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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
171
Highest
40.2%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.8%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,857

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 40.2% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 5.0%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,259.7%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 40.2% 1987 up 65.4% rising
2 Rwanda 31.0% 2023 up 112.9% volatile
3 Cape Verde 27.1% 2021 up 73.8% falling
4 Gabon 27.0% 1995 up 11.2% rising
5 Congo 26.7% 2007 down 19.3% rising
6 Namibia 25.4% 2023 up 67.1% rising
7 Mali 25.1% 2016 up 28.3% falling
8 Burundi 23.9% 2019 down 16.9% flat
9 Central African Republic 21.6% 2011 — falling
10 Malawi 21.1% 2023 up 21.7% rising
11 Eritrea 20.6% 2017 up 27.1% falling
12 Eswatini 18.8% 2018 down 1.1% rising
13 Suriname 18.5% 2020 down 9.8% falling
14 Madagascar 18.2% 2023 up 0.1% falling
15 Guinea 17.0% 2013 up 24.6% falling
16 Benin 16.1% 2021 up 2.5% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 15.9% 2023 up 3.7% falling
18 Libya 15.4% 1980 down 18.9% falling
19 New Caledonia 15.1% 1989 down 1.1% rising
20 Iraq 14.9% 1999 down 26.7% flat
21 Haiti 14.3% 1986 down 35.8% falling
22 Lesotho 13.8% 2023 down 20.7% flat
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.4% 2020 up 1.5% falling
24 Chad 13.2% 2021 down 40.7% falling
25 Sao Tome and Principe 12.3% 2010 down 34.1% rising
26 Cameroon 11.7% 2023 down 7.2% falling
27 Yemen 11.6% 2012 up 93.1% rising
28 Uganda 11.6% 2016 down 25.2% flat
29 Lebanon 10.5% 2022 down 21.7% falling
30 Guatemala 9.8% 2023 up 43.5% falling
31 Tunisia 9.6% 2020 down 24.0% falling
32 Tanzania, United Republic of 9.4% 2023 up 64.0% volatile
33 Luxembourg 8.7% 2020 — rising
34 Nicaragua 8.4% 2007 up 68.1% falling
35 South Africa 8.1% 2022 down 34.8% falling
36 Dominican Republic 7.5% 2023 down 19.5% rising
37 Nepal 7.3% 2024 up 9.9% falling
38 Togo 7.2% 2023 down 45.3% falling
39 Botswana 6.8% 2012 down 47.4% rising
40 Bhutan 6.7% 2023 up 36.5% falling
41 Belize 6.6% 2023 down 15.2% falling
42 Morocco 6.3% 2023 down 41.2% falling
43 Trinidad and Tobago 6.3% 2022 down 8.6% rising
44 Cambodia 5.7% 2023 up 46.7% falling
45 Mozambique 5.6% 2019 up 2.8% volatile
46 Niger 5.6% 2023 up 69.6% falling
47 Ethiopia 5.5% 2023 down 21.3% falling
48 Zambia 5.4% 2012 down 14.6% rising
49 Micronesia, Federated States of 5.4% 2023 up 121.2% rising
50 Burkina Faso 5.3% 2023 down 33.0% falling
51 Papua New Guinea 5.1% 2022 — volatile
52 El Salvador 5.0% 2023 down 25.1% falling
53 Aruba 5.0% 2020 down 36.6% falling
54 Algeria 4.8% 2024 down 60.4% flat
55 Kiribati 4.8% 2023 — volatile
56 Solomon Islands 4.7% 2019 down 45.8% rising
57 Senegal 4.7% 2023 down 9.2% falling
58 Marshall Islands 4.7% 2023 — rising
59 Honduras 4.4% 2023 up 175.6% volatile
60 Colombia 4.4% 2021 up 74.4% volatile
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.8% 2016 down 32.3% falling
62 Gambia 3.6% 2024 down 31.4% falling
63 Kenya 3.4% 2015 down 47.3% volatile
64 Djibouti 3.3% 2022 down 36.6% falling
65 British Virgin Islands 3.3% 2023 down 44.8% volatile
66 Peru 3.2% 2016 down 60.1% falling
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.2% 2023 down 38.1% falling
68 Costa Rica 3.0% 2023 down 43.4% volatile
69 Romania 3.0% 2022 up 69.7% falling
70 Panama 2.6% 2022 down 41.0% falling
71 Syrian Arab Republic 2.6% 2023 up 38.2% falling
72 Argentina 2.5% 2022 down 24.5% falling
73 Vanuatu 2.4% 2023 down 82.7% volatile
74 Paraguay 2.3% 2023 down 51.7% falling
75 Egypt 2.2% 2023 down 53.4% volatile
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2% 2022 up 74.5% volatile
77 Dominica 2.1% 2024 down 24.1% falling
78 India 2.1% 2024 up 228.6% volatile
79 Antigua and Barbuda 2.0% 2018 down 35.7% falling
80 Mauritania 2.0% 2017 down 65.7% falling
81 Spain 2.0% 2021 down 60.4% falling
82 Sierra Leone 2.0% 2023 down 85.3% volatile
83 Bangladesh 1.9% 2023 down 89.1% volatile
84 Pakistan 1.9% 2022 down 33.9% falling
85 Belgium 1.8% 2022 down 18.3% volatile
86 Sudan 1.8% 2018 down 60.9% falling
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.8% 2024 down 40.7% volatile
88 Austria 1.8% 2023 up 41.9% volatile
89 Bahamas 1.8% 2015 — volatile
