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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
163
Highest
48.2%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
2.3%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,213

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (%) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 48.2% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 6.2%.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,444.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 48.2% 2016 up 158.7% falling
2 Sao Tome and Principe 43.0% 2016 down 17.4% rising
3 Iraq 36.5% 1999 down 6.9% rising
4 Guinea-Bissau 34.3% 1984 up 71.1% rising
5 Cape Verde 29.2% 2021 up 31.1% rising
6 Eritrea 28.8% 2017 up 134.9% rising
7 Benin 27.5% 2021 up 4.0% rising
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.4% 2023 up 14.4% rising
9 Luxembourg 22.3% 2019 up 9.9% rising
10 Morocco 22.0% 2023 down 34.4% rising
11 Guinea 21.7% 2012 down 3.8% falling
12 Niger 21.6% 2023 up 7.5% rising
13 Lesotho 21.3% 2023 up 97.0% rising
14 Burundi 21.2% 2019 down 20.3% rising
15 Namibia 20.9% 2021 up 136.9% volatile
16 Chad 17.0% 2021 up 0.0% falling
17 Algeria 16.8% 2024 down 2.6% volatile
18 Congo 16.6% 2009 down 16.2% falling
19 Guatemala 16.4% 2023 up 581.8% volatile
20 Mozambique 16.3% 2018 down 15.2% falling
21 Dominica 15.8% 2022 up 30.1% rising
22 Bhutan 15.2% 2023 up 348.0% volatile
23 Senegal 14.8% 2023 down 25.3% rising
24 Central African Republic 13.7% 2011 — rising
25 Burkina Faso 13.6% 2023 down 32.5% rising
26 Brunei Darussalam 13.0% 2008 up 1.3% falling
27 New Caledonia 13.0% 1989 down 8.2% flat
28 British Virgin Islands 11.7% 2023 down 51.5% volatile
29 Syrian Arab Republic 11.6% 2023 up 133.4% falling
30 Antigua and Barbuda 11.3% 2018 down 24.6% falling
31 Ethiopia 11.2% 2014 down 36.0% falling
32 Côte d'Ivoire 11.1% 2023 up 4.7% falling
33 Suriname 11.0% 2020 down 24.7% rising
34 Argentina 10.5% 2022 down 20.3% rising
35 Guyana 10.5% 2009 up 12.6% volatile
36 Netherlands 10.3% 1991 down 14.7% falling
37 Uruguay 9.9% 2022 down 54.8% falling
38 Barbados 9.7% 2023 — volatile
39 Tunisia 9.2% 2020 up 3.2% falling
40 Dominican Republic 9.1% 2023 down 11.5% rising
41 Nicaragua 9.0% 2007 up 27.5% rising
42 Togo 8.9% 2023 down 66.2% falling
43 Nepal 8.8% 2024 up 96.8% volatile
44 Belize 8.7% 2023 down 12.8% rising
45 Madagascar 8.6% 2023 down 9.1% flat
46 Colombia 8.2% 2021 up 84.5% rising
47 Spain 7.3% 2023 down 41.4% falling
48 Eswatini 7.3% 2022 up 39.0% falling
49 Bangladesh 7.1% 2019 up 113.0% falling
50 Haiti 6.8% 1990 up 43.3% rising
51 Cameroon 6.6% 2022 down 36.1% falling
52 Vanuatu 5.7% 2023 up 64.6% volatile
53 Costa Rica 5.5% 2023 down 41.3% falling
54 Mauritania 5.4% 2016 down 36.0% rising
55 Macau, China 5.2% 2023 down 46.4% falling
56 Rwanda 4.9% 2023 up 93.1% volatile
57 Mauritius 4.8% 2023 down 42.2% rising
58 Lebanon 4.8% 2022 down 58.2% falling
59 Latvia 4.5% 2023 up 122.7% flat
60 Jordan 4.3% 2023 up 82.8% volatile
61 Egypt 4.3% 2023 down 33.8% volatile
62 Romania 4.2% 2022 up 24.1% rising
63 Greece 4.2% 2022 up 81.1% volatile
64 Cambodia 4.2% 2023 up 9.4% volatile
65 Djibouti 4.1% 2022 down 34.3% falling
66 Honduras 4.0% 2023 up 14.9% rising
67 Türkiye 4.0% 2022 up 167.5% volatile
68 Peru 3.9% 2018 down 42.2% falling
69 Poland 3.6% 2023 up 103.9% rising
70 Hong Kong, China 3.2% 2023 down 11.0% volatile
71 Afghanistan 3.2% 2018 — volatile
72 Estonia 3.2% 2023 down 17.3% falling
73 Singapore 3.1% 1983 down 36.1% rising
74 Austria 3.1% 2023 up 40.7% volatile
75 Portugal 2.9% 2022 — volatile
76 Grenada 2.8% 2020 down 82.6% volatile
77 El Salvador 2.7% 2023 down 8.0% volatile
78 Kiribati 2.7% 2023 down 71.3% volatile
79 Germany 2.6% 2023 up 0.4% falling
80 Bulgaria 2.5% 2023 up 20.8% falling
81 Israel 2.5% 2023 up 4.9% falling
82 India 2.3% 2023 up 174.5% volatile
83 Philippines 2.0% 2023 down 41.3% falling
84 Hungary 2.0% 2023 down 37.7% falling
85 Liberia 1.9% 2021 down 45.3% falling
