Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
43.6%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,067
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 43.6% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 4.9%.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 876.8%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.6% | 1987 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 2 | Gabon | 32.5% | 2002 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 3 | Burundi | 29.3% | 2018 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 22.8% | 2018 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.4% | 2016 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 6 | Malawi | 22.0% | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 20.5% | 2003 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 19.2% | 2017 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 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 | Benin | 16.6% | 2018 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 13 | Congo | 15.8% | 2007 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 15.7% | 2008 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 14.2% | 2018 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 16 | Namibia | 13.8% | 2017 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 12.8% | 2014 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 12.8% | 2018 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 19 | New Caledonia | 12.7% | 1989 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 20 | Suriname | 12.5% | 2018 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 12.3% | 2009 | — | flat |
| 22 | Haiti | 12.1% | 1986 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 23 | Mali | 12.1% | 2012 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 24 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.6% | 2014 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 11.4% | 2017 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 11.4% | 2007 | up 131.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 10.9% | 2018 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 28 | Iraq | 10.8% | 1999 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 29 | Tunisia | 10.5% | 2016 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 30 | Rwanda | 10.4% | 2018 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 31 | Aruba | 9.5% | 2013 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 9.3% | 2018 | up 53.6% | falling |
| 33 | Uganda | 9.0% | 2016 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 8.6% | 2017 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 8.4% | 2018 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 36 | Botswana | 8.1% | 2014 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Eswatini | 8.0% | 2017 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 7.9% | 2018 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 39 | Yemen | 7.8% | 2012 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 7.6% | 2018 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 7.1% | 2017 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 6.9% | 2014 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.9% | 2009 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 44 | Lesotho | 6.8% | 2015 | down 72.3% | flat |
| 45 | Mozambique | 6.6% | 2018 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 46 | Belize | 6.6% | 2017 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 47 | Nepal | 6.4% | 2016 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.3% | 2018 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 6.2% | 2017 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 50 | France | 6.2% | 1999 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 6.0% | 2016 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 5.7% | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 53 | Bhutan | 5.6% | 2017 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Paraguay | 5.6% | 2011 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 55 | Peru | 5.2% | 2016 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 56 | Zambia | 5.0% | 2012 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Lebanon | 4.9% | 2018 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 58 | Uruguay | 4.9% | 2016 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 59 | Libya | 4.7% | 1980 | up 876.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 4.6% | 2016 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 61 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.6% | 2012 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 62 | Senegal | 4.6% | 2014 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 63 | Eritrea | 4.3% | 2017 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 64 | Argentina | 4.2% | 2016 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.1% | 2018 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 66 | Djibouti | 4.1% | 2019 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.7% | 2016 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Netherlands | 3.5% | 1984 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 69 | Bahamas | 3.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Andorra | 3.3% | 2018 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 3.2% | 2017 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 72 | Honduras | 3.0% | 2016 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Belgium | 3.0% | 2017 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 2.9% | 2017 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 2.8% | 2017 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.8% | 2018 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Kenya | 2.7% | 2015 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5% | 2014 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.5% | 2017 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 2.4% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 81 | Dominica | 2.4% | 2015 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 82 | Grenada | 2.3% | 2017 | up 224.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2016 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 84 | Austria | 2.3% | 2017 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 2.2% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 2.1% | 2018 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Cuba | 2.1% | 2018 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Kiribati | 2.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.0% | 2017 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 90 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2018 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 91 | Mexico | 1.8% | 2017 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 92 | Colombia | 1.8% | 2017 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Liechtenstein | 1.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2017 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 1.7% | 2017 | down 52.5% | rising |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 1.7% | 2016 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 97 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.7% | 2014 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 1.6% | 2018 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2017 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 100 | Germany | 1.6% | 2007 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 101 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.5% | 2016 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Niger | 1.4% | 2016 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Thailand | 1.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 1.3% | 2017 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Hungary | 1.2% | 2017 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 106 | Türkiye | 1.1% | 2017 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1% | 2017 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 109 | Macau, China | 1.0% | 2018 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 110 | Monaco | 1.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2018 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 0.9% | 2014 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 0.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Samoa | 0.8% | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 0.7% | 2017 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.7% | 2017 | up 47.8% | falling |
| 118 | Ireland | 0.7% | 2017 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritania | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2018 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Hong Kong, China | 0.6% | 2018 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0.6% | 2017 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.5% | 2018 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 124 | India | 0.5% | 2016 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Finland | 0.5% | 2017 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 126 | Israel | 0.5% | 2017 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2018 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 128 | Poland | 0.5% | 2017 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 130 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2018 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 131 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 80.3% | falling |
| 132 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Estonia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 0.4% | 2008 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2018 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2009 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Italy | 0.3% | 2017 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 0.3% | 2016 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2017 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 140 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2% | 2017 | down 95.2% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2018 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2018 | up 97.7% | falling |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2014 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Malta | 0.1% | 2017 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 148 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2017 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2018 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2018 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2017 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2018 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2017 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 163 | China | 0.0% | 2018 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Romania | 0.0% | 2014 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 166 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.