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

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

Countries reporting
175
Highest
49.1%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Tajikistan
Median
2.8%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,824

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 49.1% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.8%, and the mean is 5.9%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 372.0%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (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 Burundi 31.9% 2018 down 10.2% rising
4 Malawi 31.5% 2018 up 36.5% rising
5 Brazil 27.1% 2003 — rising
6 Madagascar 26.2% 2018 up 41.9% falling
7 Timor-Leste 24.9% 2018 down 22.8% 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 22.5% 2017 down 3.0% falling
12 Nicaragua 21.1% 2007 up 129.0% falling
13 Vanuatu 20.8% 2009 up 71.1% rising
14 New Caledonia 19.5% 1989 down 7.1% rising
15 Suriname 19.4% 2018 down 14.8% falling
16 Comoros 19.0% 2017 down 27.9% falling
17 Guatemala 18.7% 2018 down 26.3% falling
18 Chad 17.9% 2018 down 27.4% falling
19 Aruba 16.5% 2013 up 6.1% falling
20 Rwanda 15.8% 2018 down 14.2% flat
21 Cameroon 15.5% 2018 down 15.0% falling
22 South Africa 13.4% 2017 down 19.7% rising
23 Uruguay 13.3% 2015 down 16.9% falling
24 Nepal 13.1% 2016 down 48.5% falling
25 Mali 12.9% 2011 up 3.3% falling
26 Cambodia 12.4% 2018 down 36.5% falling
27 Liechtenstein 12.1% 2017 — volatile
28 Iraq 11.9% 1999 down 34.9% falling
29 Morocco 11.3% 2018 down 31.5% falling
30 Bahamas 11.0% 2015 — volatile
31 Belize 10.3% 2018 down 36.7% falling
32 Saint Lucia 10.1% 2018 up 12.3% rising
33 Lesotho 10.0% 2016 down 67.1% falling
34 Gambia 9.4% 2018 down 4.0% falling
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.4% 2018 down 70.4% falling
36 Yemen 9.4% 2012 up 149.4% rising
37 Dominica 9.0% 2015 down 43.0% rising
38 Botswana 8.9% 2014 up 21.0% volatile
39 Zambia 8.8% 2015 up 38.8% volatile
40 Syrian Arab Republic 8.8% 2012 down 36.9% rising
41 Eswatini 8.8% 2017 down 64.1% rising
42 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.6% 2014 down 51.0% falling
43 Paraguay 8.2% 2011 down 45.9% falling
44 Solomon Islands 8.2% 2017 down 21.3% rising
45 Ethiopia 8.2% 2014 down 15.7% falling
46 Trinidad and Tobago 8.0% 2009 down 36.6% volatile
47 Haiti 8.0% 1985 down 74.1% falling
48 Guinea 7.6% 2013 up 16.3% volatile
49 Benin 7.3% 2018 up 83.6% falling
50 Türkiye 7.2% 2017 up 68.2% volatile
51 Libya 7.2% 1980 up 238.7% volatile
52 Tunisia 6.9% 2016 up 372.0% volatile
53 Austria 6.7% 2017 up 18.7% rising
54 El Salvador 6.7% 2017 down 50.7% falling
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.7% 2015 up 56.1% rising
56 Sierra Leone 6.5% 2018 down 64.4% volatile
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.3% 2017 down 16.0% falling
58 Slovakia 6.1% 2017 up 2.2% rising
59 British Virgin Islands 5.6% 2017 down 51.3% falling
60 Panama 5.4% 2016 down 46.3% falling
61 Lebanon 5.4% 2018 down 23.3% rising
62 Uganda 5.3% 2016 down 68.6% falling
63 Mozambique 5.1% 2018 up 50.8% volatile
64 Bangladesh 5.0% 2016 down 57.6% volatile
65 Belgium 5.0% 2017 down 32.7% falling
66 Netherlands 5.0% 1984 down 34.5% falling
67 Chile 4.9% 2017 down 32.0% volatile
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.7% 2016 down 50.2% volatile
69 Samoa 4.7% 2018 up 57.1% flat
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.7% 2016 up 19.5% volatile
71 Antigua and Barbuda 4.3% 2017 down 62.2% rising
72 Eritrea 4.3% 2017 down 72.1% falling
73 Hungary 4.3% 2017 up 5.2% falling
74 Côte d'Ivoire 4.2% 2018 down 70.0% falling
75 Indonesia 4.0% 2017 down 43.0% falling
76 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.7% 2018 down 41.9% volatile
77 Djibouti 3.7% 2019 up 7.7% falling
78 Thailand 3.7% 2017 down 60.0% volatile
79 Philippines 3.6% 2016 down 41.9% rising
80 Kenya 3.4% 2015 down 46.2% volatile
81 Viet Nam 3.4% 2014 down 44.5% falling
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.3% 2017 down 60.2% falling
83 Spain 3.2% 2017 — volatile
84 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.0% 2014 up 69.6% volatile
85 Colombia 2.9% 2017 down 49.0% volatile
86 Sudan 2.9% 2016 down 39.3% falling
87 Denmark 2.8% 2017 — volatile
88 Bhutan 2.8% 2017 down 58.9% volatile