86 Zimbabwe 1.9% 2023 down 58.5% falling
87 Switzerland 1.9% 2023 down 7.3% flat
88 Tuvalu 1.8% 2023 — volatile
89 Panama 1.8% 2023 down 58.2% falling
90 Fiji 1.7% 2023 up 1,229.5% volatile
91 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.7% 2022 down 22.5% volatile
92 Timor-Leste 1.6% 2019 down 19.4% falling
93 Ecuador 1.6% 2023 down 57.7% volatile
94 Italy 1.5% 2022 down 56.3% falling
95 Qatar 1.5% 2023 down 79.8% volatile
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.4% 2024 up 8.5% volatile
97 Liechtenstein 1.4% 2019 — volatile
98 Pakistan 1.4% 2023 down 25.5% falling
99 Solomon Islands 1.4% 2019 down 40.9% volatile
100 Slovakia 1.3% 2023 down 41.6% falling
101 Gambia 1.3% 2024 down 72.7% rising
102 Albania 1.3% 2023 down 10.6% volatile
103 Czechia 1.2% 2021 down 21.5% falling
104 Uganda 1.2% 2016 down 70.7% falling
105 Sierra Leone 1.1% 2023 down 74.8% volatile
106 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2023 down 79.5% falling
107 Andorra 0.9% 2023 down 90.9% volatile
108 Oman 0.9% 2023 down 84.6% volatile
109 Cyprus 0.9% 2023 down 37.3% volatile
110 Paraguay 0.9% 2023 up 14.6% rising
111 France 0.9% 2023 down 65.3% volatile
112 Denmark 0.8% 2023 down 42.5% falling
113 Botswana 0.8% 2013 down 21.5% volatile
114 Myanmar 0.7% 2016 down 75.6% volatile
115 Georgia 0.7% 2023 down 62.6% volatile
116 Mexico 0.7% 2023 up 8.0% falling
117 North Macedonia 0.7% 2022 down 29.1% volatile
118 Azerbaijan 0.7% 2024 up 111.7% volatile
119 Montenegro 0.6% 2022 down 21.1% volatile
120 San Marino 0.6% 2023 down 53.7% volatile
121 Viet Nam 0.5% 2023 down 63.1% falling
122 Thailand 0.5% 2024 down 92.7% volatile
123 Serbia 0.5% 2021 down 45.2% falling
124 Armenia 0.5% 2023 up 51.5% falling
125 Malawi 0.5% 2023 down 83.8% volatile
126 Monaco 0.5% 2021 down 3.6% volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5% 2022 down 39.1% falling
128 Ghana 0.4% 2018 down 72.3% volatile
129 Lithuania 0.4% 2023 down 39.1% volatile
130 Sweden 0.4% 2023 — volatile
131 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2023 down 85.4% falling
132 Cuba 0.3% 2023 down 44.8% volatile
133 Saint Lucia 0.3% 2023 down 67.3% volatile
134 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.3% 2023 down 94.3% volatile
135 Tonga 0.3% 2023 — volatile
136 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2023 down 73.5% volatile
137 Saudi Arabia 0.3% 2021 down 64.2% volatile
138 Finland 0.3% 2023 down 55.0% falling
139 Slovenia 0.2% 2022 up 84.7% volatile
140 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 52.4% falling
141 Malta 0.2% 2022 up 5.0% volatile
142 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 90.3% volatile
143 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 82.0% volatile
144 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 1,444.4% volatile
145 Bahrain 0.1% 2023 down 92.2% volatile
146 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
147 Jamaica 0.1% 2023 down 96.2% volatile
148 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 175.9% volatile
149 Ireland 0.0% 2021 down 78.7% volatile
150 China 0.0% 2020 down 16.3% volatile
151 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 91.7% volatile
152 Indonesia 0.0% 2024 down 89.8% volatile
153 Mongolia 0.0% 2022 down 55.5% volatile
154 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 79.5% volatile
155 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 52.0% volatile
156 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 96.2% volatile
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
157 Kuwait 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
157 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
157 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
157 Maldives 0.0% 2023 — volatile
157 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
157 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
170 places, 3,213 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release