Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.
Countries reporting
178
Highest
48.1%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
2.5%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,401
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 48.1% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.5%, and the mean is 5.4%.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 347.9%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 48.1% | 2002 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.4% | 1987 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 30.8% | 2018 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 30.7% | 2018 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 27.3% | 2003 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 6 | Madagascar | 25.3% | 2018 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.9% | 2011 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 23.7% | 2011 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 9 | Congo | 23.6% | 2011 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 22.7% | 2018 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 11 | Namibia | 19.5% | 2017 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 19.4% | 2007 | up 128.4% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 19.4% | 2009 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 14 | New Caledonia | 18.0% | 1989 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 17.9% | 2018 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 17.2% | 2018 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 17 | Suriname | 16.6% | 2018 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 18 | Comoros | 15.2% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 15.1% | 2018 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 20 | Cameroon | 15.0% | 2018 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 21 | Aruba | 14.7% | 2013 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 13.0% | 2016 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 11.6% | 2017 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 10.9% | 1999 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 10.9% | 2012 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 26 | Cambodia | 10.7% | 2018 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 10.0% | 2016 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 28 | Morocco | 9.8% | 2018 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 29 | Belize | 9.4% | 2018 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | 9.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Yemen | 9.1% | 2012 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 9.0% | 2014 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.0% | 2014 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 34 | Bahamas | 8.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 8.7% | 2015 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 8.7% | 2018 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 37 | Lesotho | 8.6% | 2016 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 8.6% | 2018 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.4% | 2018 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 40 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.1% | 2012 | down 37.4% | flat |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 8.0% | 2014 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 42 | Haiti | 7.9% | 1985 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea | 7.8% | 2013 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 7.6% | 2017 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 45 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2017 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 7.3% | 2015 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 47 | Benin | 7.3% | 2018 | up 94.7% | falling |
| 48 | Paraguay | 7.2% | 2011 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 49 | Türkiye | 6.8% | 2017 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7% | 2009 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 51 | Libya | 6.7% | 1980 | up 250.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 6.4% | 2018 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 6.0% | 2017 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 5.8% | 2017 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 5.8% | 2017 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 56 | Tunisia | 5.7% | 2016 | up 347.9% | volatile |
| 57 | France | 5.6% | 1999 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 58 | Uganda | 5.2% | 2016 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 59 | Mozambique | 5.0% | 2018 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Angola | 5.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Panama | 4.7% | 2016 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.7% | 2015 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium | 4.7% | 2017 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 4.5% | 2016 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2018 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4% | 2017 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 67 | British Virgin Islands | 4.2% | 2017 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 68 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.1% | 2016 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Netherlands | 4.1% | 1984 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 70 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2018 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 71 | Eritrea | 4.0% | 2017 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 72 | Chile | 4.0% | 2017 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.0% | 2017 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.9% | 2016 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Djibouti | 3.8% | 2019 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 3.7% | 2017 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 77 | Samoa | 3.6% | 2018 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 78 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.4% | 2018 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Indonesia | 3.3% | 2017 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 3.2% | 2015 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Thailand | 2.9% | 2017 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.9% | 2017 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Philippines | 2.8% | 2016 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 84 | Spain | 2.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.7% | 2014 | up 193.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Viet Nam | 2.7% | 2014 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 87 | Bhutan | 2.7% | 2017 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Sudan | 2.7% | 2016 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 89 | Colombia | 2.6% | 2017 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kiribati | 2.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Denmark | 2.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 2.2% | 2016 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 93 | United States of America | 2.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2017 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 95 | Pakistan | 2.0% | 2018 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 96 | Jamaica | 1.9% | 2018 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 97 | Poland | 1.9% | 2017 | up 141.2% | falling |
| 98 | Greece | 1.8% | 2017 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Andorra | 1.6% | 2018 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Switzerland | 1.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 1.5% | 2018 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 1.3% | 2018 | down 94.7% | falling |
| 103 | Germany | 1.3% | 2007 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 104 | Qatar | 1.3% | 2018 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Latvia | 1.3% | 2017 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 106 | Albania | 1.2% | 2018 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 1.1% | 2018 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Ireland | 1.1% | 2017 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 109 | Kuwait | 1.1% | 2018 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.0% | 2016 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Czechia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2016 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 0.9% | 2017 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 114 | Macau, China | 0.9% | 2018 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 115 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2017 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 116 | Israel | 0.9% | 2017 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 117 | Senegal | 0.9% | 2014 | down 88.9% | falling |
| 118 | Malta | 0.9% | 2017 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 0.9% | 2016 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 0.9% | 2017 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 121 | India | 0.9% | 2016 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Slovenia | 0.7% | 2017 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2008 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2017 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Hong Kong, China | 0.6% | 2018 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Italy | 0.6% | 2017 | up 22.7% | flat |
| 127 | Finland | 0.6% | 2017 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 128 | Ecuador | 0.6% | 2017 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Monaco | 0.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.5% | 2009 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Argentina | 0.5% | 2016 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Jordan | 0.5% | 2018 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Russian Federation | 0.5% | 2016 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2016 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Grenada | 0.5% | 2017 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2017 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2018 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 138 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2018 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 139 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 140 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2014 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Fiji | 0.3% | 2015 | down 94.4% | falling |
| 143 | Peru | 0.3% | 2016 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Tonga | 0.2% | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Niger | 0.2% | 2015 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2018 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2018 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2017 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 92.3% | falling |
| 153 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2018 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2017 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Palestine, State of | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2018 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2017 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 162 | China | 0.0% | 2018 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 165 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Romania | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 165 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.