Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
162
Highest
54.8%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.7%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,208
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 54.8% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 5.3%.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,340.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 54.8% | 2016 | up 155.2% | falling |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.0% | 1984 | up 186.3% | rising |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.8% | 2016 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 4 | Benin | 29.5% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 28.6% | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 6 | Eritrea | 28.1% | 2017 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 7 | Iraq | 24.6% | 1999 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 8 | Niger | 22.6% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 22.0% | 2021 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 21.9% | 2012 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 21.4% | 2023 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 12 | Namibia | 20.8% | 2021 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Congo | 20.7% | 2009 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 14 | Chad | 18.7% | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 15 | Mozambique | 17.4% | 2018 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 16 | Morocco | 17.3% | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 16.5% | 2019 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 18 | New Caledonia | 15.1% | 1989 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 14.1% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.9% | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 13.8% | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 13.0% | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bhutan | 12.6% | 2023 | up 252.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 11.4% | 2023 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 10.9% | 2014 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.2% | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 9.9% | 2023 | up 532.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominica | 9.5% | 2022 | up 76.6% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 9.4% | 2023 | up 224.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands | 9.3% | 1991 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 31 | Suriname | 8.6% | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 32 | Algeria | 8.3% | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.1% | 2023 | up 220.0% | falling |
| 34 | Argentina | 7.9% | 2022 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 7.9% | 2023 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 36 | Haiti | 7.8% | 1990 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.7% | 2008 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 38 | Guyana | 7.6% | 2009 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 7.4% | 2022 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 40 | Eswatini | 6.5% | 2022 | up 70.9% | falling |
| 41 | Colombia | 6.3% | 2021 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 6.3% | 2019 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 6.0% | 2007 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 44 | Nepal | 5.9% | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 5.7% | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 5.5% | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritania | 5.1% | 2016 | down 39.4% | flat |
| 48 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2022 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 4.8% | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Lebanon | 4.8% | 2022 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 52 | Macau, China | 4.6% | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 53 | Barbados | 4.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Türkiye | 4.0% | 2022 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Mauritius | 3.8% | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 3.6% | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.5% | 2018 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 58 | British Virgin Islands | 3.4% | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 3.4% | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 3.1% | 2022 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 61 | Egypt | 3.1% | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Latvia | 3.1% | 2023 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 2.9% | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Estonia | 2.9% | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 65 | Djibouti | 2.8% | 2022 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 66 | Poland | 2.7% | 2023 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 67 | Hong Kong, China | 2.7% | 2023 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 2.6% | 2018 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 2.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Greece | 2.5% | 2022 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Honduras | 2.3% | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Singapore | 2.3% | 1983 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Portugal | 2.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 74 | El Salvador | 2.2% | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 2.0% | 2023 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Germany | 2.0% | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 77 | Switzerland | 1.9% | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 78 | Jordan | 1.8% | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2023 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 1.8% | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 81 | Cambodia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Liberia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 83 | Hungary | 1.6% | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 84 | Liechtenstein | 1.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2019 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 87 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2016 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 88 | Israel | 1.2% | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 1.2% | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Grenada | 1.2% | 2020 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Slovakia | 1.2% | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 92 | Fiji | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1,071.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Italy | 1.0% | 2022 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 1.0% | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 95 | Gambia | 1.0% | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Kiribati | 1.0% | 2023 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.9% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.9% | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Andorra | 0.9% | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 101 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 102 | Botswana | 0.8% | 2013 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Qatar | 0.8% | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.8% | 2024 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 0.8% | 2019 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 107 | Tonga | 0.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7% | 2022 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 109 | France | 0.6% | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 111 | Albania | 0.5% | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 113 | Malawi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Oman | 0.5% | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Cyprus | 0.5% | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 0.5% | 2022 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 119 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2016 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2024 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2022 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 124 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.3% | 2023 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2018 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Finland | 0.3% | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 128 | Malta | 0.3% | 2022 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2023 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2022 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Palestine, State of | 0.2% | 2023 | down 87.6% | falling |
| 132 | Russian Federation | 0.2% | 2018 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Viet Nam | 0.2% | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 140.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 137 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 139 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,340.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 208.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2022 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 147 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release