Repetition rate in Grade 4 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%
Tuvalu
Median
2.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,831
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 4 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 Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 5.1%.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 352.3%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.9% | 1987 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 2 | Congo | 25.5% | 2007 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 3 | Gabon | 24.8% | 2002 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 22.1% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 5 | Namibia | 22.0% | 2017 | up 69.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 21.1% | 2012 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 7 | Burundi | 20.5% | 2018 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 19.6% | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 9 | Benin | 19.1% | 2018 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 10 | Madagascar | 18.7% | 2018 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 11 | Eritrea | 18.3% | 2017 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 17.8% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 17.7% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 17.4% | 2013 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 15 | Comoros | 16.5% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.2% | 2016 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | Suriname | 15.8% | 2018 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 15.4% | 2003 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 19 | Haiti | 15.0% | 1986 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 20 | Tunisia | 14.7% | 2016 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 21 | Libya | 14.2% | 1980 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 13.8% | 1989 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 13.4% | 2014 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 12.9% | 2018 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.8% | 2017 | down 38.2% | flat |
| 26 | Iraq | 12.7% | 1999 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 27 | Eswatini | 12.4% | 2017 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 12.2% | 2008 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 11.3% | 2016 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 30 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.2% | 2014 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 10.8% | 2015 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 10.7% | 2018 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 33 | Yemen | 10.1% | 2012 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 34 | Lesotho | 9.9% | 2015 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 9.7% | 2017 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 36 | Rwanda | 9.3% | 2018 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Lebanon | 9.2% | 2018 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 8.4% | 2016 | up 171.8% | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 7.8% | 2018 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 7.7% | 2018 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 41 | Botswana | 7.4% | 2014 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Morocco | 7.3% | 2018 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 7.3% | 2007 | up 72.7% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 7.1% | 2018 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 45 | Aruba | 7.1% | 2013 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 6.8% | 2014 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 6.6% | 2017 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.7% | 2009 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 49 | Gambia | 5.7% | 2018 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 5.6% | 2018 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 51 | Mozambique | 5.5% | 2018 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 5.4% | 2017 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 5.4% | 2016 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 54 | Bhutan | 5.4% | 2017 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 5.3% | 1984 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Zambia | 5.2% | 2012 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 4.6% | 2014 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 58 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.5% | 2018 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | 4.4% | 2018 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 3.8% | 2011 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 3.6% | 2016 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 62 | Kenya | 3.6% | 2014 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 63 | El Salvador | 3.4% | 2017 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 3.2% | 2016 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Djibouti | 3.0% | 2019 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 66 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.0% | 2016 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 2.9% | 2016 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 68 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2016 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 69 | Egypt | 2.8% | 2018 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Honduras | 2.7% | 2016 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritania | 2.6% | 2016 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 72 | France | 2.5% | 1999 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 73 | Grenada | 2.4% | 2017 | up 75.5% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 2.4% | 2018 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Liechtenstein | 2.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Spain | 2.4% | 2017 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.3% | 2018 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Niger | 2.3% | 2016 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 79 | Uruguay | 2.3% | 2016 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 80 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.2% | 2017 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 81 | Romania | 2.1% | 2016 | up 48.1% | flat |
| 82 | Panama | 2.1% | 2013 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 83 | Macau, China | 2.1% | 2018 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 84 | Slovakia | 2.1% | 2017 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Pakistan | 2.0% | 2018 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 86 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2017 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Qatar | 2.0% | 2018 | up 341.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.8% | 2017 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 89 | Belgium | 1.7% | 2017 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Chile | 1.7% | 2017 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.6% | 2012 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 1.5% | 2017 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2017 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 94 | Dominica | 1.4% | 2015 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 95 | Bahamas | 1.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 1984 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 97 | Colombia | 1.3% | 2017 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Austria | 1.1% | 2017 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Philippines | 1.1% | 2017 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 100 | China | 1.0% | 1996 | down 82.1% | falling |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2016 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Türkiye | 1.0% | 2017 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9% | 2014 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2017 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2018 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2008 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Hungary | 0.8% | 2017 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 109 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8% | 2016 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Serbia | 0.8% | 2018 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.8% | 2017 | up 88.8% | falling |
| 113 | Andorra | 0.7% | 2018 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Israel | 0.7% | 2017 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 115 | Cuba | 0.6% | 2018 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Hong Kong, China | 0.6% | 2018 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Poland | 0.6% | 2017 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 0.5% | 2012 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2018 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.5% | 2016 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Albania | 0.5% | 2018 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Greece | 0.4% | 2017 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 124 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2017 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 2017 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2018 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 129 | Viet Nam | 0.4% | 2014 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2018 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.4% | 2018 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2018 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Russian Federation | 0.2% | 2016 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 137 | Malta | 0.2% | 2016 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Kiribati | 0.2% | 1996 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 0.2% | 2009 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Italy | 0.2% | 2017 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 141 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2018 | up 193.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2017 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2017 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Finland | 0.1% | 2017 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 149 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2018 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2018 | down 59.5% | rising |
| 152 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 352.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2017 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 160 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2018 | — | 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.