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

Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous...

Countries reporting
158
Highest
39.4%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.0%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,280

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 39.4% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 5.1%.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,001.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (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 26.1% 2018 down 12.5% rising
5 Madagascar 24.6% 2018 down 11.3% falling
6 Central African Republic 24.1% 2011 — falling
7 Malawi 23.5% 2018 up 7.4% rising
8 Mali 20.3% 2011 up 2.5% falling
9 Benin 20.2% 2018 up 15.5% falling
10 Suriname 19.6% 2018 down 7.2% falling
11 Chad 18.0% 2017 down 17.8% falling
12 Tunisia 17.7% 2016 up 559.6% falling
13 Eswatini 17.5% 2016 down 28.9% rising
14 Vanuatu 16.8% 2008 up 58.9% rising
15 Timor-Leste 16.0% 2018 down 21.1% falling
16 Namibia 14.6% 2017 down 2.4% falling
17 Cameroon 13.2% 2018 down 6.6% falling
18 Haiti 13.1% 1986 down 45.8% falling
19 New Caledonia 12.9% 1989 down 9.6% flat
20 Iraq 12.5% 1999 down 29.6% rising
21 Guinea 12.4% 2013 up 74.4% falling
22 Dominican Republic 11.8% 2018 down 22.7% rising
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.5% 2014 down 39.2% falling
24 Côte d'Ivoire 10.6% 2018 down 34.4% falling
25 Morocco 10.6% 2018 down 29.7% falling
26 Nicaragua 10.6% 2007 up 101.0% falling
27 Uganda 10.2% 2016 down 33.7% falling
28 Cape Verde 10.1% 2015 down 35.6% falling
29 Rwanda 10.0% 2018 down 33.7% flat
30 Algeria 9.5% 2018 down 21.2% rising
31 Lesotho 9.4% 2015 down 62.5% flat
32 Guatemala 9.3% 2018 down 4.1% falling
33 Yemen 9.3% 2012 up 76.9% rising
34 South Africa 8.6% 2017 down 12.2% falling
35 Bhutan 8.0% 2017 down 6.5% falling
36 Belize 7.8% 2017 down 11.2% falling
37 Paraguay 7.4% 2011 down 13.4% falling
38 Botswana 7.4% 2014 up 7.4% volatile
39 Cambodia 7.2% 2018 down 36.8% falling
40 Trinidad and Tobago 7.2% 2009 up 41.0% rising
41 Aruba 7.1% 2013 down 36.7% falling
42 Solomon Islands 6.6% 2017 down 27.0% rising
43 Ethiopia 6.3% 2014 down 21.8% rising
44 Kenya 6.3% 2004 — volatile
45 Nepal 6.0% 2016 down 37.3% falling
46 Mozambique 5.8% 2018 up 19.4% volatile
47 Lebanon 5.8% 2018 down 20.7% falling
48 Libya 5.4% 1980 up 1,001.0% volatile
49 Togo 5.1% 2014 down 79.1% falling
50 Zambia 4.9% 2012 down 4.7% volatile
51 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.9% 2016 down 37.1% falling
52 Peru 4.8% 2016 down 57.3% falling
53 Argentina 4.6% 2016 down 34.6% falling
54 Uruguay 4.4% 2015 down 46.1% falling
55 Burkina Faso 4.3% 2018 down 56.0% falling
56 Gambia 4.2% 2018 down 12.6% falling
57 Costa Rica 4.1% 2015 down 50.9% falling
58 Eritrea 4.1% 2017 down 73.5% falling
59 Honduras 4.0% 2016 down 44.7% volatile
60 El Salvador 3.8% 2017 down 28.3% falling
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.7% 2018 down 67.4% falling
62 Djibouti 3.6% 2019 down 30.9% falling
63 Panama 3.4% 2013 down 53.4% falling
64 Romania 3.4% 2016 up 128.4% falling
65 Chile 2.9% 2017 down 43.9% volatile
66 Syrian Arab Republic 2.9% 2012 down 56.6% falling
67 Sudan 2.9% 2016 down 35.5% falling
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8% 2014 up 33.6% volatile
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.8% 2017 down 55.3% falling
70 Bahamas 2.6% 2015 — volatile
71 Mauritania 2.6% 2016 up 153.6% volatile
72 Spain 2.6% 2017 — volatile
73 Egypt 2.4% 2018 down 29.9% volatile
74 Netherlands 2.2% 1984 up 2.4% flat
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.2% 2017 down 50.6% falling
76 Belgium 2.2% 2017 down 28.1% volatile
77 Macau, China 2.1% 2018 down 61.5% falling
78 Liechtenstein 2.0% 2017 — volatile
79 Ghana 2.0% 2017 down 43.4% volatile
80 Philippines 2.0% 2017 down 13.6% rising
81 Saint Lucia 1.9% 2018 up 79.5% volatile
