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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
174
Highest
39.4%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.5%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,011

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 39.4% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 4.5%.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,001.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 39.4% 1987 up 56.5% rising
2 Gabon 37.4% 1995 up 5.5% rising
3 Congo 33.6% 2007 down 16.5% rising
4 Burundi 28.1% 2019 down 9.5% rising
5 Malawi 26.7% 2023 up 29.3% rising
6 Rwanda 25.6% 2023 up 80.3% rising
7 Central African Republic 24.1% 2011 — falling
8 Mali 23.0% 2016 up 27.8% falling
9 Madagascar 22.6% 2023 down 10.4% falling
10 Suriname 20.7% 2020 up 2.1% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 18.1% 2023 up 21.6% falling
12 Eswatini 18.1% 2018 down 20.1% rising
13 Namibia 15.1% 2023 up 14.2% falling
14 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.2% 2020 down 4.6% falling
15 Chad 13.8% 2021 down 44.8% falling
16 Haiti 13.1% 1986 down 45.8% falling
17 New Caledonia 12.9% 1989 down 9.6% rising
18 Lesotho 12.8% 2023 up 231.7% falling
19 Guatemala 12.5% 2023 up 35.6% falling
20 Iraq 12.5% 1999 down 29.6% rising
21 Guinea 12.4% 2013 up 74.4% falling
22 Cameroon 11.2% 2023 down 5.0% falling
23 Tunisia 10.6% 2020 up 143.4% falling
24 Nicaragua 10.6% 2007 up 101.0% falling
25 Uganda 10.2% 2016 down 33.7% falling
26 Dominican Republic 10.1% 2023 down 22.2% falling
27 Yemen 9.3% 2012 up 76.9% rising
28 Mozambique 8.5% 2019 up 60.2% volatile
29 Benin 7.7% 2021 down 50.8% falling
30 Morocco 7.6% 2023 down 40.2% falling
31 Lebanon 7.4% 2022 down 6.9% falling
32 Trinidad and Tobago 7.0% 2022 down 2.7% rising
33 Cambodia 6.9% 2023 up 29.2% falling
34 Botswana 6.8% 2013 up 29.6% volatile
35 Nepal 6.7% 2024 down 1.6% falling
36 Belize 6.6% 2023 down 15.5% falling
37 South Africa 6.2% 2022 down 34.2% falling
38 Marshall Islands 6.2% 2023 — rising
39 Honduras 6.0% 2023 up 151.5% volatile
40 Algeria 5.9% 2024 down 46.2% falling
41 Ethiopia 5.8% 2023 down 9.0% falling
42 Aruba 5.8% 2021 down 18.8% falling
43 Colombia 5.6% 2021 up 121.4% volatile
44 Bhutan 5.6% 2023 down 15.4% volatile
45 Niger 5.5% 2023 up 89.5% volatile
46 Libya 5.4% 1980 up 1,001.0% volatile
47 Zambia 4.9% 2012 down 4.7% volatile
48 Peru 4.8% 2016 down 57.3% falling
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.8% 2023 up 20.1% volatile
50 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.8% 2023 up 6.3% falling
51 Dominica 4.2% 2023 up 57.0% volatile
52 Eritrea 4.1% 2017 down 73.5% falling
53 El Salvador 3.9% 2023 down 31.5% falling
54 Romania 3.9% 2022 up 118.7% rising
55 Syrian Arab Republic 3.8% 2023 up 29.7% falling
56 Gambia 3.7% 2024 down 32.4% falling
57 Costa Rica 3.4% 2023 down 13.2% falling
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.4% 2023 down 37.2% falling
59 Panama 3.4% 2022 down 43.6% falling
60 Djibouti 3.3% 2022 down 39.4% falling
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.2% 2022 up 543.0% volatile
62 Bahamas 3.2% 2018 — volatile
63 Paraguay 3.1% 2023 down 58.1% falling
64 Argentina 3.0% 2022 down 16.5% falling
65 Kiribati 3.0% 2023 up 195.7% volatile
66 Kenya 2.9% 2015 down 54.5% volatile
67 Liberia 2.8% 2021 down 50.8% falling
68 Austria 2.8% 2023 up 42.2% volatile
69 Sierra Leone 2.7% 2023 down 81.7% volatile
70 Cape Verde 2.6% 2021 down 77.9% volatile
71 Philippines 2.5% 2023 up 19.7% flat
72 Uruguay 2.3% 2021 down 59.2% falling
73 India 2.3% 2024 up 249.5% volatile
74 Netherlands 2.2% 1984 up 2.4% flat
75 Sudan 2.2% 2018 down 50.0% falling
76 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2% 2024 down 48.1% volatile
77 Spain 2.1% 2021 — volatile
78 Burkina Faso 2.1% 2023 down 52.6% falling
79 Belgium 2.0% 2022 down 21.7% volatile
80 Barbados 2.0% 2023 — rising
81 Senegal 1.8% 2023 up 0.5% volatile
82 British Virgin Islands 1.6% 2023 down 65.4% volatile
83 Mauritania 1.6% 2017 up 57.8% volatile
84 Chile 1.6% 2023 down 60.8% volatile
85 Guyana 1.5% 2008 down 28.8% falling
86 Türkiye 1.5% 2022 up 102.0% volatile
87 Jamaica 1.5% 2022 up 1.4% falling
88 Bangladesh 1.4% 2023 down 90.2% volatile
89 Slovenia 1.4% 2022 up 4.6% rising
90 Pakistan 1.4% 2023 down 36.6% falling
91 Poland 1.4% 2023 up 74.5% rising
92 Antigua and Barbuda 1.3% 2018 down 58.0% falling
