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Repetition rate in Grade 2 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
162
Highest
43.1%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,410

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 43.1% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 5.3%.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,164.7%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 43.1% 1987 up 84.5% rising
2 Gabon 33.1% 1995 down 4.5% falling
3 Burundi 31.1% 2018 down 3.6% rising
4 Sao Tome and Principe 26.7% 2016 up 1.1% falling
5 Madagascar 24.0% 2018 down 17.3% falling
6 Malawi 22.5% 2018 up 14.6% rising
7 Chad 18.6% 2017 down 8.7% falling
8 Central African Republic 18.2% 2011 — falling
9 Benin 17.4% 2018 up 11.3% falling
10 Vanuatu 17.4% 2008 up 55.2% rising
11 Guinea 17.0% 2013 up 30.1% falling
12 Namibia 16.4% 2017 up 3.8% falling
13 Timor-Leste 15.8% 2018 down 33.9% falling
14 Suriname 15.7% 2018 down 25.1% falling
15 Congo 15.4% 2007 down 33.2% falling
16 New Caledonia 14.6% 1989 up 4.5% rising
17 Eswatini 14.5% 2016 down 32.4% rising
18 Mali 14.0% 2011 down 1.4% falling
19 Togo 13.2% 2014 down 44.2% falling
20 Cameroon 13.0% 2018 down 15.6% falling
21 Nicaragua 13.0% 2007 up 130.3% falling
22 Tunisia 12.6% 2016 up 15.8% falling
23 Guatemala 12.4% 2018 down 9.7% flat
24 Iraq 12.4% 1999 down 31.9% flat
25 Haiti 12.2% 1986 down 51.3% falling
26 Luxembourg 11.5% 2016 up 96.1% flat
27 Aruba 11.2% 2013 down 25.5% flat
28 Rwanda 11.2% 2018 down 31.7% falling
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.1% 2014 down 40.0% falling
30 South Africa 10.5% 2017 up 21.9% falling
31 Morocco 10.2% 2018 down 30.0% falling
32 Algeria 10.0% 2018 down 16.9% rising
33 Uganda 9.3% 2016 down 34.7% falling
34 Cambodia 9.2% 2018 down 31.4% falling
35 Cape Verde 9.0% 2017 down 64.8% falling
36 Côte d'Ivoire 8.5% 2018 down 44.4% falling
37 Lesotho 8.5% 2015 down 70.0% flat
38 Yemen 8.2% 2012 up 95.4% rising
39 Botswana 8.0% 2014 up 20.4% volatile
40 Costa Rica 7.6% 2015 down 19.4% falling
41 Belize 7.6% 2017 down 9.4% falling
42 Ethiopia 7.1% 2014 down 12.5% falling
43 Mozambique 6.8% 2018 down 34.6% falling
44 Paraguay 6.7% 2011 down 42.5% falling
45 Gambia 6.6% 2018 up 6.6% falling
46 Solomon Islands 6.5% 2017 down 32.4% rising
47 Bhutan 6.5% 2017 down 9.8% volatile
48 Nepal 6.4% 2016 down 49.2% falling
49 Uruguay 6.4% 2015 down 40.4% falling
50 Burkina Faso 6.4% 2018 down 28.6% falling
51 Lebanon 6.0% 2018 down 18.4% falling
52 Peru 5.6% 2016 down 58.2% falling
53 Panama 5.3% 2016 down 46.2% falling
54 Syrian Arab Republic 5.2% 2012 down 47.9% falling
55 Zambia 5.1% 2012 up 5.3% volatile
56 Libya 5.1% 1980 up 1,164.7% volatile
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.0% 2018 down 69.6% falling
58 Argentina 4.9% 2016 down 37.9% falling
59 Senegal 4.6% 2014 down 55.4% falling
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.5% 2016 down 41.1% falling
61 Eritrea 4.5% 2017 down 74.9% falling
62 Bahamas 4.4% 2015 — volatile
63 Djibouti 4.3% 2019 down 44.9% falling
64 Netherlands 4.1% 1984 up 4.2% flat
65 Honduras 3.9% 2016 down 63.8% volatile
66 El Salvador 3.8% 2017 down 41.9% falling
67 Dominica 3.8% 2014 down 21.5% rising
68 Andorra 3.8% 2018 down 31.3% rising
69 Chile 3.5% 2017 down 33.7% volatile
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.4% 2014 down 9.7% volatile
71 Spain 3.2% 2017 down 41.2% falling
72 Grenada 3.1% 2017 up 187.4% volatile
73 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.1% 2018 down 17.5% rising
74 Belgium 3.0% 2017 down 32.8% volatile
75 Kenya 2.9% 2015 down 50.7% volatile
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.8% 2017 down 57.2% falling
77 Cuba 2.7% 2018 up 34.7% volatile
78 Saint Lucia 2.6% 2018 up 22.0% falling
79 Slovakia 2.6% 2017 down 0.6% rising
80 Sudan 2.5% 2016 down 41.9% falling
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.4% 2017 down 42.6% falling
82 Austria 2.3% 2017 down 5.4% volatile
83 Philippines 2.3% 2017 down 29.9% rising
