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Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
152
Highest
37.2%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Timor-Leste
Median
1.4%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,261

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 37.2% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Timor-Leste.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 4.4%.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 3,241.3%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 37.2% 1987 up 33.5% rising
2 Rwanda 33.3% 2023 up 105.9% volatile
3 Burundi 29.9% 2019 down 31.5% flat
4 Gabon 29.2% 1995 up 23.2% rising
5 Malawi 26.7% 2023 up 53.5% rising
6 Mali 25.5% 2016 down 5.7% falling
7 Central African Republic 22.0% 2011 — falling
8 Congo 20.3% 2007 down 33.0% rising
9 Sao Tome and Principe 19.3% 2008 down 19.0% rising
10 Iraq 18.1% 1999 down 32.1% falling
11 Bhutan 17.6% 2023 up 125.8% falling
12 Namibia 15.7% 2023 down 11.3% falling
13 Haiti 15.2% 1986 down 15.4% falling
14 Côte d'Ivoire 14.3% 2023 down 37.4% falling
15 Libya 13.6% 1980 up 1,552.8% volatile
16 Equatorial Guinea 13.4% 2011 down 52.4% falling
17 New Caledonia 13.2% 1989 down 25.9% falling
18 Chad 12.9% 2021 down 50.3% falling
19 Madagascar 12.9% 2023 up 0.7% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.6% 2020 down 3.5% falling
21 Mozambique 12.4% 2019 down 14.0% falling
22 Cameroon 10.9% 2023 down 6.5% falling
23 Uganda 10.8% 2016 down 28.9% falling
24 Mauritania 9.9% 2019 up 49.9% volatile
25 Suriname 9.7% 2020 down 21.8% falling
26 Eswatini 8.7% 2022 down 49.5% rising
27 Lesotho 7.6% 2023 down 30.4% falling
28 Yemen 7.4% 2012 up 72.2% rising
29 Guinea 7.2% 2013 down 29.6% falling
30 Benin 6.8% 2021 down 59.3% falling
31 Nepal 6.8% 2024 up 29.4% falling
32 Eritrea 6.8% 2017 down 30.5% volatile
33 Niger 6.5% 2023 up 37.9% falling
34 Tunisia 6.4% 2020 up 172.1% volatile
35 Lebanon 5.8% 2022 down 25.6% falling
36 Trinidad and Tobago 5.5% 2022 up 13.8% rising
37 Ethiopia 5.3% 2023 down 27.7% falling
38 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.9% 2023 up 115.8% volatile
39 Zambia 4.9% 2012 down 20.0% volatile
40 Oman 4.8% 2016 up 616.0% volatile
41 Guatemala 4.6% 2023 up 54.9% falling
42 Papua New Guinea 4.2% 2022 — volatile
43 Nicaragua 4.1% 2007 up 57.5% falling
44 Belize 3.5% 2023 down 22.3% falling
45 Colombia 3.2% 2021 up 62.7% volatile
46 Dominican Republic 3.0% 2023 down 25.4% flat
47 Morocco 2.8% 2023 down 45.1% volatile
48 Aruba 2.8% 2020 down 37.8% falling
49 Marshall Islands 2.8% 2023 — rising
50 Kenya 2.7% 2015 down 53.7% volatile
51 El Salvador 2.7% 2023 down 24.6% falling
52 Kiribati 2.6% 2023 up 27.0% rising
53 Jordan 2.4% 2023 up 138.6% volatile
54 Djibouti 2.3% 2022 — falling
55 Burkina Faso 2.3% 2023 down 57.8% falling
56 Gambia 2.3% 2024 down 20.7% volatile
57 Botswana 2.2% 2012 up 0.4% volatile
58 Sudan 2.2% 2018 down 48.0% falling
59 Vanuatu 2.2% 2023 down 75.8% volatile
60 Cambodia 2.2% 2023 up 20.4% volatile
61 Romania 2.1% 2022 — rising
62 Argentina 2.1% 2022 up 8.7% falling
63 South Africa 2.0% 2022 down 67.7% falling
64 Honduras 2.0% 2023 up 209.8% volatile
65 Peru 2.0% 2016 down 67.5% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.9% 2023 down 34.7% falling
67 India 1.9% 2024 up 242.5% volatile
68 Senegal 1.8% 2023 down 3.1% volatile
69 Costa Rica 1.8% 2023 down 32.7% falling
70 Türkiye 1.7% 2011 down 40.5% falling
71 Sierra Leone 1.7% 2023 down 86.9% volatile
72 Portugal 1.6% 2020 — volatile
73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.4% 2022 up 81.1% volatile
74 Pakistan 1.4% 2023 down 18.3% falling
75 Syrian Arab Republic 1.4% 2023 — falling
76 Spain 1.4% 2021 — volatile
77 Jamaica 1.3% 2022 up 13.3% falling
