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Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
190
Highest
48.1%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
1.7%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
5,089

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 48.1% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 5.0%.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 856.7%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 48.1% 2002 up 7.2% falling
2 Guinea-Bissau 43.4% 1987 up 26.2% rising
3 Malawi 35.9% 2023 up 42.3% rising
4 Rwanda 34.5% 2023 up 34.5% rising
5 Burundi 32.7% 2019 down 10.1% rising
6 Brazil 27.3% 2003 up 11.6% rising
7 Madagascar 25.0% 2023 up 6.6% falling
8 Equatorial Guinea 23.9% 2011 down 32.1% falling
9 Central African Republic 23.7% 2011 down 30.2% falling
10 Congo 23.6% 2011 down 14.3% falling
11 Nicaragua 19.4% 2007 up 128.4% falling
12 Réunion 18.7% 1986 down 36.6% falling
13 Guatemala 18.7% 2023 down 2.9% falling
14 Namibia 18.1% 2023 down 7.1% falling
15 New Caledonia 18.0% 1989 down 5.1% rising
16 Chad 16.2% 2021 down 38.5% falling
17 Suriname 15.5% 2020 down 10.4% falling
18 Comoros 15.2% 2017 down 44.1% falling
19 Lesotho 13.6% 2023 up 147.8% falling
20 Cameroon 13.5% 2023 down 9.2% falling
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.2% 2020 down 8.6% falling
22 Bahamas 11.0% 2018 — volatile
23 Iraq 10.9% 1999 down 35.3% falling
24 Mali 10.9% 2012 down 16.8% falling
25 Saint Lucia 10.2% 2023 up 31.5% rising
26 Syrian Arab Republic 10.2% 2023 up 25.4% falling
27 Aruba 10.0% 2021 down 24.2% falling
28 Côte d'Ivoire 9.8% 2023 down 1.2% falling
29 Cambodia 9.7% 2023 up 0.0% volatile
30 British Virgin Islands 9.6% 2023 up 20.9% falling
31 Trinidad and Tobago 9.6% 2022 up 42.2% rising
32 Yemen 9.1% 2012 up 150.7% rising
33 Botswana 9.0% 2013 up 23.0% volatile
34 Zambia 8.7% 2015 up 36.9% volatile
35 Colombia 8.7% 2021 up 210.3% volatile
36 Morocco 8.4% 2023 down 25.9% falling
37 Nepal 8.2% 2024 down 54.9% falling
38 Dominica 8.2% 2024 down 16.0% rising
39 Sierra Leone 8.2% 2023 down 55.2% volatile
40 Haiti 7.9% 1985 down 73.2% falling
41 Türkiye 7.8% 2022 up 36.5% falling
42 Guinea 7.8% 2013 up 17.9% volatile
43 Austria 7.3% 2023 up 39.2% rising
44 Vanuatu 6.9% 2022 down 64.3% falling
45 Belize 6.9% 2023 down 38.1% falling
46 Libya 6.7% 1980 up 250.2% volatile
47 Marshall Islands 6.6% 2023 — rising
48 Ethiopia 6.5% 2023 down 18.6% falling
49 South Africa 6.3% 2022 down 59.3% falling
50 Gambia 6.2% 2024 down 15.7% falling
51 Papua New Guinea 6.1% 2022 — volatile
52 Costa Rica 5.9% 2023 down 25.2% volatile
53 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.7% 1985 down 47.6% falling
54 France 5.6% 1999 down 29.7% falling
55 Antigua and Barbuda 5.5% 2018 down 66.0% rising
56 Uganda 5.2% 2016 down 68.7% falling
57 Bangladesh 5.2% 2022 down 52.8% volatile
58 Lebanon 5.0% 2022 down 17.9% falling
59 Angola 5.0% 2010 — volatile
60 Liechtenstein 4.9% 2020 — volatile
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.9% 2024 down 63.7% volatile
62 Mozambique 4.9% 2019 up 31.7% volatile
63 Slovakia 4.8% 2023 down 10.7% rising
64 Belgium 4.8% 2022 down 13.4% falling
65 Tunisia 4.3% 2020 up 70.2% volatile
66 Hungary 4.3% 2023 up 25.7% falling
67 Netherlands 4.1% 1984 down 32.7% falling
68 Bhutan 4.0% 2023 up 29.8% volatile
69 Eritrea 4.0% 2017 down 72.7% falling
70 Eswatini 3.9% 2022 down 77.5% rising
71 Honduras 3.8% 2023 up 83.9% volatile
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.6% 2023 up 27.6% volatile
73 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.5% 2022 — rising
74 Djibouti 3.5% 2022 down 32.1% falling
75 El Salvador 3.4% 2023 down 65.1% falling
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.2% 2023 down 43.9% falling
77 Kenya 3.2% 2015 down 48.8% volatile
78 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.2% 2022 down 12.3% volatile
79 Liberia 3.0% 2021 down 61.5% volatile
80 Samoa 3.0% 2023 down 25.3% flat
81 India 2.9% 2024 up 149.7% volatile
82 Kiribati 2.9% 2023 down 21.2% volatile
83 Panama 2.9% 2023 down 29.2% volatile
84 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.7% 2023 down 64.2% volatile
85 Philippines 2.6% 2023 down 9.2% flat
86 Greece 2.5% 2022 up 150.9% volatile
87 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.3% 2020 down 18.1% volatile
88 Viet Nam 2.3% 2023 down 20.5% falling
89 Paraguay 2.2% 2023 down 68.8% falling
90 United States of America 2.1% 2022 — volatile
91 Benin 2.1% 2021 down 44.2% volatile
92 Pakistan 2.0% 2023 down 22.2% falling
93 Sudan 1.9% 2018 down 58.0% falling
94 Denmark 1.9% 2023 down 28.1% volatile
95 Jamaica 1.8% 2022 down 50.0% falling
96 Chile 1.7% 2023 down 70.9% volatile
97 Latvia 1.6% 2023 up 11.5% falling
98 Barbados 1.5% 2023 — volatile
99 Switzerland 1.4% 2023 down 15.1% falling
