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Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
170
Highest
51.0%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Cook Islands
Median
2.1%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,702

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 51.0% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 5.9%.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,392.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 51.0% 2016 up 159.0% falling
2 Sao Tome and Principe 40.8% 2016 down 21.5% rising
3 Guinea-Bissau 36.6% 1984 up 49.6% volatile
4 Iraq 32.2% 1999 down 10.4% rising
5 Benin 28.5% 2021 up 5.4% rising
6 Eritrea 28.5% 2017 up 100.9% rising
7 Gabon 28.2% 1987 up 68.8% rising
8 Burundi 25.5% 2019 down 9.4% rising
9 Cape Verde 25.5% 2021 up 18.2% flat
10 Guinea 23.9% 2013 up 93.1% falling
11 Niger 22.1% 2023 up 8.1% rising
12 Lesotho 21.3% 2023 up 103.6% rising
13 Namibia 20.9% 2021 up 107.9% volatile
14 Morocco 19.7% 2023 down 33.3% rising
15 Luxembourg 19.6% 2019 up 12.7% rising
16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.6% 2023 up 16.7% rising
17 Chad 17.6% 2021 down 0.7% flat
18 Mozambique 16.9% 2018 down 22.8% falling
19 Brazil 15.8% 2010 — rising
20 Congo 15.7% 2011 down 32.7% falling
21 New Caledonia 14.1% 1989 up 2.0% flat
22 Bhutan 13.9% 2023 up 297.7% volatile
23 Central African Republic 13.8% 2011 — rising
24 Senegal 13.8% 2023 down 32.3% rising
25 Burkina Faso 13.7% 2023 down 34.8% rising
26 Guatemala 13.1% 2023 up 554.8% volatile
27 Dominica 12.7% 2022 up 43.1% rising
28 Algeria 12.6% 2024 down 3.5% volatile
29 Ethiopia 11.0% 2014 down 34.0% falling
30 Côte d'Ivoire 10.6% 2023 down 1.5% falling
31 Brunei Darussalam 10.5% 2008 down 16.3% falling
32 Madagascar 10.1% 2023 up 8.4% flat
33 Netherlands 9.8% 1991 down 15.1% falling
34 Syrian Arab Republic 9.8% 2023 up 155.7% falling
35 Suriname 9.6% 2020 down 18.1% falling
36 Argentina 9.2% 2022 down 22.4% rising
37 Guyana 9.1% 2009 up 2.1% volatile
38 Réunion 8.8% 1984 down 31.3% falling
39 Uruguay 8.6% 2022 down 55.3% falling
40 Comoros 8.5% 2013 down 40.4% falling
41 Togo 8.4% 2023 down 68.1% falling
42 British Virgin Islands 7.5% 2023 down 63.3% volatile
43 Antigua and Barbuda 7.4% 2018 down 40.6% falling
44 Nepal 7.4% 2024 up 63.6% volatile
45 Rwanda 7.4% 2023 up 171.4% volatile
46 Nicaragua 7.4% 2007 up 27.2% volatile
47 Tunisia 7.4% 2020 down 1.5% falling
48 Colombia 7.3% 2021 up 82.3% volatile
49 Eswatini 6.9% 2022 up 51.7% falling
50 Dominican Republic 6.8% 2023 down 11.7% rising
51 Barbados 6.8% 2023 — volatile
52 Bangladesh 6.7% 2019 up 108.1% falling
53 Haiti 6.6% 1996 down 17.9% rising
54 Spain 6.4% 2023 down 41.4% falling
55 Belize 6.2% 2023 down 27.2% falling
56 Zambia 6.0% 1983 up 79.8% rising
57 Cameroon 5.8% 2022 down 41.9% falling
58 Vanuatu 5.3% 2023 up 69.7% volatile
59 Mauritania 5.2% 2016 down 37.7% flat
60 Macau, China 4.9% 2023 down 37.6% falling
61 Guadeloupe 4.9% 1991 down 54.6% falling
62 Lebanon 4.8% 2022 down 57.8% falling
63 Costa Rica 4.5% 2023 down 44.1% falling
64 Mauritius 4.3% 2023 down 37.2% rising
65 Türkiye 4.0% 2022 up 128.2% volatile
66 Latvia 3.8% 2023 up 130.1% falling
67 Egypt 3.7% 2023 down 43.6% volatile
68 Romania 3.7% 2022 up 39.6% rising
69 Djibouti 3.5% 2022 down 56.3% falling
70 Greece 3.4% 2022 up 83.5% volatile
71 Peru 3.3% 2018 down 42.2% falling
72 Poland 3.2% 2023 up 117.6% rising
73 Honduras 3.1% 2023 up 16.6% rising
74 Jordan 3.1% 2023 up 46.1% volatile
75 Estonia 3.0% 2023 down 8.1% falling
76 Austria 3.0% 2023 up 61.3% volatile
77 Afghanistan 3.0% 2018 — volatile
78 Hong Kong, China 3.0% 2023 up 0.0% volatile
79 Cambodia 2.9% 2023 up 4.6% volatile
80 Singapore 2.7% 1983 down 37.1% rising
81 Portugal 2.6% 2022 — volatile
82 El Salvador 2.4% 2023 up 8.1% volatile
83 Germany 2.3% 2023 up 7.6% falling
84 India 2.2% 2023 up 153.6% volatile
85 Bulgaria 2.2% 2023 up 29.1% falling
86 Grenada 2.0% 2020 down 83.9% volatile
87 Switzerland 1.9% 2023 down 8.0% flat
88 Israel 1.8% 2023 up 10.4% falling
89 Zimbabwe 1.8% 2023 down 56.8% falling
90 Liberia 1.8% 2021 down 53.6% falling
