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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
186
Highest
49.1%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
1.8%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,487

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 49.1% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 5.4%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 839.2%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 49.1% 2002 up 8.2% falling
2 Guinea-Bissau 43.6% 1987 up 23.3% rising
3 Rwanda 36.5% 2023 up 39.5% rising
4 Malawi 35.8% 2023 up 41.6% rising
5 Burundi 34.0% 2019 down 6.2% rising
6 Brazil 27.1% 2003 — rising
7 Madagascar 26.1% 2023 up 6.7% falling
8 Equatorial Guinea 24.8% 2011 down 18.9% falling
9 Congo 24.1% 2011 down 13.2% falling
10 Central African Republic 23.3% 2011 down 28.2% falling
11 Namibia 21.2% 2023 down 3.1% falling
12 Nicaragua 21.1% 2007 up 129.0% falling
13 Guatemala 20.3% 2023 down 1.7% falling
14 New Caledonia 19.5% 1989 down 7.1% rising
15 Comoros 19.0% 2017 down 27.9% falling
16 Suriname 18.3% 2020 down 11.8% falling
17 Chad 16.3% 2021 down 37.6% falling
18 Lesotho 15.8% 2023 up 146.3% falling
19 Nepal 14.3% 2024 down 22.6% falling
20 Cameroon 14.0% 2023 down 9.5% falling
21 Bahamas 13.6% 2018 — volatile
22 Mali 12.9% 2011 up 3.3% falling
23 Iraq 11.9% 1999 down 34.9% falling
24 Dominica 11.6% 2024 down 10.4% falling
25 Cambodia 11.4% 2023 up 7.3% volatile
26 Syrian Arab Republic 11.4% 2023 up 29.7% flat
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.3% 2020 down 7.3% falling
28 Trinidad and Tobago 11.0% 2022 up 36.6% volatile
29 Saint Lucia 10.8% 2023 up 14.6% rising
30 Aruba 10.6% 2021 down 35.8% falling
31 British Virgin Islands 10.5% 2023 down 3.8% falling
32 Côte d'Ivoire 10.1% 2023 up 0.1% falling
33 Morocco 9.9% 2023 down 21.7% falling
34 Colombia 9.4% 2021 up 206.6% volatile
35 Yemen 9.4% 2012 up 149.4% rising
36 Vanuatu 9.3% 2022 down 55.4% falling
37 Zambia 8.8% 2015 up 38.8% volatile
38 Botswana 8.7% 2013 up 4.8% volatile
39 Marshall Islands 8.3% 2023 — rising
40 Türkiye 8.3% 2022 up 52.4% falling
41 Sierra Leone 8.2% 2023 down 55.4% volatile
42 South Africa 8.1% 2022 down 53.8% falling
43 Haiti 8.0% 1985 down 74.1% falling
44 Belize 7.9% 2023 down 38.8% falling
45 Austria 7.9% 2023 up 34.3% rising
46 Antigua and Barbuda 7.9% 2018 down 30.6% rising
47 Guinea 7.6% 2013 up 16.3% volatile
48 Libya 7.2% 1980 up 238.7% volatile
49 Ethiopia 6.7% 2023 down 18.4% falling
50 Gambia 6.6% 2024 down 14.4% falling
51 Costa Rica 6.4% 2023 down 28.3% volatile
52 Papua New Guinea 6.4% 2022 — volatile
53 Lebanon 5.8% 2022 down 17.8% falling
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.6% 2024 down 60.9% volatile
55 Bangladesh 5.5% 2022 down 51.6% volatile
56 Liechtenstein 5.5% 2020 — volatile
57 Uganda 5.3% 2016 down 68.6% falling
58 Tunisia 5.3% 2020 up 77.1% volatile
59 Slovakia 5.1% 2023 down 10.0% rising
60 Mozambique 5.0% 2019 up 31.5% volatile
61 Hungary 5.0% 2023 up 25.7% falling
62 Netherlands 5.0% 1984 down 34.5% falling
63 Eswatini 5.0% 2022 down 75.6% rising
64 Bhutan 4.9% 2023 up 36.7% volatile
65 Belgium 4.8% 2022 down 18.3% falling
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4% 2023 down 35.2% falling
67 Eritrea 4.3% 2017 down 72.1% falling
68 Honduras 4.2% 2023 up 86.7% volatile
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.1% 2023 up 33.1% volatile
70 El Salvador 3.8% 2023 down 66.1% falling
71 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.8% 2022 — rising
72 Samoa 3.6% 2023 down 22.6% flat
73 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.5% 2022 down 10.0% volatile
74 Djibouti 3.5% 2022 down 34.4% falling
75 Kenya 3.4% 2015 down 46.2% volatile
76 Liberia 3.2% 2021 down 58.8% volatile
77 Philippines 3.2% 2023 down 11.3% rising
78 Panama 3.2% 2023 down 32.2% volatile
79 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.0% 2014 up 71.1% volatile
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.0% 2023 down 61.4% volatile
81 India 3.0% 2024 up 152.9% volatile
82 Viet Nam 2.9% 2023 down 17.0% falling
83 Kiribati 2.8% 2023 down 22.6% volatile
84 Paraguay 2.7% 2023 down 67.6% falling
85 Greece 2.6% 2022 up 131.2% volatile
86 Denmark 2.3% 2023 down 29.7% volatile
87 United States of America 2.3% 2021 — volatile
88 Benin 2.2% 2021 down 44.9% volatile
89 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.0% 2022 down 65.5% rising
90 Latvia 2.0% 2023 up 9.5% volatile
91 Chile 1.9% 2023 down 71.9% volatile
92 Pakistan 1.9% 2023 down 27.5% falling