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.3% 2016 down 35.6% volatile
79 Belgium 1.3% 2022 down 34.5% volatile
80 Macau, China 1.3% 2023 down 47.1% volatile
81 Panama 1.2% 2022 down 34.2% volatile
82 Slovenia 1.0% 2022 up 66.8% rising
83 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0% 2018 down 64.5% volatile
84 Netherlands 0.9% 1984 down 29.3% falling
85 Paraguay 0.9% 2023 down 42.2% falling
86 Chile 0.9% 2023 down 68.5% volatile
87 Brunei Darussalam 0.9% 2023 up 3,241.3% volatile
88 Bahamas 0.9% 2018 — volatile
89 Bangladesh 0.9% 2023 down 88.9% volatile
90 Greece 0.9% 2022 up 56.1% volatile
91 Barbados 0.9% 2023 — rising
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8% 2023 down 43.8% falling
93 Qatar 0.7% 2023 down 71.7% volatile
94 Egypt 0.7% 2023 down 69.5% volatile
95 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 67.2% volatile
96 Estonia 0.7% 2023 up 172.6% volatile
97 Switzerland 0.6% 2021 down 1.3% falling
98 Philippines 0.6% 2023 up 57.3% falling
99 Latvia 0.6% 2023 up 15.4% volatile
100 Guyana 0.6% 2008 down 31.7% falling
101 Mexico 0.6% 2023 up 35.7% volatile
102 Albania 0.5% 2023 down 24.7% falling
103 Cape Verde 0.5% 2021 down 89.8% volatile
104 Andorra 0.5% 2019 down 6.0% volatile
105 Dominica 0.5% 2024 down 46.4% volatile
106 Israel 0.5% 2023 down 51.5% falling
107 Ghana 0.5% 2021 down 75.2% volatile
108 Saint Lucia 0.5% 2023 up 38.9% falling
109 Czechia 0.5% 2021 up 20.5% falling
110 Poland 0.5% 2018 down 36.8% falling
111 Algeria 0.4% 2024 down 84.7% volatile
112 Fiji 0.4% 2023 up 744.3% volatile
113 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2023 down 69.3% falling
114 Hong Kong, China 0.3% 2023 down 18.6% volatile
115 Samoa 0.3% 2023 up 16.2% falling
116 Togo 0.3% 2023 down 97.8% volatile
117 Denmark 0.3% 2023 down 20.4% volatile
118 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.3% 2022 down 55.7% volatile
119 Ecuador 0.2% 2023 down 70.5% volatile
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2024 down 62.6% volatile
121 Myanmar 0.2% 2017 up 33.0% volatile
122 Thailand 0.2% 2024 down 69.7% volatile
123 Cuba 0.2% 2023 down 46.3% volatile
124 Italy 0.2% 2022 down 2.5% falling
125 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2018 down 83.9% volatile
126 Georgia 0.2% 2023 down 4.9% falling
127 Tonga 0.1% 2022 — volatile
128 Montenegro 0.1% 2021 up 281.1% volatile
129 Sweden 0.1% 2023 — volatile
130 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2023 down 55.7% volatile
131 Malta 0.1% 2021 — volatile
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 23.5% falling
133 Finland 0.1% 2021 down 22.9% falling
134 Viet Nam 0.0% 2023 down 32.5% volatile
135 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 94.5% volatile
136 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% volatile
137 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 75.8% volatile
138 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 91.2% volatile
139 China 0.0% 2020 down 78.8% volatile
140 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 67.4% volatile
141 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 — volatile
141 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
141 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% falling
141 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2020 — volatile
141 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
141 Luxembourg 0.0% 2020 — volatile
141 Monaco 0.0% 2020 — volatile
141 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
141 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
141 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
141 Seychelles 0.0% 1991 — volatile
141 Timor-Leste 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
162 places, 3,261 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release