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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
185
Highest
47.0%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
1.4%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,490

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 47.0% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 4.5%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 875.8%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 47.0% 2002 up 6.2% falling
2 Guinea-Bissau 43.0% 1987 up 30.8% rising
3 Malawi 35.9% 2023 up 42.9% rising
4 Rwanda 32.3% 2023 up 28.3% flat
5 Burundi 31.4% 2019 down 14.2% rising
6 Brazil 27.5% 2003 — rising
7 Central African Republic 24.3% 2011 down 32.8% falling
8 Madagascar 23.9% 2023 up 6.7% falling
9 Congo 23.1% 2011 down 15.4% falling
10 Equatorial Guinea 23.0% 2011 down 42.9% falling
11 Nicaragua 17.5% 2007 up 126.7% falling
12 Guatemala 17.0% 2023 down 4.1% falling
13 New Caledonia 16.3% 1989 down 2.8% rising
14 Chad 16.0% 2021 down 39.7% falling
15 Namibia 14.9% 2023 down 12.5% falling
16 Cameroon 13.1% 2023 down 8.7% falling
17 Suriname 12.4% 2020 down 7.4% falling
18 Mali 12.2% 2011 down 2.2% falling
19 Comoros 11.1% 2017 down 60.6% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.1% 2020 down 9.9% falling
21 Lesotho 11.1% 2023 up 149.7% falling
22 Iraq 9.7% 1999 down 36.1% falling
23 Saint Lucia 9.4% 2023 up 62.6% rising
24 Côte d'Ivoire 9.4% 2023 down 2.5% falling
25 Aruba 9.3% 2021 down 28.1% falling
26 Botswana 9.2% 2013 up 49.5% volatile
27 British Virgin Islands 8.9% 2023 up 100.9% volatile
28 Yemen 8.8% 2012 up 154.0% rising
29 Syrian Arab Republic 8.8% 2023 up 19.8% falling
30 Zambia 8.7% 2015 up 35.0% volatile
31 Sierra Leone 8.2% 2023 down 55.1% volatile
32 Bahamas 8.1% 2018 — volatile
33 Trinidad and Tobago 8.1% 2022 up 53.1% rising
34 Guinea 8.0% 2013 up 19.6% volatile
35 Colombia 7.9% 2021 up 216.2% volatile
36 Haiti 7.8% 1985 down 72.0% falling
37 Cambodia 7.7% 2023 down 10.4% volatile
38 Türkiye 7.3% 2022 up 21.2% volatile
39 Morocco 6.7% 2023 down 31.6% falling
40 Austria 6.6% 2023 up 46.0% rising
41 Ethiopia 6.4% 2023 down 18.8% falling
42 Libya 6.3% 1980 up 275.3% volatile
43 Papua New Guinea 5.9% 2022 — volatile
44 Belize 5.8% 2023 down 36.4% falling
45 Gambia 5.8% 2024 down 16.9% falling
46 Costa Rica 5.3% 2023 down 20.4% volatile
47 Uganda 5.1% 2016 down 68.8% falling
48 Bangladesh 4.9% 2022 down 53.9% volatile
49 Belgium 4.9% 2022 down 7.8% falling
50 Dominica 4.8% 2024 down 22.8% falling
51 Mozambique 4.8% 2019 up 31.9% volatile
52 Marshall Islands 4.7% 2023 — rising
53 Slovakia 4.6% 2023 down 11.6% rising
54 South Africa 4.4% 2022 down 67.0% falling
55 Vanuatu 4.3% 2022 down 75.8% falling
56 Liechtenstein 4.2% 2020 — volatile
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.2% 2024 down 67.1% volatile
58 Lebanon 4.1% 2022 down 18.1% falling
59 Eritrea 3.6% 2017 down 73.7% falling
60 Hungary 3.6% 2023 up 26.1% falling
61 Djibouti 3.4% 2022 down 29.1% falling
62 Tunisia 3.3% 2020 up 58.8% volatile
63 Honduras 3.3% 2023 up 81.4% volatile
64 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.2% 2022 — rising
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.1% 2023 up 21.4% volatile
66 Netherlands 3.1% 1984 down 28.5% falling
67 Bhutan 3.1% 2023 up 19.0% volatile
68 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1% 2018 down 58.9% falling
69 Kiribati 3.0% 2023 down 19.7% volatile
70 El Salvador 2.9% 2023 down 63.2% falling
71 Liberia 2.9% 2021 down 64.2% volatile
72 Kenya 2.9% 2015 down 51.7% volatile
73 India 2.8% 2024 up 145.9% volatile
74 Eswatini 2.8% 2022 down 79.9% falling
75 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.8% 2022 down 15.3% volatile
76 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.6% 2014 — volatile
77 Panama 2.5% 2023 down 24.4% volatile
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.4% 2023 down 67.1% volatile
79 Greece 2.4% 2022 up 178.3% volatile
80 United States of America 2.3% 2021 — volatile
81 Samoa 2.3% 2023 down 30.0% rising
82 Pakistan 2.2% 2023 down 15.8% falling
83 Benin 2.0% 2021 down 43.3% volatile
84 Jamaica 2.0% 2022 down 19.8% volatile
85 Sudan 1.9% 2018 down 54.0% falling
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.9% 2023 down 57.6% falling
87 Philippines 1.9% 2023 down 4.6% falling
88 Paraguay 1.8% 2023 down 70.4% falling
89 Nepal 1.6% 2024 down 91.2% volatile
90 Viet Nam 1.5% 2023 down 27.2% volatile
91 Mauritania 1.5% 2019 — volatile
92 Denmark 1.4% 2023 down 25.4% volatile
93 Chile 1.4% 2023 down 69.2% volatile
94 Switzerland 1.3% 2023 down 6.9% flat
95 Barbados 1.3% 2023 — volatile
