2023 down 84.7% volatile
158 Saint Lucia 0.1% 2023 down 36.5% volatile
159 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
160 Malta 0.0% 2022 down 75.3% volatile
161 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 1,134.7% volatile
162 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 96.1% volatile
163 China 0.0% 2020 down 96.7% volatile
164 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 46.2% volatile
165 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 84.6% volatile
166 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 88.1% volatile
167 Kuwait 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2020 — volatile
167 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
167 Monaco 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
167 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
167 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
167 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
167 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
167 Tonga 0.0% 2022 — volatile
167 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
184 places, 3,798 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release