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Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
187
Highest
43.6%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
1.8%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,787

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 43.6% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 4.5%.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 876.8%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 43.6% 1987 up 72.6% rising
2 Gabon 32.5% 2002 up 0.9% falling
3 Burundi 30.9% 2019 down 7.8% rising
4 Rwanda 27.1% 2023 up 70.8% flat
5 Malawi 23.4% 2023 up 16.5% rising
6 Sao Tome and Principe 22.4% 2016 down 6.9% falling
7 Madagascar 21.4% 2023 down 8.7% falling
8 Brazil 20.5% 2003 down 12.3% rising
9 Central African Republic 18.9% 2011 — falling
10 Comoros 18.3% 2017 down 33.3% falling
11 Guinea 17.4% 2013 up 27.8% falling
12 Mali 15.9% 2016 up 38.4% falling
13 Congo 15.8% 2007 down 30.8% falling
14 Réunion 14.5% 1986 down 22.4% falling
15 Chad 14.1% 2021 down 39.8% falling
16 Benin 13.9% 2021 down 0.3% falling
17 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.9% 2020 down 3.8% falling
18 Namibia 13.2% 2023 up 3.2% falling
19 New Caledonia 12.7% 1989 down 6.4% rising
20 Côte d'Ivoire 12.7% 2023 up 2.5% falling
21 Bangladesh 12.3% 2009 — flat
22 Haiti 12.1% 1986 down 50.2% falling
23 Guatemala 12.1% 2023 up 4.8% falling
24 Cameroon 12.0% 2023 down 1.4% falling
25 Suriname 11.8% 2020 down 19.1% falling
26 Nicaragua 11.4% 2007 up 131.5% falling
27 Luxembourg 11.1% 2021 up 13.4% rising
28 Iraq 10.8% 1999 down 32.3% falling
29 Lesotho 9.1% 2023 up 172.6% falling
30 Uganda 9.0% 2016 down 35.4% falling
31 Aruba 8.3% 2021 down 11.1% falling
32 Nepal 8.1% 2024 down 0.3% falling
33 Yemen 7.8% 2012 up 90.2% rising
34 Trinidad and Tobago 7.6% 2022 up 10.5% rising
35 Colombia 7.1% 2021 up 204.5% volatile
36 Tunisia 7.0% 2020 down 13.4% falling
37 Botswana 6.9% 2013 up 59.5% volatile
38 Cambodia 6.5% 2023 up 3.9% volatile
39 Morocco 6.4% 2023 down 33.0% falling
40 France 6.2% 1999 up 21.9% falling
41 Papua New Guinea 6.0% 2022 — volatile
42 Marshall Islands 6.0% 2023 — rising
43 Costa Rica 5.9% 2023 up 31.1% falling
44 Algeria 5.9% 2024 down 41.0% rising
45 Lebanon 5.8% 2022 down 12.0% falling
46 British Virgin Islands 5.7% 2023 up 92.1% falling
47 Mozambique 5.7% 2019 down 45.6% falling
48 Togo 5.7% 2023 down 58.8% falling
49 Ethiopia 5.6% 2023 down 19.8% falling
50 Belize 5.5% 2023 down 19.6% falling
51 Syrian Arab Republic 5.4% 2023 up 16.2% falling
52 Peru 5.2% 2016 down 59.9% falling
53 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.1% 1985 down 52.9% falling
54 Zambia 5.0% 2012 down 22.5% volatile
55 Honduras 4.8% 2023 up 88.3% volatile
56 Libya 4.7% 1980 up 876.8% volatile
57 South Africa 4.7% 2022 down 56.0% falling
58 Gambia 4.4% 2024 down 44.7% falling
59 Eritrea 4.3% 2017 down 74.5% falling
60 Vanuatu 4.3% 2022 down 72.5% volatile
61 Bhutan 4.3% 2023 down 21.2% volatile
62 Niger 4.2% 2023 up 70.2% volatile
63 Burkina Faso 3.8% 2023 down 32.1% falling
64 Senegal 3.7% 2023 down 20.7% falling
65 Portugal 3.7% 2021 — volatile
66 Djibouti 3.5% 2022 down 41.3% volatile
67 Netherlands 3.5% 1984 up 1.9% flat
68 Spain 3.4% 2023 down 30.0% falling
69 Uruguay 3.4% 2022 down 44.7% falling
70 Bahamas 3.4% 2015 — volatile
71 El Salvador 3.4% 2023 down 35.9% falling
72 Austria 3.1% 2023 up 29.7% falling
73 Belgium 3.0% 2022 down 8.1% volatile
74 Eswatini 3.0% 2022 down 81.0% rising
75 Kiribati 3.0% 2023 up 44.9% volatile
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.0% 2023 down 44.8% falling
77 Saint Lucia 3.0% 2023 up 108.8% volatile
78 Panama 2.9% 2023 down 22.0% falling
79 Liberia 2.9% 2021 down 53.6% falling
80 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2023 down 81.0% volatile
81 Dominica 2.8% 2024 down 41.4% falling
82 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.8% 2022 up 25.8% falling
83 Cuba 2.8% 2023 up 50.0% volatile
84 Kenya 2.7% 2015 down 53.2% volatile
85 Argentina 2.4% 2022 down 30.3% falling
86 Andorra 2.3% 2023 down 37.7% falling
87 Grenada 2.3% 2017 up 224.5% volatile
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2% 2024 down 61.2% volatile
89 Switzerland 2.2% 2023 down 8.3% flat
90 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.1% 2023 down 55.6% rising
91 Liechtenstein 2.0% 2020 — volatile
92 Türkiye 1.9% 2022 up 110.7% volatile
93 Philippines 1.9% 2023 up 0.7% falling
94 Sudan 1.8% 2018 down 54.3% falling
95 Paraguay 1.8% 2023 down 68.0% falling
96 Antigua and Barbuda 1.8% 2018 down 61.1% falling
97 Pakistan 1.8% 2023 down 23.7% falling
98 United States of America 1.8% 2022 up 27.0% rising
99 India 1.8% 2024 up 138.6% volatile
100 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.7% 2023 — volatile
