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

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

Countries reporting
161
Highest
44.5%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
British Virgin Islands
Median
1.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,410

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 44.5% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 4.4%.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 625.3%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 44.5% 1987 up 51.8% rising
2 Gabon 31.2% 1995 down 8.5% falling
3 Burundi 27.3% 2018 down 13.8% rising
4 Madagascar 21.7% 2018 down 17.3% falling
5 Malawi 21.5% 2018 up 12.4% rising
6 Chad 20.0% 2017 down 8.7% falling
7 Central African Republic 19.9% 2011 — falling
8 Guinea 17.9% 2013 up 25.0% falling
9 Sao Tome and Principe 17.4% 2016 down 19.3% falling
10 Congo 16.2% 2007 down 27.9% falling
11 Benin 15.8% 2018 up 5.6% falling
12 Vanuatu 13.9% 2008 up 46.3% rising
13 Mali 13.5% 2011 down 7.8% falling
14 Cameroon 12.6% 2018 down 13.9% falling
15 Togo 12.4% 2014 down 46.9% falling
16 Timor-Leste 12.4% 2018 down 37.6% falling
17 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.1% 2014 down 34.3% falling
18 Haiti 12.0% 1986 down 48.6% falling
19 Gambia 12.0% 2018 up 99.7% falling
20 Namibia 11.1% 2017 down 1.3% falling
21 New Caledonia 10.6% 1989 down 19.4% flat
22 Luxembourg 9.8% 2016 up 118.3% rising
23 Rwanda 9.7% 2018 down 37.0% falling
24 Nicaragua 9.6% 2007 up 131.3% falling
25 Guatemala 9.3% 2018 down 20.0% falling
26 Iraq 8.9% 1999 down 33.9% falling
27 Suriname 8.9% 2018 down 36.9% falling
28 Uganda 8.7% 2016 down 36.1% falling
29 Botswana 8.3% 2014 up 133.6% volatile
30 Eswatini 8.2% 2016 down 44.4% rising
31 Tunisia 8.2% 2016 up 0.5% falling
32 Aruba 7.6% 2013 down 20.2% falling
33 Yemen 7.4% 2012 up 84.5% rising
34 Ethiopia 6.8% 2014 down 3.3% falling
35 South Africa 6.6% 2017 down 10.5% falling
36 Morocco 6.5% 2018 down 39.8% falling
37 Mozambique 6.5% 2018 down 34.4% falling
38 Nepal 6.4% 2016 down 52.1% falling
39 Solomon Islands 5.9% 2017 down 32.4% rising
40 Cambodia 5.8% 2018 down 49.4% volatile
41 Belize 5.5% 2017 down 19.1% falling
42 Algeria 5.5% 2018 down 28.3% falling
43 Costa Rica 5.4% 2015 down 22.6% falling
44 Burkina Faso 5.0% 2018 down 38.7% falling
45 Lesotho 4.9% 2015 down 75.4% falling
46 Zambia 4.9% 2012 up 3.9% volatile
47 Cape Verde 4.8% 2017 down 71.0% falling
48 Peru 4.8% 2016 down 61.8% falling
49 Uruguay 4.7% 2015 down 42.6% falling
50 Bhutan 4.7% 2017 down 18.2% volatile
51 Senegal 4.5% 2014 down 56.0% falling
52 Paraguay 4.4% 2011 down 46.3% falling
53 Libya 4.4% 1980 up 625.3% volatile
54 Côte d'Ivoire 4.3% 2018 down 73.0% falling
55 Eritrea 4.2% 2017 down 74.0% falling
56 Syrian Arab Republic 3.9% 2012 down 48.2% falling
57 Panama 3.9% 2016 down 43.3% falling
58 Djibouti 3.9% 2019 down 52.1% falling
59 Lebanon 3.8% 2018 down 19.1% falling
60 Argentina 3.5% 2016 down 33.7% falling
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.2% 2018 down 76.6% falling
62 Belgium 2.9% 2017 down 33.2% volatile
63 Liechtenstein 2.9% 2017 — volatile
64 Andorra 2.8% 2018 down 36.8% volatile
65 Netherlands 2.8% 1984 down 1.3% flat
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.7% 2016 down 44.4% falling
67 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.6% 2014 down 56.3% volatile
68 El Salvador 2.5% 2017 down 45.3% falling
69 Spain 2.5% 2017 down 35.6% falling
70 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.5% 2018 down 27.0% rising
71 Kenya 2.5% 2015 down 56.0% volatile
72 Bahamas 2.3% 2015 — volatile
73 Slovakia 2.2% 2017 up 7.3% rising
74 Austria 2.2% 2017 up 0.4% falling
75 Switzerland 2.2% 2017 — rising
76 Chile 2.2% 2017 down 38.8% volatile
77 Dominica 2.1% 2014 down 21.4% rising
78 Sudan 2.1% 2016 down 44.8% falling
79 Honduras 2.1% 2016 down 74.9% volatile
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.1% 2017 down 63.3% falling
81 Pakistan 1.9% 2018 down 53.6% falling
