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Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
171
Highest
46.6%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.5%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,492

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 46.6% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 4.7%.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,693.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 46.6% 1984 up 167.5% rising
2 Guinea 33.8% 2013 up 137.7% falling
3 Mali 28.8% 2016 up 66.5% falling
4 Burundi 26.6% 2019 down 9.4% rising
5 Iraq 25.3% 1999 down 22.8% rising
6 Rwanda 25.0% 2023 up 181.3% falling
7 Sao Tome and Principe 23.7% 2016 down 36.8% falling
8 Niger 23.0% 2023 up 8.2% rising
9 Bhutan 19.5% 2023 up 216.7% volatile
10 Chad 19.4% 2021 down 7.1% rising
11 Namibia 18.8% 2023 down 20.2% falling
12 Congo 18.3% 2011 down 38.6% falling
13 Benin 18.2% 2021 up 16.4% rising
14 Malawi 16.0% 2023 down 15.4% falling
15 New Caledonia 15.8% 1989 up 9.3% rising
16 Lesotho 15.6% 2023 down 6.8% rising
17 Zambia 14.8% 2012 down 54.6% volatile
18 Cape Verde 14.2% 2021 down 22.5% falling
19 Suriname 14.1% 2020 down 25.5% rising
20 Central African Republic 14.0% 2011 — rising
21 Burkina Faso 13.3% 2023 down 38.0% rising
22 Libya 12.9% 1980 down 10.3% rising
23 Guyana 11.2% 2009 up 64.8% flat
24 Guatemala 11.0% 2023 up 268.8% volatile
25 Mozambique 10.2% 2018 down 22.9% falling
26 Eswatini 9.8% 2022 down 32.2% rising
27 Dominica 9.1% 2022 up 77.8% rising
28 Algeria 8.9% 2024 down 36.0% rising
29 Eritrea 8.8% 2017 down 20.7% volatile
30 Tunisia 8.5% 2020 down 17.8% rising
31 Senegal 8.1% 2023 down 53.9% flat
32 Lebanon 8.0% 2022 down 28.3% falling
33 Nicaragua 7.9% 2007 up 34.9% flat
34 Haiti 7.8% 1990 up 67.6% rising
35 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.6% 2023 down 57.2% volatile
36 Colombia 7.4% 2021 up 110.5% volatile
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.4% 2023 down 45.6% rising
38 Morocco 7.1% 2023 up 79.7% falling
39 Belgium 7.0% 2022 up 8.9% volatile
40 Uruguay 6.7% 2022 down 61.0% falling
41 Côte d'Ivoire 6.6% 2023 down 25.8% falling
42 Argentina 6.5% 2022 down 47.6% flat
43 Ethiopia 6.3% 2023 down 26.3% volatile
44 Nepal 6.0% 2024 up 32.2% volatile
45 Madagascar 5.8% 2023 down 43.0% falling
46 Costa Rica 5.7% 2023 down 48.1% falling
47 Spain 5.4% 2023 down 40.4% falling
48 South Africa 5.3% 2022 down 46.4% falling
49 Togo 4.9% 2023 down 73.7% falling
50 Macau, China 4.8% 2023 down 28.4% falling
51 British Virgin Islands 4.8% 2020 down 20.2% volatile
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.5% 2023 up 4.4% flat
53 Barbados 4.1% 2023 — volatile
54 Honduras 4.1% 2023 up 48.4% rising
55 Türkiye 3.9% 2022 down 21.9% volatile
56 Cameroon 3.8% 2022 down 46.1% falling
57 Mauritania 3.8% 2019 down 57.7% falling
58 El Salvador 3.7% 2023 up 13.3% volatile
59 Dominican Republic 3.6% 2023 down 1.6% volatile
60 Gambia 3.4% 2024 down 6.1% rising
61 Greece 3.4% 2022 up 72.5% volatile
62 Romania 3.1% 2022 up 68.0% rising
63 Luxembourg 3.1% 2019 down 47.0% falling
64 Afghanistan 2.9% 2018 — volatile
65 Hong Kong, China 2.9% 2023 up 24.7% falling
66 Antigua and Barbuda 2.8% 2018 down 78.4% falling
67 Netherlands 2.8% 2009 down 9.4% falling
68 Peru 2.7% 2018 down 44.0% volatile
69 Bangladesh 2.7% 2019 down 16.5% falling
70 Austria 2.6% 2023 up 96.2% volatile
71 Portugal 2.4% 2022 — volatile
72 Djibouti 2.3% 2022 down 20.2% falling
73 Estonia 2.2% 2023 up 34.0% falling
74 Ghana 2.2% 2018 up 523.1% volatile
75 Syrian Arab Republic 2.1% 2023 up 82.6% volatile
76 Sudan 2.0% 2018 down 20.5% falling
77 Panama 1.9% 2023 down 64.0% falling
78 Egypt 1.9% 2023 down 67.1% falling
79 Tuvalu 1.9% 2023 — volatile
80 Jordan 1.8% 2023 down 0.9% volatile
81 Sierra Leone 1.8% 2023 down 81.1% volatile
82 Pakistan 1.8% 2022 down 12.2% falling
83 Vanuatu 1.7% 2023 up 96.5% volatile
84 Bulgaria 1.7% 2023 down 5.5% falling
85 Germany 1.5% 2023 up 28.3% falling
86 Grenada 1.5% 2020 down 77.9% volatile
87 Slovakia 1.5% 2023 down 41.2% rising
88 India 1.5% 2024 up 225.1% volatile
89 Chile 1.4% 2023 down 57.7% falling
90 Andorra 1.4% 2023 down 77.9% volatile
