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Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
181
Highest
39.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.7%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,531

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 39.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 4.8%.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,061.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 39.9% 1987 up 58.8% rising
2 Rwanda 28.4% 2023 up 100.1% volatile
3 Congo 25.5% 2007 down 21.8% rising
4 Gabon 24.8% 2002 down 8.6% rising
5 Mali 24.3% 2016 up 19.0% falling
6 Burundi 22.7% 2019 down 23.0% flat
7 Central African Republic 22.1% 2011 — falling
8 Cape Verde 22.0% 2021 up 70.6% falling
9 Namibia 21.0% 2023 up 67.5% falling
10 Malawi 20.0% 2023 up 17.7% rising
11 Eritrea 18.3% 2017 up 18.0% falling
12 Madagascar 17.5% 2023 up 1.7% falling
13 Guinea 17.4% 2013 up 17.5% falling
14 Réunion 16.7% 1986 down 19.9% falling
15 Comoros 16.5% 2017 down 29.6% falling
16 Sao Tome and Principe 16.2% 2016 down 11.1% falling
17 Eswatini 16.1% 2018 down 3.7% rising
18 Suriname 16.0% 2020 down 9.0% falling
19 Benin 15.8% 2021 down 1.3% falling
20 Angola 15.5% 2010 — falling
21 Brazil 15.4% 2003 up 29.3% rising
22 Côte d'Ivoire 15.2% 2023 down 3.1% falling
23 Haiti 15.0% 1986 down 33.5% falling
24 Libya 14.2% 1980 down 26.9% falling
25 New Caledonia 13.8% 1989 down 2.5% rising
26 Chad 13.6% 2021 down 41.6% falling
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.5% 2020 down 0.0% falling
28 Iraq 12.7% 1999 down 27.7% falling
29 Cameroon 11.4% 2023 down 7.4% falling
30 Uganda 11.3% 2016 down 25.4% flat
31 Lesotho 10.7% 2023 down 26.5% falling
32 Yemen 10.1% 2012 up 83.0% rising
33 Lebanon 8.8% 2022 down 22.6% falling
34 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.8% 2023 up 60.2% volatile
35 Guatemala 8.5% 2023 up 42.1% falling
36 Luxembourg 7.9% 2020 — rising
37 Tunisia 7.5% 2020 down 24.4% falling
38 Nicaragua 7.3% 2007 up 72.7% falling
39 Nepal 7.2% 2024 up 10.9% falling
40 Togo 6.9% 2023 down 47.5% falling
41 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8% 2022 up 2.9% rising
42 Bhutan 5.8% 2023 up 33.9% volatile
43 Belize 5.7% 2023 down 10.3% falling
44 South Africa 5.7% 2022 down 42.0% falling
45 Dominican Republic 5.6% 2023 down 21.0% falling
46 Mozambique 5.5% 2019 up 2.7% volatile
47 Botswana 5.5% 2012 down 46.4% volatile
48 Niger 5.4% 2023 up 52.7% falling
49 Ethiopia 5.4% 2023 down 21.7% falling
50 Afghanistan 5.3% 1984 down 84.4% volatile
51 Zambia 5.2% 2012 down 34.1% rising
52 Aruba 5.1% 2021 down 34.0% falling
53 Morocco 4.9% 2023 down 44.6% volatile
54 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.9% 2023 up 146.2% rising
55 Burkina Faso 4.9% 2023 down 35.6% falling
56 Papua New Guinea 4.8% 2022 — volatile
57 Marshall Islands 4.5% 2023 — rising
58 Cambodia 4.4% 2023 up 30.6% volatile
59 El Salvador 4.3% 2023 down 19.9% falling
60 Senegal 4.3% 2023 down 14.0% falling
61 Solomon Islands 4.0% 2019 down 48.2% rising
62 Colombia 3.9% 2021 up 77.5% volatile
63 Kiribati 3.8% 2023 — volatile
64 Honduras 3.7% 2023 up 172.9% volatile
65 Algeria 3.5% 2024 down 63.8% falling
66 Gambia 3.3% 2024 down 35.0% volatile
67 Kenya 3.1% 2015 down 49.4% falling
68 Djibouti 3.1% 2022 down 42.8% falling
69 Peru 2.9% 2016 down 61.9% falling
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.7% 2023 down 37.4% falling
71 Costa Rica 2.7% 2023 down 41.0% volatile
72 British Virgin Islands 2.7% 2023 down 46.5% falling
73 Romania 2.6% 2022 up 69.3% rising
74 France 2.5% 1999 down 39.0% falling
75 Vanuatu 2.5% 2023 down 79.8% volatile
76 Grenada 2.4% 2017 up 75.5% falling
77 Argentina 2.4% 2022 down 13.0% falling
78 Syrian Arab Republic 2.3% 2023 up 41.0% falling
79 Panama 2.3% 2022 down 37.7% falling
80 Mauritania 2.1% 2017 down 64.2% falling
81 Liechtenstein 2.0% 2020 — volatile
82 India 2.0% 2024 up 216.1% volatile
83 Sierra Leone 1.9% 2023 down 85.7% volatile
84 Sudan 1.9% 2018 down 59.3% falling
85 Pakistan 1.9% 2022 down 32.2% falling
86 Egypt 1.8% 2023 down 50.8% volatile
87 Spain 1.8% 2021 down 59.5% falling
88 Paraguay 1.8% 2023 down 52.1% falling
89 Belgium 1.8% 2022 down 17.0% volatile
90 Bangladesh 1.7% 2023 down 90.2% volatile
91 Austria 1.7% 2023 up 45.8% volatile
92 Dominica 1.6% 2024 down 31.4% falling
93 Antigua and Barbuda 1.6% 2018 down 15.4% falling
94 Türkiye 1.5% 2022 up 25.9% volatile
95 United States of America 1.4% 2021 — flat
