Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.
Countries reporting
167
Highest
39.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
1.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,950
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 39.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 4.7%.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 1,675.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Central African Republic | 24.7% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 24.6% | 2018 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 6 | Madagascar | 23.3% | 2018 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 22.7% | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Benin | 19.7% | 2018 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 18.6% | 2017 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 10 | Comoros | 18.5% | 2017 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 17.9% | 2012 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 12 | Suriname | 16.0% | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 15.4% | 2003 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 14.8% | 2008 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 14.6% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 14.1% | 2016 | up 532.9% | falling |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 13.6% | 2018 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 18 | Haiti | 13.5% | 1986 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 13.0% | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 12.7% | 2013 | up 63.1% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 12.1% | 2017 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.0% | 2014 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 11.2% | 1989 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 24 | Iraq | 10.7% | 1999 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 25 | Eswatini | 10.3% | 2017 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 9.9% | 2016 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.9% | 2018 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 28 | Rwanda | 9.2% | 2018 | down 37.2% | flat |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 9.1% | 2007 | up 101.4% | falling |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 9.0% | 2018 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 31 | Yemen | 8.6% | 2012 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 8.6% | 2018 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 33 | Guatemala | 8.0% | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 7.8% | 2015 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 35 | Lesotho | 7.7% | 2015 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 36 | Botswana | 7.5% | 2014 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Algeria | 7.3% | 2018 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 38 | South Africa | 6.9% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 39 | Bhutan | 6.8% | 2017 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Belize | 6.4% | 2017 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 6.2% | 2014 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 42 | Paraguay | 6.2% | 2011 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.1% | 2009 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% | 2017 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 45 | Gambia | 6.0% | 2018 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 6.0% | 2016 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 47 | Aruba | 5.9% | 2013 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 48 | Cambodia | 5.9% | 2018 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Mozambique | 5.7% | 2018 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Togo | 5.1% | 2014 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 5.0% | 1980 | up 908.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Zambia | 4.8% | 2012 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Lebanon | 4.6% | 2018 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 4.4% | 2016 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 55 | Argentina | 4.2% | 2016 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 3.9% | 2017 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 3.9% | 2018 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 58 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.8% | 2016 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Panama | 3.8% | 2016 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 60 | Djibouti | 3.5% | 2019 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Uruguay | 3.5% | 2016 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 62 | Honduras | 3.4% | 2016 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 3.1% | 2014 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 64 | El Salvador | 3.1% | 2017 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 65 | France | 3.1% | 1999 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 3.0% | 2016 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 67 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.0% | 2018 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 68 | Romania | 2.8% | 2016 | up 139.0% | falling |
| 69 | Dominica | 2.7% | 2015 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Sudan | 2.7% | 2016 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2016 | up 147.3% | falling |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.5% | 2012 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 73 | Bahamas | 2.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.3% | 2017 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 2.3% | 2017 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Spain | 2.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 2.1% | 2017 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Netherlands | 2.0% | 1984 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 79 | Egypt | 1.9% | 2018 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 1.9% | 2017 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 1.8% | 2017 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% | 2014 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.7% | 2016 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2018 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 1.7% | 2017 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Niger | 1.6% | 2016 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Senegal | 1.6% | 2014 | down 85.2% | falling |
| 88 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.6% | 2018 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Grenada | 1.5% | 2017 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.5% | 2017 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 91 | Colombia | 1.5% | 2017 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Macau, China | 1.5% | 2018 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 1.5% | 2018 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.4% | 2017 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 1.4% | 2017 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 1.4% | 2016 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Guyana | 1.4% | 2008 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 98 | Bahrain | 1.4% | 2018 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2017 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2017 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 101 | Germany | 1.1% | 2012 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 102 | Liechtenstein | 1.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0% | 2017 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 104 | Andorra | 1.0% | 2018 | up 748.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Kiribati | 1.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.9% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2017 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 109 | Türkiye | 0.9% | 2017 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Hungary | 0.8% | 2017 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 111 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.8% | 2016 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Jamaica | 0.7% | 2018 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2018 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2018 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2018 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 0.6% | 2014 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Poland | 0.6% | 2017 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Israel | 0.6% | 2017 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 121 | Ecuador | 0.5% | 2017 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 122 | India | 0.5% | 2016 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Hong Kong, China | 0.5% | 2018 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Greece | 0.5% | 2017 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Albania | 0.4% | 2018 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 128 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2018 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 129 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2018 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3% | 2018 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Malta | 0.3% | 2017 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2009 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2018 | up 1,675.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2017 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Italy | 0.2% | 2017 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 0.2% | 2016 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 272.7% | falling |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2014 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Finland | 0.1% | 2017 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2017 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 146 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2018 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 149 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 338.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2017 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 156 | China | 0.0% | 2018 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 159 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.