Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
161
Highest
34.8%
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0%
Cook Islands
Median
1.7%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,842
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 34.8% in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.0% in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 4.8%.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,851.9%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 34.8% | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.8% | 1987 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 30.2% | 2019 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 27.7% | 2002 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 27.2% | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 26.1% | 2016 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Iraq | 22.1% | 1999 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 21.6% | 2007 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 21.0% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 10 | Bhutan | 20.7% | 2023 | up 128.9% | falling |
| 11 | Réunion | 18.9% | 1986 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 12 | Namibia | 18.4% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 13 | Libya | 15.6% | 1980 | up 1,851.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.1% | 2011 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.7% | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 14.7% | 1989 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 17 | Haiti | 14.3% | 1986 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 13.6% | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.6% | 2016 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 13.3% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 21 | Comoros | 12.9% | 2017 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 22 | Suriname | 12.7% | 2020 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 23 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.4% | 2020 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 24 | Chad | 12.4% | 2021 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 11.3% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 26 | Uganda | 10.9% | 2016 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 27 | Lesotho | 10.2% | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 28 | Eswatini | 10.2% | 2022 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 29 | Yemen | 9.4% | 2012 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 30 | Tunisia | 8.9% | 2020 | up 180.1% | falling |
| 31 | Eritrea | 8.5% | 2017 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 8.4% | 2019 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Lebanon | 7.6% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 34 | Benin | 6.9% | 2021 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 6.8% | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 36 | Niger | 6.7% | 2023 | up 53.1% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 6.7% | 2013 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 38 | Oman | 6.1% | 2016 | up 514.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.0% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.6% | 2023 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 41 | Guatemala | 5.6% | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 5.5% | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 43 | Aruba | 5.4% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 5.2% | 2007 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 5.1% | 1984 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Zambia | 5.0% | 2012 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 4.8% | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 48 | Belize | 4.5% | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 4.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Morocco | 4.4% | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 3.7% | 2022 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 52 | Colombia | 3.7% | 2021 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 3.4% | 2023 | down 29.5% | flat |
| 54 | France | 3.4% | 1999 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 3.3% | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Kiribati | 3.2% | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | 2.9% | 2015 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Botswana | 2.7% | 2012 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Vanuatu | 2.7% | 2023 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Djibouti | 2.6% | 2022 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 2.6% | 2023 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.6% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.5% | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 2.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 65 | Gambia | 2.5% | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 2.4% | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 67 | Palau | 2.3% | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2018 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 69 | Peru | 2.2% | 2016 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 70 | Argentina | 2.1% | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 71 | Grenada | 2.1% | 2017 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 72 | India | 2.0% | 2024 | up 260.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Portugal | 2.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 2.0% | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 2.0% | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.9% | 2022 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 1.9% | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 1.8% | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.8% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.7% | 2018 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 81 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 82 | Macau, China | 1.6% | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Spain | 1.6% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Panama | 1.6% | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 85 | Jamaica | 1.5% | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 86 | Belgium | 1.5% | 2022 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Dominica | 1.3% | 2024 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 89 | Türkiye | 1.3% | 2011 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 90 | Chile | 1.2% | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Qatar | 1.2% | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Netherlands | 1.2% | 1984 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 1.1% | 2021 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2022 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 95 | Bahamas | 1.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Barbados | 1.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 97 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2023 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 0.9% | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Greece | 0.9% | 2022 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.9% | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.8% | 1989 | up 313.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Israel | 0.8% | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 0.7% | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 107 | Poland | 0.7% | 2018 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Estonia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2008 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 0.6% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 111 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2021 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 113 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2021 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5% | 2023 | up 800.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2023 | up 379.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.4% | 2022 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Hong Kong, China | 0.4% | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Andorra | 0.4% | 2022 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Togo | 0.3% | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3% | 2023 | down 85.4% | falling |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2023 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.3% | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2017 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Thailand | 0.3% | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Italy | 0.2% | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 132 | Tonga | 0.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2018 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2021 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Malta | 0.1% | 2021 | up 331.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Finland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2022 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 140 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2022 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.5% | falling |
| 148 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 151 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release