93 Mexico 1.3% 2023 up 19.4% volatile
94 Germany 1.2% 2012 down 30.2% falling
95 Vanuatu 1.2% 2023 down 92.9% volatile
96 Samoa 1.2% 2023 up 28.0% rising
97 Slovakia 1.2% 2023 down 42.8% flat
98 Greece 1.1% 2022 up 43.2% volatile
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1% 2023 down 54.2% falling
100 Israel 1.0% 2023 down 43.8% falling
101 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.0% 2022 down 8.5% volatile
102 Saint Lucia 1.0% 2023 down 41.9% volatile
103 Portugal 0.9% 2020 — volatile
104 Hungary 0.9% 2023 down 27.9% falling
105 Tuvalu 0.9% 2021 — volatile
106 Estonia 0.8% 2023 up 49.8% volatile
107 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2010 down 96.6% falling
108 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2023 down 85.4% falling
109 Switzerland 0.7% 2023 down 22.1% falling
110 Latvia 0.6% 2023 up 30.7% volatile
111 Naoero 0.6% 2023 — volatile
112 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2023 down 2.8% volatile
113 Albania 0.6% 2023 down 0.0% volatile
114 Czechia 0.6% 2021 up 17.2% falling
115 Ghana 0.6% 2021 down 79.4% volatile
116 Viet Nam 0.6% 2023 down 30.5% volatile
117 Denmark 0.5% 2023 down 40.6% volatile
118 Jordan 0.5% 2023 up 113.7% volatile
119 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 71.3% falling
120 Monaco 0.5% 2020 — volatile
121 Liechtenstein 0.5% 2020 — volatile
122 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 377.8% volatile
123 Fiji 0.5% 2023 up 121.5% volatile
124 Qatar 0.4% 2023 down 37.3% volatile
125 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 16.6% volatile
126 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 74.8% volatile
127 Togo 0.3% 2023 down 97.9% volatile
128 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 77.7% volatile
129 Saudi Arabia 0.3% 2021 down 78.1% volatile
130 Andorra 0.3% 2020 — volatile
131 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 up 972.6% volatile
132 Malta 0.2% 2021 up 47.8% volatile
133 Italy 0.2% 2022 down 3.7% volatile
134 Myanmar 0.2% 2009 down 66.2% volatile
135 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
136 Lithuania 0.2% 2023 down 44.7% volatile
137 Tonga 0.2% 2022 down 65.2% volatile
138 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2023 up 50.8% volatile
139 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 28.7% volatile
140 Georgia 0.2% 2023 down 12.5% volatile
141 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 52.7% falling
142 Finland 0.1% 2023 down 41.7% falling
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 39.8% falling
144 Macau, China 0.1% 2023 down 97.0% volatile
145 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 52.3% volatile
146 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 62.9% volatile
147 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
148 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 42.6% volatile
149 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 817.5% volatile
150 Ukraine 0.0% 2023 up 106.1% volatile
151 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 67.9% volatile
152 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 49.9% volatile
153 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% rising
154 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 72.1% volatile
155 Egypt 0.0% 2023 down 99.7% volatile
156 China 0.0% 2020 down 84.8% volatile
157 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 97.8% volatile
158 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 60.5% volatile
159 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 45.5% volatile
160 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
160 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 Cuba 0.0% 2023 — volatile
160 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 — volatile
160 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
160 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
160 Luxembourg 0.0% 2020 — falling
160 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
160 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
160 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
160 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
160 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
160 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
160 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
183 places, 4,011 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release