89 Jamaica 2.6% 2018 down 50.2% falling
90 Kiribati 2.5% 2015 — volatile
91 Poland 2.2% 2017 up 70.9% rising
92 United States of America 2.1% 2017 — volatile
93 Ghana 2.1% 2017 down 74.3% falling
94 Saudi Arabia 2.0% 2016 down 66.9% falling
95 Pakistan 2.0% 2018 down 63.9% falling
96 Greece 1.9% 2017 up 19.3% volatile
97 Andorra 1.8% 2018 up 43.1% volatile
98 Switzerland 1.7% 2017 — flat
99 Burkina Faso 1.7% 2018 down 58.3% volatile
100 Latvia 1.6% 2017 down 76.9% falling
101 Albania 1.5% 2018 down 20.6% volatile
102 Qatar 1.4% 2018 up 104.7% volatile
103 Germany 1.4% 2007 down 32.4% falling
104 Dominican Republic 1.4% 2018 down 78.9% volatile
105 Togo 1.4% 2018 down 94.6% falling
106 Costa Rica 1.3% 2015 down 91.0% volatile
107 Estonia 1.3% 2017 down 25.8% falling
108 Israel 1.3% 2017 down 44.2% falling
109 Sao Tome and Principe 1.2% 2016 down 95.5% volatile
110 Lithuania 1.2% 2017 down 34.8% falling
111 Kuwait 1.2% 2018 up 24.8% volatile
112 Ireland 1.2% 2017 down 44.7% falling
113 Monaco 1.1% 2019 — volatile
114 Czechia 1.1% 2017 down 4.6% falling
115 Cape Verde 1.1% 2017 down 15.0% volatile
116 Malta 1.1% 2017 up 37.7% volatile
117 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2016 up 114.7% volatile
118 Macau, China 1.0% 2018 down 68.6% falling
119 Senegal 1.0% 2014 down 88.3% volatile
120 India 0.9% 2016 down 75.8% volatile
121 Slovenia 0.8% 2017 up 49.4% volatile
122 Finland 0.8% 2017 down 36.0% falling
123 Italy 0.7% 2017 up 16.6% falling
124 Cyprus 0.7% 2017 down 48.0% volatile
125 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 73.8% volatile
126 Hong Kong, China 0.7% 2018 down 47.7% volatile
127 Ecuador 0.7% 2017 down 78.5% volatile
128 Grenada 0.7% 2017 down 77.8% volatile
129 Argentina 0.7% 2016 down 93.7% volatile
130 Jordan 0.6% 2018 up 7.8% volatile
131 Myanmar 0.5% 2009 down 43.7% volatile
132 Russian Federation 0.5% 2016 — volatile
133 Honduras 0.4% 2016 down 97.5% volatile
134 Mexico 0.4% 2017 down 93.6% volatile
135 Georgia 0.4% 2018 up 65.0% rising
136 Serbia 0.3% 2018 down 42.5% falling
137 Tonga 0.3% 1992 — volatile
138 Croatia 0.3% 2017 down 50.6% falling
139 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2018 down 52.5% volatile
140 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 92.9% volatile
141 Mauritania 0.3% 2018 — volatile
142 Armenia 0.3% 2018 — volatile
143 United Arab Emirates 0.3% 2014 down 89.6% volatile
144 Niger 0.2% 2015 up 31.9% volatile
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2018 — volatile
146 Fiji 0.2% 2015 down 96.6% volatile
147 Ukraine 0.2% 2018 down 25.5% volatile
148 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 61.0% falling
149 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 78.1% volatile
150 Mongolia 0.1% 2017 down 92.2% falling
151 Egypt 0.1% 2018 down 41.9% volatile
152 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2018 — volatile
153 Belarus 0.1% 2017 down 40.4% volatile
154 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 down 32.2% rising
155 Bahrain 0.0% 2018 down 82.9% volatile
156 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 52.5% volatile
157 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 83.2% volatile
158 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 95.2% volatile
159 China 0.0% 2018 down 98.4% volatile
160 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 41.7% volatile
161 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 34.4% volatile
162 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 — volatile
162 Cuba 0.0% 2018 — volatile
162 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2017 — volatile
162 Algeria 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
162 Luxembourg 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% falling
162 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
162 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
162 Montenegro 0.0% 2017 — volatile
162 Oman 0.0% 2018 — volatile
162 Portugal 0.0% 2017 — volatile
162 Romania 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
162 San Marino 0.0% 2018 — volatile
162 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
162 Tajikistan 0.0% 2016 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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 3,824 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.