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

Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous...

Countries reporting
130
Highest
33.5%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.9%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
2,585

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 33.5% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 6.1%.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 2,329.4%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 33.5% 1987 up 79.5% rising
2 Gabon 30.1% 1995 up 24.7% rising
3 Burundi 26.9% 2018 down 34.3% flat
4 Iraq 25.0% 1999 down 27.9% falling
5 Mali 24.8% 2011 down 12.8% falling
6 Congo 22.8% 2007 down 26.1% rising
7 Namibia 21.2% 2017 down 17.7% rising
8 Central African Republic 20.4% 2011 — falling
9 Benin 20.1% 2018 up 11.1% falling
10 Tunisia 19.0% 2016 up 467.2% falling
11 Sao Tome and Principe 18.5% 2008 down 26.5% rising
12 Eswatini 17.9% 2016 down 12.6% rising
13 Chad 17.6% 2017 down 16.5% falling
14 Madagascar 17.5% 2018 down 25.9% falling
15 Malawi 17.5% 2013 up 13.4% rising
16 Libya 17.3% 1980 up 2,095.7% volatile
17 Equatorial Guinea 16.7% 2011 down 46.7% falling
18 New Caledonia 16.2% 1989 down 26.5% falling
19 Mozambique 15.3% 2018 down 2.4% falling
20 Côte d'Ivoire 14.8% 2015 down 34.5% falling
21 Suriname 14.7% 2018 down 14.4% falling
22 Cameroon 13.8% 2018 down 0.6% falling
23 Haiti 13.5% 1986 down 30.2% falling
24 Togo 13.4% 2014 down 36.8% falling
25 Bhutan 12.2% 2017 up 11.7% falling
26 Rwanda 11.6% 2018 down 13.0% volatile
27 Uganda 11.1% 2016 down 29.7% falling
28 Vanuatu 11.0% 2008 up 21.3% falling
29 Yemen 10.9% 2012 up 83.5% rising
30 Lesotho 10.7% 2015 down 47.6% rising
31 Timor-Leste 10.5% 2018 down 18.6% falling
32 Eritrea 9.9% 2017 down 9.5% falling
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.4% 2014 down 38.2% falling
34 Morocco 9.0% 2018 down 14.8% volatile
35 South Africa 8.0% 2017 up 1.8% falling
36 Ethiopia 7.9% 2014 down 28.3% rising
37 Dominican Republic 7.9% 2018 down 18.2% rising
38 Lebanon 7.6% 2018 down 34.4% falling
39 Cape Verde 7.5% 2015 down 39.9% volatile
40 Aruba 7.5% 2013 up 30.3% flat
41 Oman 7.4% 2016 up 467.1% falling
42 Belize 7.1% 2017 up 2.7% falling
43 Trinidad and Tobago 6.9% 2009 up 35.9% rising
44 Nicaragua 6.3% 2007 up 67.0% falling
45 Guinea 6.3% 2013 down 24.9% falling
46 Solomon Islands 6.0% 2017 down 29.8% rising
47 Kenya 5.6% 2003 — falling
48 Burkina Faso 5.4% 2018 down 57.5% falling
49 Zambia 5.2% 2012 down 19.7% volatile
50 Nepal 4.5% 2016 down 62.0% falling
51 Guatemala 4.4% 2018 up 3.6% falling
52 Algeria 4.4% 2018 up 2,329.4% falling
53 Cambodia 4.3% 2018 down 27.6% volatile
54 Niger 4.1% 2013 down 55.3% falling
55 Dominica 4.0% 2014 up 21.8% rising
56 El Salvador 4.0% 2017 down 19.3% rising
57 Chile 3.8% 2017 down 46.0% falling
58 Mauritania 3.4% 2016 down 60.0% falling
59 Argentina 3.4% 2016 down 48.2% falling
60 Costa Rica 3.3% 2015 down 54.9% falling
61 Botswana 3.2% 2012 down 8.7% volatile
62 Paraguay 3.0% 2011 down 22.6% falling
63 Gambia 3.0% 2018 down 9.8% volatile
64 Qatar 3.0% 2018 up 177.6% volatile
65 Egypt 2.9% 2018 down 46.5% volatile
66 Syrian Arab Republic 2.9% 2001 down 34.5% falling
