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Repetition rate in Grade 5 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
130
Highest
37.2%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
1.8%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
2,591

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 37.2% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 5.1%.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,552.8%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (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 Gabon 29.2% 1995 up 23.2% rising
3 Burundi 26.0% 2018 down 41.3% flat
4 Mali 25.6% 2011 down 21.5% falling
5 Central African Republic 22.0% 2011 — falling
6 Congo 20.3% 2007 down 33.0% rising
7 Benin 19.8% 2018 up 0.5% falling
8 Chad 19.7% 2017 down 16.8% falling
9 Sao Tome and Principe 19.3% 2008 down 19.0% rising
10 Iraq 18.1% 1999 down 32.1% falling
11 Malawi 17.2% 2013 up 16.3% rising
12 Madagascar 16.2% 2018 down 31.2% falling
13 Namibia 15.7% 2017 down 20.4% flat
14 Haiti 15.2% 1986 down 15.4% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 14.8% 2015 down 36.1% falling
16 Eswatini 14.0% 2016 down 15.5% rising
17 Togo 13.9% 2014 down 38.9% falling
18 Libya 13.6% 1980 up 1,552.8% volatile
19 Equatorial Guinea 13.4% 2011 down 52.4% falling
20 New Caledonia 13.2% 1989 down 25.9% falling
21 Cameroon 13.2% 2018 up 0.1% falling
22 Mozambique 13.1% 2018 down 10.4% falling
23 Uganda 10.8% 2016 down 28.9% falling
24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.7% 2014 down 37.8% falling
25 Tunisia 10.5% 2016 up 460.1% volatile
26 Rwanda 9.9% 2018 down 26.7% volatile
27 Suriname 9.7% 2018 down 18.1% falling
28 Vanuatu 9.2% 2008 up 41.3% falling
29 Bhutan 8.0% 2017 up 8.1% falling
30 Yemen 7.4% 2012 up 72.2% rising
31 Ethiopia 7.3% 2014 down 27.1% rising
32 Guinea 7.2% 2013 down 29.6% falling
33 Lesotho 7.0% 2015 down 52.8% flat
34 Eritrea 6.8% 2017 down 30.5% volatile
35 Timor-Leste 6.6% 2018 down 36.4% falling
36 Kenya 5.7% 2003 — falling
37 Gambia 5.5% 2018 up 65.9% volatile
38 Lebanon 5.4% 2018 down 37.5% falling
39 Burkina Faso 5.1% 2018 down 62.9% falling
40 Solomon Islands 5.1% 2017 down 28.3% rising
41 Zambia 4.9% 2012 down 20.0% volatile
42 Trinidad and Tobago 4.8% 2009 up 47.8% rising
43 Oman 4.8% 2016 up 616.0% volatile
44 Aruba 4.8% 2013 down 21.4% falling
45 Niger 4.7% 2013 down 55.2% falling
46 Morocco 4.3% 2018 down 23.5% volatile
47 Cape Verde 4.3% 2015 down 50.2% volatile
48 Nepal 4.3% 2016 down 65.3% falling
49 Nicaragua 4.1% 2007 up 57.5% falling
50 Belize 4.0% 2017 down 18.3% falling
51 South Africa 3.9% 2017 down 41.9% falling
52 Argentina 3.4% 2016 down 14.9% falling
53 Dominican Republic 3.3% 2018 down 17.5% falling
54 Mauritania 3.0% 2016 down 64.7% falling
55 Guatemala 2.8% 2018 down 19.7% falling
56 El Salvador 2.5% 2017 down 18.8% falling
57 Cambodia 2.4% 2018 down 44.0% volatile
58 Sudan 2.3% 2016 down 46.2% falling
59 Botswana 2.2% 2012 up 0.4% volatile
60 Algeria 2.1% 2018 up 1,434.5% volatile
61 Costa Rica 2.0% 2015 down 62.0% falling
62 Peru 2.0% 2016 down 67.5% falling
63 Chile 1.9% 2017 down 50.0% volatile
64 Syrian Arab Republic 1.9% 2001 down 41.2% falling
65 Senegal 1.8% 2014 down 87.4% volatile
66 Türkiye 1.7% 2011 down 40.5% falling
67 Spain 1.7% 2017 — volatile
68 Egypt 1.6% 2018 down 45.6% volatile
69 Ghana 1.6% 2017 down 45.8% rising
70 Paraguay 1.6% 2011 down 32.8% falling
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.5% 2017 down 57.8% falling
72 Belgium 1.4% 2017 down 46.5% volatile
73 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.3% 2016 down 35.6% volatile
74 Uruguay 1.3% 2015 down 59.5% falling
75 Panama 1.1% 2013 down 43.3% falling
76 Honduras 1.1% 2016 down 47.6% volatile
77 Pakistan 1.1% 2018 down 59.9% falling
78 Netherlands 0.9% 1984 down 29.3% falling
79 Qatar 0.9% 2018 down 17.8% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2016 down 18.7% volatile
81 Jordan 0.8% 2018 down 48.5% volatile
82 Colombia 0.8% 2017 down 57.2% volatile
83 Bahamas 0.7% 2012 — volatile
84 Saint Lucia 0.7% 2018 up 40.0% volatile
85 Malta 0.7% 2014 up 40.8% volatile
86 Mexico 0.7% 2017 down 58.4% volatile
87 Switzerland 0.6% 2017 — falling
88 Guyana 0.6% 2008 down 31.7% falling
89 Slovenia 0.6% 2017 up 79.8% rising
90 Dominica 0.6% 2014 down 67.4% volatile
91 Indonesia 0.5% 2017 down 52.6% volatile
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2018 down 76.5% volatile
93 Thailand 0.5% 2017 — volatile
94 Albania 0.5% 2018 down 59.4% falling
95 Israel 0.5% 2017 down 46.6% falling
96 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.5% 2016 down 42.8% volatile
97 Greece 0.5% 2017 up 26.2% volatile
98 Philippines 0.5% 2017 down 25.5% falling
99 India 0.4% 2016 down 88.6% volatile
100 Jamaica 0.4% 2018 down 78.6% falling
101 Poland 0.4% 2017 down 44.0% falling
102 Montenegro 0.4% 2017 — volatile
103 Cuba 0.4% 2018 up 257.8% volatile
104 Fiji 0.4% 2015 down 76.3% volatile
105 Brunei Darussalam 0.4% 2018 down 22.7% volatile
106 Czechia 0.4% 2017 down 4.7% falling
107 Denmark 0.3% 2017 — volatile
108 Bahrain 0.3% 2018 down 57.9% volatile
109 Latvia 0.3% 2017 down 82.5% volatile
110 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 down 47.6% volatile
111 Kuwait 0.3% 2018 down 38.6% falling
112 Hong Kong, China 0.2% 2018 down 60.2% volatile
113 Georgia 0.2% 2018 up 263.8% rising
114 Myanmar 0.2% 2017 up 33.0% volatile
115 Italy 0.2% 2017 down 9.2% falling
116 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2018 up 102.0% volatile
117 Estonia 0.2% 2017 down 58.4% volatile
118 Samoa 0.2% 2018 down 76.1% volatile
119 Maldives 0.1% 2017 down 94.5% volatile
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 up 60.6% rising
121 Finland 0.0% 2017 down 50.8% rising
122 Viet Nam 0.0% 2014 down 72.9% volatile
123 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 74.2% volatile
124 China 0.0% 2018 down 84.4% volatile
125 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 11.7% volatile
126 Andorra 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
126 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 — volatile
126 Luxembourg 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% flat
126 Seychelles 0.0% 1991 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 2,591 data points, 1970–2018
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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.