90 Saint Lucia 1.7% 2023 up 93.0% volatile
91 Philippines 1.6% 2023 up 7.0% flat
92 Netherlands 1.6% 1984 down 21.1% falling
93 Türkiye 1.6% 2022 up 79.2% volatile
94 Monaco 1.5% 2020 — volatile
95 Chile 1.5% 2023 down 52.9% volatile
96 Uruguay 1.4% 2022 down 65.5% falling
97 Slovakia 1.3% 2023 down 35.6% rising
98 Jamaica 1.3% 2022 down 5.8% volatile
99 Mexico 1.3% 2023 up 6.5% volatile
100 Portugal 1.2% 2020 — volatile
101 Jordan 1.2% 2023 up 201.8% volatile
102 Slovenia 1.2% 2022 up 39.8% flat
103 Guyana 1.1% 2008 down 33.0% falling
104 Greece 1.0% 2022 up 35.1% volatile
105 Barbados 1.0% 2023 — rising
106 Ghana 1.0% 2021 down 62.5% volatile
107 Liechtenstein 1.0% 2020 — volatile
108 Hungary 1.0% 2023 down 24.9% falling
109 Qatar 0.9% 2023 down 83.2% volatile
110 Poland 0.9% 2023 down 31.0% falling
111 Switzerland 0.8% 2021 down 14.2% falling
112 Latvia 0.8% 2023 up 53.0% volatile
113 Albania 0.8% 2023 up 74.8% volatile
114 Tuvalu 0.8% 2023 — volatile
115 Cuba 0.8% 2023 down 44.3% volatile
116 Israel 0.8% 2023 down 59.3% falling
117 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.7% 2022 down 32.1% volatile
118 Samoa 0.7% 2023 down 57.2% volatile
119 Estonia 0.7% 2023 up 49.5% volatile
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.7% 2023 down 81.5% volatile
121 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2023 down 12.1% volatile
122 Germany 0.6% 2012 down 49.1% falling
123 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 176.8% volatile
124 Czechia 0.5% 2021 down 5.6% falling
125 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 69.2% volatile
126 Denmark 0.5% 2023 down 31.2% volatile
127 Fiji 0.4% 2023 up 65.5% volatile
128 Serbia 0.4% 2021 down 33.0% rising
129 Viet Nam 0.4% 2023 down 35.1% volatile
130 Macau, China 0.4% 2023 down 93.6% volatile
131 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 81.3% volatile
132 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 72.6% volatile
133 Saudi Arabia 0.3% 2021 down 66.9% volatile
134 Russian Federation 0.3% 2018 up 26.8% rising
135 Andorra 0.3% 2023 down 92.3% volatile
136 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 65.1% volatile
137 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 1,259.7% volatile
138 Italy 0.2% 2022 down 15.2% falling
139 Armenia 0.2% 2022 up 14.4% volatile
140 Georgia 0.2% 2023 up 30.5% volatile
141 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
142 Montenegro 0.1% 2021 up 263.3% volatile
143 Tonga 0.1% 2022 down 48.9% volatile
144 Myanmar 0.1% 2009 down 67.4% volatile
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 down 4.9% falling
146 Finland 0.1% 2021 down 44.3% falling
147 Lithuania 0.1% 2023 down 74.5% volatile
148 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 74.9% volatile
149 Malta 0.1% 2021 down 42.2% volatile
150 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 35.3% falling
151 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
152 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2023 down 25.4% volatile
153 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2019 up 1.3% volatile
154 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 520.1% volatile
155 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 41.6% volatile
156 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 99.1% volatile
157 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 83.8% volatile
158 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 up 12.7% volatile
159 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 up 104.5% volatile
160 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.8% volatile
161 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 — volatile
161 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
161 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
161 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
161 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
161 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
161 Oman 0.0% 2023 — volatile
161 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
161 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
161 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
161 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
180 places, 3,857 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release