82 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6% 2014 up 15.7% volatile
83 Ghana 1.6% 2017 down 54.7% rising
84 Saint Lucia 1.6% 2018 up 129.0% volatile
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.6% 2017 down 42.5% falling
86 Germany 1.5% 2007 down 24.0% falling
87 Saudi Arabia 1.5% 2016 down 49.3% falling
88 Colombia 1.5% 2017 down 53.0% volatile
89 Grenada 1.5% 2017 up 336.3% volatile
90 Mexico 1.4% 2017 down 68.9% volatile
91 Cuba 1.4% 2018 up 65.0% volatile
92 Niger 1.4% 2016 down 54.1% volatile
93 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.2% 2016 down 15.8% volatile
94 Indonesia 1.1% 2017 down 55.9% volatile
95 Türkiye 1.1% 2017 down 27.5% volatile
96 Dominican Republic 1.1% 2018 down 81.4% volatile
97 Philippines 1.1% 2017 down 38.0% falling
98 Hungary 1.0% 2017 down 4.6% falling
99 Denmark 1.0% 2017 — volatile
100 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2016 up 52.8% volatile
101 Macau, China 0.8% 2018 down 60.9% volatile
102 Samoa 0.8% 2018 up 6.9% rising
103 Thailand 0.8% 2017 — volatile
104 Jordan 0.8% 2018 up 34.1% volatile
105 Greece 0.8% 2017 up 22.0% volatile
106 Mauritania 0.7% 2018 — volatile
107 Slovenia 0.6% 2017 up 68.6% falling
108 Ireland 0.6% 2017 down 38.5% volatile
109 Qatar 0.5% 2018 up 60.8% volatile
110 Viet Nam 0.5% 2014 down 75.3% volatile
111 India 0.5% 2016 down 81.3% volatile
112 Ecuador 0.5% 2017 down 72.6% volatile
113 Hong Kong, China 0.5% 2018 down 47.7% volatile
114 Albania 0.4% 2018 down 28.1% volatile
115 Serbia 0.4% 2018 down 38.8% falling
116 Jamaica 0.4% 2018 down 58.8% volatile
117 Czechia 0.4% 2017 down 15.5% falling
118 Myanmar 0.4% 2009 down 44.9% volatile
119 Poland 0.4% 2017 down 19.5% rising
120 Kiribati 0.4% 1996 down 74.4% volatile
121 Fiji 0.4% 2015 down 77.9% volatile
122 Finland 0.4% 2017 down 45.2% rising
123 Guyana 0.3% 2008 down 75.4% volatile
124 Estonia 0.3% 2017 down 29.8% volatile
125 Israel 0.3% 2017 down 58.4% falling
126 Russian Federation 0.3% 2016 — volatile
127 Latvia 0.3% 2017 down 77.0% falling
128 Italy 0.3% 2017 up 50.3% volatile
129 Kuwait 0.2% 2018 up 145.2% volatile
130 Lithuania 0.2% 2017 down 31.8% falling
131 Georgia 0.2% 2018 up 257.3% rising
132 Malta 0.1% 2017 down 88.7% volatile
133 Armenia 0.1% 2018 up 15.6% volatile
134 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 51.9% falling
135 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 67.0% volatile
136 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 94.7% volatile
137 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 67.7% falling
138 Egypt 0.1% 2018 down 95.0% volatile
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 up 126.7% rising
140 Mongolia 0.1% 2017 down 88.0% volatile
141 Cyprus 0.0% 2017 down 96.2% volatile
142 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 50.6% volatile
143 Belarus 0.0% 2017 up 47.4% volatile
144 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 43.2% volatile
145 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2018 down 90.6% volatile
146 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 89.8% volatile
147 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2018 — volatile
148 Bahrain 0.0% 2018 down 85.7% volatile
149 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 60.0% volatile
150 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 26.7% volatile
151 China 0.0% 2018 down 89.0% volatile
152 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 down 66.2% volatile
153 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
153 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
153 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 — volatile
153 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
153 Oman 0.0% 2018 — volatile
153 Romania 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling
153 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
153 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
153 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
174 places, 3,410 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.