100 Mauritania 1.4% 2019 — volatile
101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.3% 2022 down 69.7% rising
102 Germany 1.3% 2007 down 31.1% falling
103 Estonia 1.3% 2023 up 1.2% falling
104 Fiji 1.2% 2023 up 352.3% volatile
105 Czechia 1.2% 2021 up 32.7% falling
106 Poland 1.2% 2023 down 4.9% falling
107 Monaco 1.0% 2020 — volatile
108 Sao Tome and Principe 1.0% 2016 down 96.0% volatile
109 Cyprus 1.0% 2022 up 60.1% volatile
110 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2021 down 77.7% volatile
111 Slovenia 1.0% 2022 up 69.2% falling
112 Albania 1.0% 2023 down 29.7% volatile
113 Andorra 0.9% 2023 — volatile
114 Ireland 0.9% 2021 down 51.8% falling
115 Qatar 0.9% 2023 up 16.5% volatile
116 Senegal 0.9% 2023 down 19.2% volatile
117 Jordan 0.8% 2023 up 211.0% volatile
118 Finland 0.8% 2023 up 8.0% falling
119 Israel 0.8% 2023 down 50.8% falling
120 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2023 down 83.7% volatile
121 Hong Kong, China 0.7% 2023 down 10.7% volatile
122 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 81.1% volatile
123 Burkina Faso 0.6% 2023 down 55.7% volatile
124 Bulgaria 0.6% 2023 up 856.7% volatile
125 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2023 down 85.4% volatile
126 Niger 0.6% 2023 up 341.1% volatile
127 Zimbabwe 0.6% 2023 down 81.9% volatile
128 Lithuania 0.5% 2023 down 50.9% falling
129 Myanmar 0.5% 2009 down 44.2% volatile
130 Ghana 0.5% 2021 down 85.4% falling
131 Italy 0.5% 2022 up 3.0% falling
132 Russian Federation 0.5% 2018 down 27.6% volatile
133 Malta 0.5% 2022 up 43.7% falling
134 Grenada 0.5% 2017 down 82.4% volatile
135 Tuvalu 0.4% 2023 — volatile
136 Georgia 0.4% 2023 up 21.5% rising
137 Ukraine 0.4% 2023 up 155.9% volatile
138 Thailand 0.4% 2024 down 91.0% volatile
139 Armenia 0.3% 2023 — volatile
140 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 79.2% volatile
141 Timor-Leste 0.3% 2022 down 99.1% falling
142 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 137.1% falling
143 Mexico 0.3% 2023 down 60.7% volatile
144 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 93.4% volatile
145 Montenegro 0.2% 2022 up 262.8% volatile
146 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
147 Argentina 0.2% 2022 down 94.3% volatile
148 Tonga 0.2% 2023 — volatile
149 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 49.4% falling
150 Macau, China 0.2% 2023 down 90.7% volatile
151 Cape Verde 0.2% 2021 down 74.7% volatile
152 Belarus 0.2% 2023 up 84.0% volatile
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 98.3% volatile
154 Spain 0.1% 2023 — volatile
155 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2024 up 57.9% volatile
156 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 74.1% volatile
157 Togo 0.1% 2023 down 97.4% volatile
158 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 49.8% volatile
159 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2023 up 15.3% volatile
160 Luxembourg 0.0% 2023 — volatile
161 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
162 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 57.9% volatile
163 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% rising
164 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 85.1% volatile
165 China 0.0% 2020 down 99.0% volatile
166 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 94.1% volatile
167 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 90.5% volatile
168 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.4% volatile
169 Korea 0.0% 2023 down 38.0% volatile
170 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 — volatile
170 Cuba 0.0% 2023 — volatile
170 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
170 Algeria 0.0% 2023 — volatile
170 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
170 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
170 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
170 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
170 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
170 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
170 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
170 Portugal 0.0% 2021 — volatile
170 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
170 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
170 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
170 Tajikistan 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
170 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
170 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
170 Anguilla 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
170 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 — volatile
170 Montserrat 0.0% 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
199 places, 5,089 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release