91 Hungary 1.8% 2023 down 33.4% rising
92 Kiribati 1.8% 2023 down 80.3% volatile
93 Philippines 1.4% 2023 down 36.1% falling
94 Solomon Islands 1.4% 2019 down 37.0% volatile
95 Pakistan 1.4% 2023 down 16.5% falling
96 Panama 1.4% 2023 down 58.8% falling
97 Fiji 1.4% 2023 up 1,170.5% volatile
98 Italy 1.3% 2022 down 54.2% falling
99 Ecuador 1.3% 2023 down 60.2% volatile
100 Slovakia 1.2% 2023 down 40.6% rising
101 Uganda 1.2% 2016 down 70.8% falling
102 Timor-Leste 1.2% 2019 down 34.3% falling
103 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.2% 2022 down 22.8% volatile
104 Qatar 1.2% 2023 down 85.5% volatile
105 Sierra Leone 1.2% 2023 down 76.6% volatile
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.1% 2024 up 28.6% volatile
107 Gambia 1.1% 2024 down 76.1% volatile
108 Monaco 1.1% 2023 up 338.8% volatile
109 Czechia 1.0% 2021 down 17.0% falling
110 Albania 0.9% 2023 down 13.1% volatile
111 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2023 down 75.2% falling
112 Andorra 0.9% 2023 down 88.6% volatile
113 Tuvalu 0.9% 2023 — volatile
114 Denmark 0.9% 2023 down 28.6% falling
115 Botswana 0.8% 2013 down 41.4% volatile
116 France 0.8% 2023 down 64.3% volatile
117 Oman 0.7% 2023 down 83.7% volatile
118 Cyprus 0.7% 2023 down 23.6% volatile
119 Mexico 0.6% 2023 up 35.9% falling
120 Paraguay 0.6% 2023 up 8.4% rising
121 Azerbaijan 0.6% 2024 up 96.0% falling
122 North Macedonia 0.6% 2022 down 16.7% volatile
123 Georgia 0.6% 2023 down 65.8% volatile
124 Myanmar 0.6% 2016 down 81.5% volatile
125 Malawi 0.5% 2023 down 83.8% volatile
126 Montenegro 0.5% 2022 down 0.6% falling
127 Tonga 0.5% 2023 — volatile
128 Thailand 0.5% 2024 down 91.4% volatile
129 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 47.2% rising
130 Serbia 0.4% 2021 down 37.0% falling
131 Ghana 0.4% 2018 down 76.2% volatile
132 Viet Nam 0.4% 2023 down 60.2% volatile
133 Sweden 0.3% 2023 — volatile
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2022 down 35.6% falling
135 San Marino 0.3% 2023 down 50.8% volatile
136 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.3% 2023 down 91.3% volatile
137 Finland 0.3% 2023 down 51.5% falling
138 Lithuania 0.3% 2023 down 35.8% volatile
139 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2023 down 86.4% falling
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2023 down 77.9% volatile
141 Liechtenstein 0.3% 2020 — volatile
142 Cuba 0.2% 2023 down 45.0% volatile
143 Malta 0.2% 2022 up 7.2% volatile
144 Saint Lucia 0.2% 2023 down 53.3% volatile
145 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2021 down 70.6% falling
146 Slovenia 0.2% 2022 up 111.2% volatile
147 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 58.1% volatile
148 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 1,392.3% volatile
149 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 77.6% volatile
150 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 90.8% volatile
151 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
152 Bahrain 0.1% 2023 down 93.2% volatile
153 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 190.8% volatile
154 Ireland 0.0% 2021 down 75.8% volatile
155 Jamaica 0.0% 2023 down 97.1% volatile
156 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 87.3% volatile
157 China 0.0% 2020 down 14.0% volatile
158 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.4% volatile
159 Indonesia 0.0% 2024 down 90.9% volatile
160 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 66.7% volatile
161 Mongolia 0.0% 2022 down 49.0% volatile
162 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 83.0% volatile
163 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 61.3% volatile
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
164 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
164 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
164 Maldives 0.0% 2023 — volatile
164 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
164 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
164 Cook Islands 0.0% 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
177 places, 3,702 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release