101 Slovakia 1.6% 2023 down 35.9% rising
102 Chile 1.6% 2023 down 57.5% volatile
103 Germany 1.6% 2007 down 31.4% falling
104 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.5% 2022 up 16.8% volatile
105 Samoa 1.3% 2023 up 38.4% falling
106 Hungary 1.3% 2023 down 10.9% falling
107 Greece 1.3% 2022 up 75.5% volatile
108 Cape Verde 1.2% 2021 down 93.3% falling
109 Jamaica 1.1% 2022 up 7.0% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2023 down 83.0% volatile
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.0% 2021 up 25.4% volatile
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9% 2023 down 41.8% falling
113 Slovenia 0.9% 2022 up 46.9% falling
114 Saudi Arabia 0.8% 2021 down 43.7% volatile
115 Czechia 0.8% 2021 up 58.4% falling
116 Poland 0.7% 2023 up 34.7% volatile
117 Finland 0.7% 2023 up 1.6% falling
118 Mauritania 0.7% 2018 — volatile
119 Denmark 0.6% 2023 down 44.8% volatile
120 Viet Nam 0.6% 2023 down 33.8% volatile
121 Naoero 0.6% 2023 — volatile
122 Albania 0.6% 2023 down 0.1% volatile
123 Israel 0.6% 2023 down 44.5% falling
124 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2023 down 84.7% volatile
125 Ireland 0.6% 2021 down 40.7% volatile
126 Mexico 0.6% 2023 down 62.2% volatile
127 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 75.2% falling
128 Latvia 0.5% 2023 up 9.0% volatile
129 Estonia 0.5% 2023 up 74.8% volatile
130 Ghana 0.5% 2021 down 81.0% volatile
131 Jordan 0.5% 2023 up 102.5% volatile
132 Hong Kong, China 0.5% 2023 down 32.7% volatile
133 Qatar 0.4% 2023 up 42.6% volatile
134 Fiji 0.4% 2023 up 68.5% volatile
135 Bulgaria 0.4% 2023 up 299.4% volatile
136 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 100.8% volatile
137 Guyana 0.4% 2008 down 86.1% volatile
138 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 up 46.8% volatile
139 Myanmar 0.3% 2009 down 55.1% volatile
140 Russian Federation 0.3% 2018 down 28.3% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.3% 2023 down 29.4% falling
142 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 36.3% falling
143 Monaco 0.3% 2020 — volatile
144 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 80.9% volatile
145 Italy 0.3% 2022 down 0.5% falling
146 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 646.1% volatile
147 Georgia 0.2% 2023 up 39.0% falling
148 Thailand 0.2% 2024 down 86.3% volatile
149 Macau, China 0.2% 2023 down 88.8% volatile
150 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
151 Malta 0.2% 2022 down 54.2% volatile
152 Serbia 0.1% 2021 down 61.5% falling
153 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 22.2% volatile
154 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 53.3% volatile
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 35.6% rising
156 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 25.5% volatile
157 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 339.7% volatile
158 Tonga 0.1% 2023 down 89.6% volatile
159 Cyprus 0.1% 2021 up 88.0% volatile
160 Mongolia 0.1% 2022 up 363.7% volatile
161 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 12.8% volatile
162 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 30.9% volatile
163 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 99.9% falling
164 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 — rising
165 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% rising
166 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 90.4% volatile
167 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 78.7% volatile
168 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 80.5% volatile
169 China 0.0% 2020 down 91.7% volatile
170 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 98.6% volatile
171 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 9.4% volatile
172 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 92.9% volatile
173 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
173 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
173 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
173 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
173 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
173 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
173 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
173 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
173 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
173 Romania 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
173 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
173 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
173 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
173 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 — volatile
173 Montserrat 0.0% 2017 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
196 places, 4,787 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release