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Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
184
Highest
39.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Anguilla
Median
1.5%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,676

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 39.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Anguilla.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 4.2%.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 1,827.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 39.9% 1987 up 58.9% rising
2 Gabon 37.0% 2002 up 0.7% rising
3 Congo 31.6% 2007 down 23.6% rising
4 Burundi 26.5% 2019 down 14.2% rising
5 Malawi 25.8% 2023 up 29.2% rising
6 Central African Republic 24.7% 2011 — falling
7 Rwanda 22.9% 2023 up 65.8% rising
8 Mali 22.6% 2016 up 23.0% falling
9 Madagascar 21.6% 2023 down 9.4% falling
10 Comoros 18.5% 2017 down 33.1% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 17.3% 2023 up 18.2% falling
12 Suriname 17.3% 2020 down 1.1% falling
13 Brazil 15.4% 2003 up 1.3% rising
14 Eswatini 14.7% 2018 down 24.4% rising
15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.3% 2020 down 5.4% falling
16 Réunion 14.1% 1986 down 17.3% falling
17 Chad 13.9% 2021 down 45.8% falling
18 Haiti 13.5% 1986 down 42.4% falling
19 Guinea 12.7% 2013 up 63.1% falling
20 Namibia 12.2% 2023 up 15.0% falling
21 Angola 11.2% 2010 — falling
22 New Caledonia 11.2% 1989 down 9.7% rising
23 Guatemala 11.0% 2023 up 32.5% falling
24 Cameroon 10.9% 2023 down 5.4% falling
25 Iraq 10.7% 1999 down 28.8% flat
26 Lesotho 10.0% 2023 up 231.7% falling
27 Uganda 9.9% 2016 down 34.7% falling
28 Nicaragua 9.1% 2007 up 101.4% falling
29 Yemen 8.6% 2012 up 76.9% rising
30 Tunisia 8.5% 2020 up 143.0% falling
31 Mozambique 8.0% 2019 up 54.0% volatile
32 Dominican Republic 7.9% 2023 down 22.3% falling
33 Benin 7.4% 2021 down 52.5% falling
34 Nepal 7.0% 2024 up 3.3% falling
35 Trinidad and Tobago 6.3% 2022 up 3.4% rising
36 Aruba 6.2% 2021 down 14.0% falling
37 Lebanon 6.2% 2022 down 7.9% falling
38 Morocco 6.0% 2023 down 44.0% falling
39 Marshall Islands 6.0% 2023 — rising
40 Belize 5.7% 2023 down 7.9% falling
41 Ethiopia 5.6% 2023 down 9.2% falling
42 Cambodia 5.4% 2023 up 17.3% volatile
43 Niger 5.3% 2023 up 77.0% volatile
44 Botswana 5.2% 2013 up 25.9% volatile
45 Honduras 5.1% 2023 up 148.6% volatile
46 Libya 5.0% 1980 up 908.7% volatile
47 Colombia 5.0% 2021 up 119.8% volatile
48 Bhutan 4.8% 2023 down 17.0% volatile
49 Zambia 4.8% 2012 down 29.0% volatile
50 South Africa 4.8% 2022 down 40.9% falling
51 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.8% 2023 up 56.6% flat
52 Algeria 4.4% 2024 down 49.9% falling
53 Peru 4.4% 2016 down 59.9% falling
54 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.3% 2023 up 10.7% volatile
55 Eritrea 3.9% 2017 down 73.0% falling
56 Gambia 3.4% 2024 down 34.8% falling
57 Romania 3.3% 2022 up 122.7% rising
58 El Salvador 3.3% 2023 down 30.4% falling
59 Dominica 3.2% 2023 up 43.0% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 3.2% 2023 up 27.1% falling
61 Djibouti 3.1% 2022 down 43.5% volatile
62 France 3.1% 1999 down 26.0% falling
63 Costa Rica 3.1% 2023 down 9.5% falling
64 Panama 3.0% 2022 down 39.9% falling
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.0% 2023 down 38.2% falling
66 Argentina 2.9% 2022 down 7.3% falling
67 Liberia 2.7% 2021 down 54.6% falling
68 Sierra Leone 2.7% 2023 down 81.6% volatile
69 Paraguay 2.7% 2023 down 57.0% falling
70 Austria 2.7% 2023 up 57.3% volatile
71 Kenya 2.6% 2015 down 56.4% volatile
72 Kiribati 2.4% 2023 up 151.5% volatile
73 Bahamas 2.3% 2018 — volatile
74 British Virgin Islands 2.3% 2023 down 34.9% volatile
75 Sudan 2.2% 2018 down 48.6% falling
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.1% 2022 up 441.8% volatile
77 India 2.1% 2024 up 236.9% volatile
78 Belgium 2.1% 2022 down 19.1% volatile
79 Netherlands 2.0% 1984 down 5.3% falling
80 Vanuatu 2.0% 2023 down 86.7% volatile
81 Burkina Faso 1.9% 2023 down 52.7% falling
82 Spain 1.9% 2021 — volatile
83 Philippines 1.9% 2023 up 25.7% falling
84 Cape Verde 1.9% 2021 down 81.7% volatile
85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.7% 2024 down 52.7% volatile
86 Sao Tome and Principe 1.7% 2016 down 92.1% volatile
87 Barbados 1.7% 2023 — rising
88 Bangladesh 1.7% 2023 down 88.6% volatile
89 Senegal 1.6% 2023 down 6.3% volatile
90 Mauritania 1.6% 2017 up 55.6% volatile
91 Pakistan 1.6% 2023 down 30.9% falling
92 Grenada 1.5% 2017 up 45.9% volatile
93 Türkiye 1.4% 2022 up 67.8% volatile
94 United States of America 1.4% 2021 — falling
95 Guyana 1.4% 2008 down 47.7% falling
96 Chile 1.4% 2023 down 57.9% volatile
97 Liechtenstein 1.3% 2020 — volatile
98 Slovenia 1.3% 2022 up 25.9% rising