82 Slovakia 1.8% 2017 down 10.9% rising
83 Austria 1.8% 2017 up 19.0% volatile
84 Colombia 1.8% 2017 down 48.9% volatile
85 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.8% 2018 down 36.1% volatile
86 Pakistan 1.7% 2018 down 49.2% falling
87 Indonesia 1.7% 2017 down 55.1% falling
88 Senegal 1.7% 2014 down 85.1% falling
89 Niger 1.6% 2016 down 50.8% volatile
90 Saudi Arabia 1.6% 2016 down 67.1% volatile
91 Guyana 1.5% 2008 down 28.8% falling
92 Mexico 1.5% 2017 down 69.3% volatile
93 Bahrain 1.2% 2018 down 46.4% volatile
94 Germany 1.2% 2012 down 30.2% falling
95 Thailand 1.2% 2017 — volatile
96 Slovenia 1.0% 2017 up 13.1% rising
97 Hungary 1.0% 2017 down 11.4% falling
98 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.0% 2016 down 38.0% volatile
99 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2016 down 0.8% volatile
100 Switzerland 1.0% 2017 — falling
101 Dominica 0.9% 2014 down 56.4% volatile
102 Jamaica 0.9% 2018 down 44.7% falling
103 Türkiye 0.8% 2017 down 41.2% volatile
104 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2010 down 96.6% falling
105 Viet Nam 0.8% 2014 down 60.7% volatile
106 Israel 0.8% 2017 down 47.9% falling
107 Denmark 0.8% 2017 — volatile
108 Samoa 0.7% 2018 up 179.2% rising
109 Jordan 0.7% 2018 up 47.4% volatile
110 Qatar 0.7% 2018 down 32.9% volatile
111 Poland 0.7% 2017 down 15.9% rising
112 Ecuador 0.6% 2017 down 58.6% volatile
113 Andorra 0.5% 2016 down 68.3% volatile
114 Hong Kong, China 0.5% 2018 down 52.4% volatile
115 India 0.5% 2016 down 87.2% volatile
116 Greece 0.5% 2017 down 24.3% volatile
117 Albania 0.5% 2018 down 54.3% volatile
118 Latvia 0.4% 2017 down 85.2% volatile
119 Brunei Darussalam 0.4% 2018 down 21.9% volatile
120 Czechia 0.4% 2017 down 33.7% falling
121 Fiji 0.3% 2015 down 87.0% volatile
122 Malta 0.3% 2017 down 58.1% volatile
123 Estonia 0.3% 2017 down 59.0% volatile
124 Serbia 0.3% 2018 down 51.6% falling
125 Kuwait 0.3% 2018 up 71.8% volatile
126 Kiribati 0.3% 1994 down 88.1% volatile
127 Italy 0.2% 2017 up 4.3% volatile
128 Lithuania 0.2% 2017 down 40.7% volatile
129 Myanmar 0.2% 2009 down 66.2% volatile
130 Russian Federation 0.2% 2016 — volatile
131 Finland 0.2% 2017 down 53.1% falling
132 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 34.5% volatile
133 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 94.5% volatile
134 Georgia 0.1% 2018 up 370.4% volatile
135 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 62.9% volatile
136 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 58.7% falling
137 Armenia 0.1% 2018 down 78.0% volatile
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 down 47.8% rising
139 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 85.8% volatile
140 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2018 up 342.9% volatile
141 Belarus 0.0% 2017 up 309.8% volatile
142 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 62.8% volatile
143 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 65.6% volatile
144 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 52.6% volatile
145 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 72.5% volatile
146 China 0.0% 2018 down 89.9% volatile
147 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 down 30.1% volatile
148 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 94.1% volatile
149 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
149 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
149 Cuba 0.0% 2018 — volatile
149 Cyprus 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
149 Luxembourg 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% falling
149 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2018 — volatile
149 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
149 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
149 Oman 0.0% 2018 — volatile
149 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
171 places, 3,280 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.