Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, female (%) by country
Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the...
Countries reporting
153
Highest
39.3%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
1.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,138
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 39.3% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 4.6%.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 439.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.3% | 1987 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 2 | Gabon | 27.2% | 1995 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 3 | Congo | 24.3% | 2007 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 22.9% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 22.8% | 2011 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 20.8% | 2017 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Burundi | 19.2% | 2018 | down 40.7% | flat |
| 8 | Benin | 18.8% | 2018 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 17.9% | 2013 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 10 | Madagascar | 17.8% | 2018 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 11 | Namibia | 17.5% | 2017 | up 69.8% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 17.0% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Haiti | 15.8% | 1986 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 14 | Eritrea | 15.5% | 2017 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.5% | 2015 | down 30.2% | flat |
| 16 | Togo | 13.4% | 2014 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 17 | Libya | 12.8% | 1980 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 12.7% | 2018 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 19 | New Caledonia | 12.5% | 1989 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Eswatini | 12.1% | 2016 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 21 | Suriname | 12.0% | 2018 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.8% | 2014 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 23 | Uganda | 11.1% | 2016 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 10.6% | 2008 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 25 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.5% | 2010 | down 40.6% | flat |
| 26 | Tunisia | 10.2% | 2016 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 27 | Iraq | 9.9% | 1999 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 28 | Timor-Leste | 8.5% | 2018 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 8.4% | 2018 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 8.4% | 2015 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 31 | Yemen | 8.2% | 2012 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 7.9% | 2016 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Botswana | 7.5% | 2014 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 34 | Lesotho | 7.2% | 2015 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 35 | Lebanon | 7.2% | 2018 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 7.1% | 2018 | up 79.3% | falling |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 6.9% | 2018 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 6.7% | 2014 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 39 | Aruba | 6.5% | 2013 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 40 | South Africa | 6.4% | 2017 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 6.2% | 2007 | up 78.1% | falling |
| 42 | Kenya | 5.9% | 2004 | — | flat |
| 43 | Mozambique | 5.3% | 2018 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Nepal | 5.1% | 2016 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 45 | Algeria | 5.1% | 2018 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 46 | Belize | 5.1% | 2017 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 5.0% | 2017 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 5.0% | 2012 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 49 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2018 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 4.5% | 2014 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 51 | Guatemala | 4.5% | 2018 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.4% | 2009 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 4.3% | 2018 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 54 | Bhutan | 4.3% | 2017 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.2% | 2018 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Argentina | 3.4% | 2016 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 3.2% | 2015 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | 3.1% | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Djibouti | 3.0% | 2019 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 60 | Sudan | 2.8% | 2016 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 61 | Peru | 2.7% | 2016 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 62 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2011 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 63 | El Salvador | 2.6% | 2017 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2016 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 65 | Niger | 2.3% | 2016 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 2.1% | 2016 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Slovakia | 2.1% | 2017 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 68 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.1% | 2016 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 2.0% | 2017 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 70 | Pakistan | 2.0% | 2018 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 71 | Egypt | 1.9% | 2018 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2015 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 73 | Andorra | 1.8% | 2016 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2017 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 1.8% | 2016 | up 59.9% | flat |
| 76 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.7% | 2017 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 77 | Qatar | 1.7% | 2018 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Macau, China | 1.7% | 2018 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 79 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2017 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Panama | 1.6% | 2013 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 81 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.5% | 2018 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 1.5% | 2018 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.4% | 2012 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 84 | Netherlands | 1.2% | 1984 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 85 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2017 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | 1.1% | 2017 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Türkiye | 1.1% | 2017 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 88 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 1.0% | 2017 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2017 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 91 | Dominica | 1.0% | 2014 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Bahamas | 1.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8% | 2016 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Serbia | 0.8% | 2018 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2018 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Slovenia | 0.7% | 2017 | up 144.2% | rising |
| 99 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2008 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 101 | Philippines | 0.6% | 2017 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2017 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 103 | Hong Kong, China | 0.5% | 2018 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bahrain | 0.5% | 2018 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 0.5% | 2012 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 0.5% | 2018 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Greece | 0.5% | 2017 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 0.4% | 2018 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 111 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Israel | 0.4% | 2017 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 114 | Kiribati | 0.4% | 1994 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.4% | 2016 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2017 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 0.4% | 2017 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 118 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 2018 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Czechia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 121 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2018 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2018 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 124 | Myanmar | 0.2% | 2009 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Viet Nam | 0.2% | 2014 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Malta | 0.2% | 2014 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2017 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Italy | 0.1% | 2017 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2017 | up 60.4% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 33.9% | flat |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 137 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2017 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 439.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2018 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2017 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2018 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 237.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.