84 Switzerland 2.3% 2017 — flat
85 Mexico 2.2% 2017 down 68.6% falling
86 Dominican Republic 2.1% 2018 down 78.6% volatile
87 Colombia 2.1% 2017 down 49.4% volatile
88 Indonesia 2.0% 2017 down 52.0% falling
89 Pakistan 1.8% 2018 down 60.2% falling
90 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.8% 2016 down 21.8% volatile
91 Ghana 1.8% 2017 down 50.5% volatile
92 Thailand 1.8% 2017 — volatile
93 Saudi Arabia 1.8% 2016 down 58.7% volatile
94 Germany 1.6% 2007 down 37.0% falling
95 Tuvalu 1.6% 2018 — volatile
96 Hungary 1.5% 2017 up 6.1% falling
97 Niger 1.4% 2016 down 49.3% volatile
98 Denmark 1.3% 2017 — volatile
99 Macau, China 1.2% 2018 down 59.2% falling
100 Viet Nam 1.2% 2014 down 59.8% falling
101 Türkiye 1.2% 2017 down 22.8% volatile
102 Jordan 1.0% 2018 up 99.3% volatile
103 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2016 up 24.7% volatile
104 Liechtenstein 0.9% 2017 — volatile
105 Slovenia 0.8% 2017 up 36.2% falling
106 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8% 2014 down 83.7% volatile
107 Ireland 0.8% 2017 down 39.5% volatile
108 Samoa 0.7% 2018 down 9.5% falling
109 Israel 0.7% 2017 down 41.9% falling
110 Qatar 0.7% 2018 up 98.7% volatile
111 Greece 0.7% 2017 down 12.8% volatile
112 Mauritania 0.7% 2018 — volatile
113 Finland 0.7% 2017 down 38.4% flat
114 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2018 down 47.7% volatile
115 Ecuador 0.6% 2017 down 71.4% volatile
116 Albania 0.6% 2018 down 48.8% volatile
117 Jamaica 0.6% 2018 down 70.3% falling
118 Poland 0.5% 2017 down 20.7% rising
119 India 0.5% 2016 down 79.1% volatile
120 Latvia 0.5% 2017 down 81.5% falling
121 Czechia 0.5% 2017 down 17.9% falling
122 Kiribati 0.5% 1996 down 79.5% volatile
123 Estonia 0.4% 2017 down 44.7% volatile
124 Fiji 0.4% 2015 down 83.7% volatile
125 Serbia 0.4% 2018 down 60.1% falling
126 Guyana 0.4% 2008 down 79.9% volatile
127 Kuwait 0.4% 2018 up 37.1% volatile
128 Italy 0.4% 2017 up 15.3% volatile
129 British Virgin Islands 0.3% 2017 down 95.1% volatile
130 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2018 down 65.8% volatile
131 Lithuania 0.3% 2017 down 38.7% falling
132 Russian Federation 0.3% 2016 — volatile
133 Myanmar 0.2% 2009 down 65.1% volatile
134 Georgia 0.2% 2018 up 44.8% falling
135 Armenia 0.1% 2018 down 11.2% volatile
136 Malta 0.1% 2017 down 72.5% volatile
137 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 47.2% volatile
138 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 58.5% volatile
139 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 95.8% volatile
140 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 68.7% falling
141 Egypt 0.1% 2018 down 96.4% volatile
142 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 down 43.7% volatile
143 Cyprus 0.1% 2017 down 95.1% volatile
144 Mongolia 0.1% 2017 down 90.0% volatile
145 Ukraine 0.1% 2018 down 5.8% volatile
146 Bahrain 0.0% 2018 down 44.7% volatile
147 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 58.2% volatile
148 Belarus 0.0% 2017 up 48.8% volatile
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2018 down 65.0% falling
150 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2018 — volatile
151 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 15.7% volatile
152 China 0.0% 2018 down 88.1% volatile
153 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 229.5% volatile
154 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 90.3% volatile
155 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
155 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
155 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 — volatile
155 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
155 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
155 Oman 0.0% 2018 — volatile
155 Romania 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling
155 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%)
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 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.