91 Belize 1.4% 2023 up 102.4% volatile
92 Aruba 1.4% 2019 down 84.5% falling
93 Hungary 1.3% 2023 down 21.6% falling
94 Solomon Islands 1.3% 2019 up 2.2% volatile
95 Cambodia 1.2% 2023 up 99.0% falling
96 Italy 1.2% 2022 down 49.3% volatile
97 Timor-Leste 1.2% 2019 down 43.1% falling
98 Slovenia 1.1% 2022 up 68.0% rising
99 Poland 1.1% 2023 down 43.8% falling
100 Latvia 1.1% 2023 up 2.4% falling
101 Czechia 1.0% 2021 up 27.2% falling
102 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.0% 2022 down 4.5% volatile
103 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2023 down 74.0% falling
104 Ecuador 1.0% 2023 down 61.0% volatile
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2024 up 115.3% volatile
106 Philippines 0.8% 2023 down 19.4% falling
107 Paraguay 0.8% 2023 up 21.6% rising
108 Qatar 0.8% 2023 down 89.5% volatile
109 Albania 0.7% 2023 up 9.5% volatile
110 Cyprus 0.7% 2023 up 43.9% volatile
111 Israel 0.7% 2023 down 23.2% falling
112 Kiribati 0.7% 2023 down 83.3% volatile
113 Switzerland 0.7% 2023 down 48.2% falling
114 Mexico 0.7% 2023 down 1.1% falling
115 Denmark 0.6% 2023 down 13.0% falling
116 Fiji 0.6% 2023 up 637.6% volatile
117 Uganda 0.6% 2016 down 80.8% falling
118 Finland 0.5% 2023 up 19.1% falling
119 Singapore 0.5% 2022 down 29.1% volatile
120 Cuba 0.5% 2023 down 58.0% volatile
121 Georgia 0.5% 2023 down 32.5% volatile
122 Montenegro 0.4% 2022 up 51.2% rising
123 Samoa 0.4% 2020 down 70.1% volatile
124 France 0.4% 2023 down 54.6% volatile
125 North Macedonia 0.4% 2022 up 14.2% volatile
126 Tonga 0.4% 2023 — volatile
127 Myanmar 0.4% 2016 down 0.7% volatile
128 Serbia 0.4% 2021 down 52.6% falling
129 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2024 up 13.6% falling
130 Armenia 0.3% 2023 down 32.2% volatile
131 Oman 0.3% 2023 down 88.2% volatile
132 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 85.8% volatile
133 Lithuania 0.2% 2023 up 73.4% volatile
134 Viet Nam 0.2% 2023 down 52.2% volatile
135 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2023 down 85.0% falling
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2022 up 28.3% falling
137 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2023 down 42.7% volatile
139 Botswana 0.2% 2013 down 47.0% volatile
140 Saint Lucia 0.2% 2023 — volatile
141 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2020 down 83.2% falling
142 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 48.8% falling
143 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 76.0% volatile
144 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 65.1% falling
145 Indonesia 0.1% 2024 down 50.4% volatile
146 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 1,693.0% volatile
147 Malta 0.1% 2022 — volatile
148 Bahrain 0.1% 2023 down 89.7% volatile
149 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
150 Jamaica 0.0% 2023 down 90.9% volatile
151 Croatia 0.0% 2022 down 92.0% volatile
152 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 885.5% volatile
153 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 89.7% volatile
154 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 up 36.5% volatile
155 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 33.0% volatile
156 China 0.0% 2020 down 63.5% volatile
157 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 15.1% volatile
158 Mongolia 0.0% 2022 down 56.5% volatile
159 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
159 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
159 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2020 — volatile
159 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
159 Monaco 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
159 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
159 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
159 Mauritius 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
159 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
159 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
159 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2008 — volatile
159 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
178 places, 3,492 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release