Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
152
Highest
36.5%
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0%
Timor-Leste
Median
1.9%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
3,263
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 36.5% in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.0% in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 5.2%.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 2,095.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 36.5% | 2023 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.5% | 1987 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 30.6% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 4 | Gabon | 30.1% | 1995 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 27.7% | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 26.7% | 2016 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 7 | Iraq | 25.0% | 1999 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 8 | Bhutan | 23.6% | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 9 | Congo | 22.8% | 2007 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 21.2% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 20.4% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.5% | 2008 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 13 | Libya | 17.3% | 1980 | up 2,095.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.7% | 2011 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 15 | New Caledonia | 16.2% | 1989 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 16 | Suriname | 15.5% | 2020 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.1% | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 14.8% | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 13.8% | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 20 | Haiti | 13.5% | 1986 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 12.8% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.3% | 2020 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 23 | Chad | 11.9% | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 11.7% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 25 | Eswatini | 11.5% | 2022 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 11.2% | 2020 | up 183.8% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 11.1% | 2016 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 28 | Yemen | 10.9% | 2012 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 29 | Eritrea | 9.9% | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 30 | Lebanon | 9.3% | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 31 | Oman | 7.4% | 2016 | up 467.1% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 7.4% | 2019 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Benin | 7.0% | 2021 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 34 | Niger | 6.9% | 2023 | up 67.1% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 6.7% | 2024 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 6.5% | 2023 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.5% | 2022 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 6.4% | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.3% | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 6.3% | 2007 | up 67.0% | falling |
| 41 | Guinea | 6.3% | 2013 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 42 | Morocco | 5.9% | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 5.8% | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 44 | Belize | 5.6% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 45 | South Africa | 5.2% | 2022 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 46 | Zambia | 5.2% | 2012 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 4.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Palau | 4.5% | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Cambodia | 4.4% | 2023 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 50 | El Salvador | 4.1% | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 4.1% | 2021 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Aruba | 4.0% | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.7% | 2023 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 54 | Botswana | 3.2% | 2012 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Honduras | 3.2% | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Vanuatu | 3.1% | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | 3.1% | 2015 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.1% | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 59 | Djibouti | 2.9% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 2.8% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 61 | Gambia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.6% | 2016 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 2.5% | 2023 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 64 | Peru | 2.5% | 2016 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 2.4% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 66 | Portugal | 2.4% | 2020 | — | falling |
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.4% | 2018 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.4% | 2022 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2018 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 70 | Senegal | 2.2% | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 2.2% | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 72 | India | 2.2% | 2024 | up 276.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.2% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 74 | Dominica | 2.1% | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 75 | Argentina | 2.1% | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 76 | Macau, China | 2.0% | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 1.9% | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Panama | 1.8% | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 79 | Pakistan | 1.8% | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 1.8% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 1.7% | 2021 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Qatar | 1.6% | 2023 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 84 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2022 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Jamaica | 1.6% | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 86 | Chile | 1.5% | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Philippines | 1.4% | 2023 | up 35.1% | flat |
| 89 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 1984 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 90 | Bahamas | 1.3% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2022 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 92 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 93 | Israel | 1.1% | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 94 | Egypt | 1.1% | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2023 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.9% | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Poland | 0.9% | 2018 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 100 | Greece | 0.9% | 2022 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Uruguay | 0.9% | 2021 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 102 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 103 | Türkiye | 0.8% | 2011 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 104 | Algeria | 0.8% | 2024 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 105 | Andorra | 0.7% | 2022 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Estonia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2008 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 108 | Albania | 0.7% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2021 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 110 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2021 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2023 | up 257.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.5% | 2022 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 0.5% | 2023 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Hong Kong, China | 0.4% | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2017 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.3% | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Togo | 0.3% | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Italy | 0.2% | 2022 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 126 | Tonga | 0.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 127 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2018 | down 92.9% | falling |
| 128 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2021 | up 137.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Malta | 0.1% | 2021 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Viet Nam | 0.1% | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2022 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2020 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1% | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Finland | 0.1% | 2021 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 141 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.3% | falling |
| 142 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2022 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 144 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release