93 Sudan 1.8% 2018 down 61.1% falling
94 Barbados 1.8% 2023 — volatile
95 Estonia 1.6% 2023 down 9.3% falling
96 Jamaica 1.5% 2022 down 65.9% falling
97 Switzerland 1.4% 2023 down 22.3% falling
98 Poland 1.4% 2023 down 9.6% rising
99 Germany 1.4% 2007 down 32.4% falling
100 Saudi Arabia 1.4% 2021 down 68.2% volatile
101 Czechia 1.4% 2021 up 28.4% falling
102 Mauritania 1.3% 2019 — volatile
103 Sao Tome and Principe 1.2% 2016 down 95.5% volatile
104 Fiji 1.2% 2023 up 274.3% volatile
105 Cyprus 1.2% 2022 up 58.4% volatile
106 Slovenia 1.1% 2022 up 63.0% falling
107 Albania 1.1% 2023 down 31.2% volatile
108 Monaco 1.1% 2020 — volatile
109 Ireland 1.0% 2021 down 48.0% falling
110 Qatar 1.0% 2023 up 0.2% volatile
111 Israel 1.0% 2023 down 50.2% falling
112 Senegal 1.0% 2023 down 13.2% volatile
113 Jordan 0.9% 2023 up 220.7% volatile
114 Finland 0.9% 2023 down 4.9% falling
115 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2023 down 84.3% volatile
116 Tuvalu 0.9% 2023 — volatile
117 Hong Kong, China 0.8% 2023 down 7.3% volatile
118 Andorra 0.8% 2023 — volatile
119 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2023 down 85.8% volatile
120 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 73.8% volatile
121 Burkina Faso 0.7% 2023 down 55.7% volatile
122 Lithuania 0.7% 2023 down 47.6% falling
123 Grenada 0.7% 2017 down 77.8% volatile
124 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2023 down 81.4% volatile
125 Bulgaria 0.6% 2023 up 839.2% volatile
126 Italy 0.6% 2022 down 13.8% falling
127 Niger 0.6% 2023 up 338.8% volatile
128 Myanmar 0.5% 2009 down 43.7% volatile
129 Malta 0.5% 2022 up 102.4% volatile
130 Russian Federation 0.5% 2018 down 20.1% volatile
131 Ghana 0.5% 2021 down 87.2% falling
132 Ukraine 0.5% 2023 up 186.7% volatile
133 Georgia 0.4% 2023 up 6.6% rising
134 Thailand 0.4% 2024 down 92.3% volatile
135 Timor-Leste 0.4% 2022 down 98.9% falling
136 Armenia 0.4% 2023 — volatile
137 Ecuador 0.4% 2023 down 79.5% volatile
138 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 194.9% falling
139 Mexico 0.3% 2023 down 62.6% volatile
140 Cape Verde 0.3% 2021 down 66.1% volatile
141 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 92.9% volatile
142 Sweden 0.3% 2023 — volatile
143 Argentina 0.3% 2022 down 94.1% volatile
144 Montenegro 0.2% 2022 up 131.9% volatile
145 Tonga 0.2% 2023 — volatile
146 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 46.4% falling
147 Macau, China 0.2% 2023 down 92.7% volatile
148 Belarus 0.2% 2023 up 82.6% volatile
149 Spain 0.1% 2023 — volatile
150 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2024 up 32.8% rising
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 34.0% volatile
152 Togo 0.1% 2023 down 97.1% volatile
153 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2023 up 85.2% volatile
154 Croatia 0.0% 2022 down 90.5% volatile
155 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
156 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2023 down 81.9% volatile
157 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 37.1% volatile
158 Luxembourg 0.0% 2023 — volatile
159 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% rising
160 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 83.2% volatile
161 China 0.0% 2020 down 98.9% volatile
162 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 95.4% volatile
163 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.3% volatile
164 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 95.2% volatile
165 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 45.2% volatile
166 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 — volatile
166 Cuba 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 Algeria 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
166 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
166 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
166 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Portugal 0.0% 2021 — volatile
166 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
166 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
166 Tajikistan 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
166 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
166 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
166 Anguilla 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
166 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 — volatile
166 Montserrat 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
195 places, 4,487 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release