67 Sudan 2.8% 2016 down 37.0% falling
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.6% 2016 down 31.4% volatile
69 Peru 2.5% 2016 down 63.5% falling
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.5% 2017 down 48.7% falling
71 Bahamas 2.5% 2012 — volatile
72 Uruguay 2.3% 2015 down 55.0% falling
73 Spain 2.2% 2017 — volatile
74 Panama 2.0% 2013 down 45.1% falling
75 Pakistan 2.0% 2018 down 53.1% falling
76 Honduras 1.9% 2016 down 36.5% volatile
77 Senegal 1.9% 2014 down 85.2% falling
78 Thailand 1.9% 2017 — volatile
79 Belgium 1.8% 2017 down 39.6% volatile
80 Ghana 1.8% 2017 down 41.6% volatile
81 Jordan 1.5% 2018 down 4.3% volatile
82 Netherlands 1.4% 1984 up 11.2% flat
83 Colombia 1.3% 2017 down 50.6% volatile
84 Philippines 1.2% 2017 down 17.5% falling
85 Mexico 1.2% 2017 down 61.0% volatile
86 Slovenia 1.1% 2017 up 45.4% rising
87 Israel 1.0% 2017 down 43.7% falling
88 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2016 down 33.9% volatile
89 Switzerland 0.9% 2017 — falling
90 Poland 0.9% 2017 down 51.4% falling
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2018 down 72.5% volatile
92 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9% 2016 down 43.8% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.8% 2017 down 57.0% falling
94 Türkiye 0.8% 2011 down 52.3% falling
95 Jamaica 0.8% 2018 down 73.3% falling
96 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 47.6% falling
97 Malta 0.7% 2014 down 15.4% volatile
98 Albania 0.7% 2018 down 48.0% falling
99 Saint Lucia 0.6% 2018 down 49.3% falling
100 Latvia 0.6% 2017 down 84.3% volatile
101 Estonia 0.6% 2017 down 56.1% volatile
102 Montenegro 0.6% 2017 — volatile
103 Cuba 0.5% 2018 up 50.5% volatile
104 Czechia 0.5% 2017 down 17.4% falling
105 Fiji 0.5% 2015 down 79.8% volatile
106 Andorra 0.5% 2016 down 63.1% volatile
107 India 0.5% 2016 down 88.6% volatile
108 Denmark 0.4% 2017 — volatile
109 Ecuador 0.4% 2017 down 45.1% volatile
110 Greece 0.4% 2017 down 17.8% volatile
111 Brunei Darussalam 0.4% 2018 down 65.7% volatile
112 Georgia 0.4% 2018 up 314.2% rising
113 Kuwait 0.4% 2018 down 66.0% falling
114 Myanmar 0.3% 2017 up 106.2% volatile
115 Samoa 0.3% 2018 up 172.3% rising
116 Hong Kong, China 0.3% 2018 down 64.3% volatile
117 Italy 0.3% 2017 down 29.0% falling
118 Bahrain 0.2% 2018 down 81.7% volatile
119 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2018 up 100.3% volatile
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2018 up 74.6% rising
121 Viet Nam 0.1% 2014 down 57.2% volatile
122 Finland 0.1% 2017 down 60.6% falling
123 Maldives 0.1% 2017 down 96.8% volatile
124 Singapore 0.0% 2017 down 56.4% volatile
125 China 0.0% 2018 down 83.3% volatile
126 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 35.2% volatile
127 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
127 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
127 Luxembourg 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% flat
127 Seychelles 0.0% 1991 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
140 places, 2,585 data points, 1970–2018
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Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.