96 Fiji 1.3% 2023 up 470.3% volatile
97 Germany 1.2% 2007 down 29.2% falling
98 Latvia 1.2% 2023 up 14.0% falling
99 Andorra 1.1% 2023 — volatile
100 Czechia 1.1% 2021 up 39.0% falling
101 Monaco 1.0% 2020 — volatile
102 Estonia 1.0% 2023 up 30.2% falling
103 Poland 1.0% 2023 up 3.8% rising
104 Cyprus 0.9% 2022 up 60.4% volatile
105 Slovenia 0.8% 2022 up 78.8% falling
106 Senegal 0.8% 2023 down 24.5% volatile
107 Albania 0.8% 2023 down 26.8% volatile
108 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2016 down 96.5% volatile
109 Ireland 0.8% 2021 down 56.2% falling
110 Qatar 0.8% 2023 up 50.7% volatile
111 Jordan 0.7% 2023 up 197.7% volatile
112 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 70.2% volatile
113 Bulgaria 0.6% 2023 up 875.8% volatile
114 Saudi Arabia 0.6% 2021 down 86.6% volatile
115 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2023 down 14.9% volatile
116 Finland 0.6% 2023 up 36.3% falling
117 Burkina Faso 0.6% 2023 down 55.6% volatile
118 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2023 down 82.2% volatile
119 Ghana 0.6% 2021 down 83.5% falling
120 Niger 0.6% 2023 up 344.7% volatile
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% 2022 down 80.2% volatile
122 Myanmar 0.5% 2009 down 44.8% volatile
123 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 82.4% volatile
124 Russian Federation 0.5% 2018 down 19.1% volatile
125 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2023 down 84.5% volatile
126 Israel 0.5% 2023 down 52.3% falling
127 Malta 0.5% 2022 up 6.9% falling
128 Italy 0.4% 2022 up 44.6% flat
129 Georgia 0.4% 2023 up 46.8% rising
130 Lithuania 0.4% 2023 down 56.2% falling
131 Ukraine 0.4% 2023 up 123.3% volatile
132 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 88.3% volatile
133 Armenia 0.3% 2023 — volatile
134 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 78.6% volatile
135 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 84.2% falling
136 Mexico 0.3% 2023 down 57.6% volatile
137 Montenegro 0.2% 2022 up 785.5% volatile
138 Grenada 0.2% 2017 down 89.8% volatile
139 Peru 0.2% 2016 down 94.0% volatile
140 Timor-Leste 0.2% 2022 down 99.3% falling
141 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
142 Macau, China 0.2% 2023 down 87.3% volatile
143 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 52.7% falling
144 Belarus 0.2% 2023 up 85.5% volatile
145 Croatia 0.2% 2022 down 44.4% volatile
146 Tonga 0.2% 2023 — volatile
147 Argentina 0.2% 2022 down 94.6% volatile
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 235.7% volatile
149 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 10.1% volatile
150 Spain 0.1% 2023 — volatile
151 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2024 up 117.5% rising
152 Togo 0.1% 2023 down 97.7% volatile
153 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2023 down 17.0% volatile
154 Luxembourg 0.1% 2023 — volatile
155 Cape Verde 0.0% 2021 down 91.1% volatile
156 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
157 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 92.8% volatile
158 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% rising
159 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 87.9% volatile
160 China 0.0% 2020 down 99.2% volatile
161 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 78.8% volatile
162 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 83.5% volatile
163 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 31.2% volatile
164 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.4% volatile
165 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 — volatile
165 Cuba 0.0% 2023 — volatile
165 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 — volatile
165 Algeria 0.0% 2023 — volatile
165 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
165 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
165 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
165 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
165 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
165 Portugal 0.0% 2021 — volatile
165 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
165 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
165 Tajikistan 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
165 Tuvalu 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
165 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
165 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 Anguilla 0.0% 2018 — volatile
165 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 — volatile
165 Montserrat 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
195 places, 4,490 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release