99 Poland 1.2% 2023 up 81.8% volatile
100 Jamaica 1.2% 2022 up 6.4% falling
101 Germany 1.1% 2012 down 30.1% falling
102 Mexico 1.1% 2023 up 27.6% volatile
103 Greece 1.1% 2022 up 55.5% volatile
104 Slovakia 1.1% 2023 down 42.7% rising
105 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% 2018 down 65.9% falling
106 Samoa 0.9% 2023 up 15.1% falling
107 Portugal 0.9% 2020 — volatile
108 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8% 2022 up 2.5% volatile
109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8% 2023 down 48.8% falling
110 Saint Lucia 0.8% 2023 down 38.9% volatile
111 Switzerland 0.8% 2023 down 17.8% falling
112 Israel 0.7% 2023 down 43.4% falling
113 Hungary 0.7% 2023 down 27.8% falling
114 Estonia 0.7% 2023 up 108.8% volatile
115 Albania 0.6% 2023 up 19.9% volatile
116 Czechia 0.6% 2021 up 28.3% falling
117 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2023 down 85.4% volatile
118 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2023 up 1.1% volatile
119 Ghana 0.5% 2021 down 81.1% volatile
120 Monaco 0.5% 2020 — volatile
121 Denmark 0.5% 2023 down 39.4% volatile
122 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 71.5% falling
123 Latvia 0.5% 2023 up 19.8% volatile
124 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 421.7% volatile
125 Jordan 0.5% 2023 up 98.1% volatile
126 Qatar 0.4% 2023 down 18.5% volatile
127 Fiji 0.4% 2023 up 149.1% volatile
128 Tuvalu 0.4% 2021 — volatile
129 Viet Nam 0.4% 2023 down 33.2% volatile
130 Tonga 0.4% 2022 down 19.9% volatile
131 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 14.8% volatile
132 Malta 0.3% 2022 up 102.9% volatile
133 Naoero 0.3% 2023 — volatile
134 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 76.2% volatile
135 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 77.0% volatile
136 Andorra 0.3% 2020 down 35.4% volatile
137 Togo 0.3% 2023 down 98.1% volatile
138 Myanmar 0.3% 2009 down 57.3% volatile
139 Montenegro 0.2% 2022 up 1,827.7% volatile
140 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
141 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2023 up 40.5% falling
142 Lithuania 0.2% 2023 down 38.9% volatile
143 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2021 down 79.9% volatile
144 Italy 0.2% 2022 up 20.4% volatile
145 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 28.8% volatile
146 Serbia 0.1% 2021 down 51.3% falling
147 Georgia 0.1% 2023 down 3.5% volatile
148 Finland 0.1% 2023 down 29.0% falling
149 Croatia 0.1% 2022 up 10.5% volatile
150 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 45.8% volatile
151 Macau, China 0.1% 2023 down 96.5% volatile
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 21.0% falling
153 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 54.0% volatile
154 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
155 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 1,230.8% volatile
156 Ukraine 0.0% 2023 up 92.6% volatile
157 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 68.1% volatile
158 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 up 69.6% volatile
159 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 35.0% volatile
160 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 — flat
161 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 68.9% volatile
162 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% rising
163 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
164 China 0.0% 2020 down 83.8% volatile
165 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 26.0% volatile
166 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
167 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 98.5% volatile
168 Korea 0.0% 2023 down 7.8% volatile
169 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
169 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
169 Cuba 0.0% 2023 — volatile
169 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
169 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
169 Luxembourg 0.0% 2020 — falling
169 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
169 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
169 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
169 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
169 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
169 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
169 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
169 Uruguay 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
169 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
169 Anguilla 0.0% 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
193 places, 4,676 data points, 1970–2024
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February 2026 Data Release