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.4% 2022 up 120.7% volatile
97 Bahamas 1.4% 2015 — volatile
98 Netherlands 1.4% 1984 down 27.4% falling
99 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.4% 2024 down 44.6% volatile
100 Slovakia 1.3% 2023 down 38.0% rising
101 Chile 1.3% 2023 down 49.1% volatile
102 Saint Lucia 1.2% 2023 up 39.0% volatile
103 Philippines 1.2% 2023 up 9.4% falling
104 Uruguay 1.2% 2022 down 66.0% volatile
105 Portugal 1.1% 2020 — volatile
106 Mexico 1.1% 2023 up 16.8% volatile
107 Qatar 1.0% 2023 down 73.1% volatile
108 Jamaica 1.0% 2022 up 4.1% volatile
109 Slovenia 1.0% 2022 up 49.7% falling
110 Greece 1.0% 2022 up 51.1% volatile
111 Jordan 1.0% 2023 up 101.1% volatile
112 Guyana 0.9% 2008 down 47.8% volatile
113 Barbados 0.8% 2023 — rising
114 Hungary 0.8% 2023 down 23.2% falling
115 Ghana 0.8% 2021 down 70.7% volatile
116 Monaco 0.7% 2020 — volatile
117 Poland 0.7% 2023 down 18.9% volatile
118 Albania 0.7% 2023 up 75.2% volatile
119 Hong Kong, China 0.7% 2023 down 5.0% volatile
120 Switzerland 0.6% 2023 down 30.4% falling
121 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.6% 2022 down 33.9% volatile
122 Israel 0.6% 2023 down 57.3% falling
123 Estonia 0.6% 2023 up 68.7% volatile
124 Cuba 0.6% 2023 down 42.4% volatile
125 Latvia 0.6% 2023 up 8.4% volatile
126 Samoa 0.5% 2023 down 55.4% volatile
127 Germany 0.5% 2012 down 50.0% falling
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5% 2023 down 82.0% volatile
129 Czechia 0.5% 2021 up 11.8% falling
130 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 248.7% volatile
131 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4% 2023 down 85.1% falling
132 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2023 down 69.2% falling
133 Tuvalu 0.4% 2023 up 1.4% volatile
134 Denmark 0.4% 2023 down 28.5% volatile
135 Andorra 0.4% 2023 down 81.4% volatile
136 Serbia 0.4% 2021 down 32.9% rising
137 Malta 0.3% 2022 up 355.9% volatile
138 Fiji 0.3% 2023 up 34.0% volatile
139 Macau, China 0.3% 2023 down 92.2% volatile
140 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 71.0% volatile
141 Russian Federation 0.3% 2018 up 10.6% falling
142 Viet Nam 0.3% 2023 down 39.1% volatile
143 Tonga 0.3% 2022 up 6.5% volatile
144 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 80.9% volatile
145 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2023 up 38.7% volatile
146 Myanmar 0.2% 2009 down 56.1% volatile
147 Armenia 0.2% 2022 up 57.2% volatile
148 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 1,061.3% volatile
149 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2021 down 78.7% volatile
150 Italy 0.2% 2022 up 4.1% falling
151 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
152 Croatia 0.1% 2022 up 7.4% falling
153 Georgia 0.1% 2023 down 0.5% volatile
154 Montenegro 0.1% 2021 up 98.0% volatile
155 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 51.0% volatile
156 Lithuania 0.1% 2023 down 70.6% volatile
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 down 31.8% falling
158 Finland 0.1% 2023 down 29.4% falling
159 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
160 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 9.5% volatile
161 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 up 38.4% volatile
162 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 631.4% volatile
163 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 28.2% volatile
164 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 98.4% volatile
165 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 76.2% volatile
166 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 99.9% falling
167 China 0.0% 2020 — volatile
168 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.8% volatile
169 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 up 49.2% volatile
170 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 up 13.7% volatile
171 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
171 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
171 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
171 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
171 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
171 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
171 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
171 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
171 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
190 places, 4,531 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release