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

Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the...

Countries reporting
175
Highest
47.0%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
2.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,825

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 47.0% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 5.0%.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 313.0%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (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 30.2% 2018 up 32.8% rising
4 Burundi 29.5% 2018 down 16.7% rising
5 Brazil 27.5% 2003 — rising
6 Madagascar 24.3% 2018 up 40.4% falling
7 Central African Republic 24.3% 2011 down 32.8% falling
8 Congo 23.1% 2011 down 15.4% falling
9 Equatorial Guinea 23.0% 2011 down 42.9% falling
10 Timor-Leste 20.2% 2018 down 30.1% falling
11 Vanuatu 18.0% 2009 up 52.8% rising
12 Chad 17.9% 2018 down 30.1% falling
13 Nicaragua 17.5% 2007 up 126.7% falling
14 New Caledonia 16.3% 1989 down 2.8% rising
15 Namibia 16.3% 2017 down 5.4% falling
16 Guatemala 15.5% 2018 down 30.0% falling
17 Cameroon 14.4% 2018 down 16.9% falling
18 Rwanda 14.3% 2018 down 18.5% falling
19 Suriname 13.3% 2018 down 20.3% falling
20 Nepal 12.9% 2016 down 55.2% falling
21 Aruba 12.9% 2013 up 4.3% rising
22 Mali 12.2% 2011 down 2.2% falling
23 Comoros 11.1% 2017 down 60.6% falling
24 Iraq 9.7% 1999 down 36.1% falling
25 South Africa 9.5% 2017 down 38.5% rising
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.4% 2014 down 46.8% falling
27 Botswana 9.0% 2014 up 21.1% volatile
28 Cambodia 8.9% 2018 down 48.9% volatile
29 Yemen 8.8% 2012 up 154.0% rising
30 Zambia 8.7% 2015 up 35.0% volatile
31 Uruguay 8.6% 2015 down 25.6% falling
32 Belize 8.4% 2018 down 29.0% falling
33 Morocco 8.2% 2018 down 40.3% falling
34 Guinea 8.0% 2013 up 19.6% volatile
35 Gambia 7.9% 2018 down 19.9% falling
36 Ethiopia 7.8% 2014 down 7.7% falling
37 Haiti 7.8% 1985 down 72.0% falling
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.4% 2018 down 75.4% falling
39 Syrian Arab Republic 7.3% 2012 down 37.9% falling
40 Benin 7.2% 2018 up 108.8% falling
41 Saint Lucia 7.1% 2018 up 17.1% rising
42 Lesotho 7.0% 2016 down 71.2% falling
43 Solomon Islands 6.9% 2017 down 24.6% rising
44 Bahamas 6.8% 2015 — volatile
45 Türkiye 6.5% 2017 up 83.4% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 6.3% 2018 down 65.4% volatile
47 Libya 6.3% 1980 up 275.3% volatile
48 Paraguay 6.1% 2011 down 48.6% falling
49 Eswatini 6.0% 2017 down 67.5% rising
50 Liechtenstein 6.0% 2017 — volatile
51 Slovakia 5.6% 2017 up 8.6% rising
52 Dominica 5.5% 2015 down 37.1% rising
53 Trinidad and Tobago 5.3% 2009 down 38.2% rising
54 Austria 5.2% 2017 up 26.0% rising
55 Uganda 5.1% 2016 down 68.8% falling
56 Mozambique 4.9% 2018 up 52.6% volatile
57 El Salvador 4.7% 2017 down 55.7% falling
58 Tunisia 4.4% 2016 up 313.0% volatile
59 Belgium 4.4% 2017 down 32.0% falling
60 Bangladesh 4.0% 2016 down 64.2% volatile
61 Panama 4.0% 2016 down 48.2% falling
62 Djibouti 3.9% 2019 up 3.4% falling
63 Côte d'Ivoire 3.8% 2018 down 73.3% falling
64 Eritrea 3.6% 2017 down 73.7% falling
65 Antigua and Barbuda 3.6% 2017 down 51.2% rising
66 Lebanon 3.5% 2018 down 5.0% flat
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.5% 2016 down 34.4% volatile
68 Netherlands 3.1% 1984 down 28.5% falling
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.1% 2018 down 49.8% volatile
70 Chile 3.1% 2017 down 36.5% volatile
71 Hungary 3.0% 2017 up 3.6% falling
72 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.9% 2016 down 54.9% volatile
73 Kenya 2.9% 2015 down 51.7% volatile
74 Bhutan 2.6% 2017 down 56.8% volatile
75 British Virgin Islands 2.6% 2017 up 13.8% volatile
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.6% 2015 up 61.7% volatile
77 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.5% 2014 — volatile
78 Indonesia 2.5% 2017 down 47.7% volatile
79 Kiribati 2.5% 2015 — volatile
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.5% 2017 down 65.4% volatile
81 Saudi Arabia 2.5% 2016 down 45.9% falling
82 Sudan 2.5% 2016 down 40.4% falling
83 Samoa 2.4% 2018 up 7.7% rising
84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.4% 2017 down 36.8% falling
85 Spain 2.3% 2017 — volatile
86 Colombia 2.2% 2017 down 50.6% volatile
87 Thailand 2.1% 2017 down 72.5% volatile
88 Pakistan 2.1% 2018 down 54.8% falling
89 United States of America 2.1% 2017 — volatile
90 Ghana 2.0% 2017 down 75.1% falling
91 Philippines 2.0% 2016 down 53.9% rising
92 Viet Nam 1.9% 2014 down 57.6% falling
93 Greece 1.7% 2017 up 44.1% volatile
94 Denmark 1.6% 2017 — volatile
95 Switzerland 1.5% 2017 — flat
96 Andorra 1.4% 2018 up 75.2% volatile
97 Burkina Faso 1.4% 2018 down 60.9% volatile
98 Poland 1.4% 2017 up 87.4% rising
99 Togo 1.3% 2018 down 94.8% falling
100 Jamaica 1.2% 2018 down 52.1% falling
101 Germany 1.2% 2007 down 29.2% falling
102 Qatar 1.1% 2018 up 92.9% volatile
103 Costa Rica 1.0% 2015 down 91.0% volatile
104 Ireland 1.0% 2017 down 40.2% falling
105 Kuwait 0.9% 2018 up 69.0% volatile
106 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2016 up 179.4% volatile
107 Latvia 0.9% 2017 down 67.1% falling
108 Czechia 0.9% 2017 down 10.0% falling
109 Macau, China 0.9% 2018 down 62.0% volatile
110 India 0.8% 2016 down 77.2% volatile
111 Senegal 0.8% 2014 down 89.5% volatile
112 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2018 down 80.2% volatile
113 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2016 down 96.5% volatile
114 Albania 0.8% 2018 down 40.5% volatile
115 Malta 0.7% 2017 down 20.5% falling
116 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 70.2% volatile
117 Cape Verde 0.7% 2017 down 22.4% volatile
118 Slovenia 0.6% 2017 up 2.2% falling
119 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2018 down 38.8% volatile
120 Lithuania 0.6% 2017 down 43.7% falling
121 Cyprus 0.6% 2017 down 51.9% volatile
122 Estonia 0.6% 2017 down 6.3% falling
123 Myanmar 0.5% 2009 down 44.8% volatile
124 Ecuador 0.5% 2017 down 80.1% volatile
125 Israel 0.5% 2017 down 60.7% falling
126 Honduras 0.5% 2016 down 96.7% volatile
127 Italy 0.5% 2017 up 34.8% rising
128 Russian Federation 0.5% 2016 — volatile
129 Finland 0.4% 2017 down 21.1% falling
130 Jordan 0.4% 2018 down 33.2% volatile
131 Argentina 0.4% 2016 down 94.8% volatile
132 Serbia 0.3% 2018 down 27.6% falling
133 Fiji 0.3% 2015 down 90.4% volatile
134 Mauritania 0.3% 2018 — volatile
135 Mexico 0.3% 2017 down 93.3% volatile
136 Croatia 0.3% 2017 down 50.1% falling
137 United Arab Emirates 0.3% 2014 down 89.8% volatile
138 Georgia 0.2% 2018 up 54.1% rising
139 Niger 0.2% 2015 up 36.5% volatile
140 Grenada 0.2% 2017 down 89.8% volatile
141 Peru 0.2% 2016 down 94.0% volatile
142 Armenia 0.2% 2018 — volatile
143 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2018 down 34.3% volatile
144 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2018 down 52.9% falling
145 Tonga 0.2% 1992 — volatile
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 — volatile
147 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 64.3% volatile
148 Mongolia 0.1% 2017 down 92.5% falling
149 Ukraine 0.1% 2018 down 62.9% volatile
150 Belarus 0.1% 2017 down 39.5% volatile
151 Montenegro 0.1% 2017 — volatile
152 Egypt 0.1% 2018 down 49.3% volatile
153 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2018 — volatile
154 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 25.6% rising
155 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 62.0% volatile
156 Bahrain 0.0% 2018 down 81.7% volatile
157 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 90.8% volatile
158 China 0.0% 2018 down 98.6% volatile
159 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 52.2% volatile
160 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 84.2% volatile
161 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 — volatile
161 Cuba 0.0% 2018 — volatile
161 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2017 — volatile
161 Algeria 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
161 Luxembourg 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% volatile
161 Monaco 0.0% 2019 — volatile
161 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
161 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
161 Oman 0.0% 2018 — volatile
161 Portugal 0.0% 2017 — volatile
161 Romania 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
161 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
161 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
161 Tajikistan 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
161 Tuvalu 0.0% 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 3,825 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.