Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
32.7%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.4%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
2,733
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 32.7% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 5.8%.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 767.1%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.7% | 1987 | up 293.6% | rising |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 31.6% | 2011 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 3 | Tonga | 24.9% | 2005 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 4 | Burundi | 23.7% | 2018 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 23.3% | 2013 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 6 | Suriname | 22.3% | 2018 | up 32.6% | flat |
| 7 | Mali | 22.1% | 2012 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 8 | Djibouti | 21.8% | 2004 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 9 | Belgium | 19.8% | 1987 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 19.6% | 2017 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 11 | Malawi | 19.5% | 2018 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 12 | Gabon | 19.3% | 2002 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 18.9% | 2018 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 18.0% | 2018 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.0% | 2016 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 16 | Comoros | 15.8% | 2017 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 17 | Niger | 15.3% | 2013 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 14.8% | 2017 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 19 | Cameroon | 13.3% | 2018 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 20 | Eswatini | 13.1% | 2017 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.0% | 2017 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 22 | Libya | 12.4% | 1980 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 11.6% | 2015 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 11.5% | 2014 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 11.5% | 2016 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 26 | Congo | 9.9% | 2007 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 27 | Tunisia | 9.4% | 2016 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 9.3% | 2008 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Morocco | 8.7% | 2018 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 30 | Yemen | 7.9% | 2012 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 7.1% | 2015 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Haiti | 7.1% | 1986 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8% | 2009 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritania | 6.4% | 2016 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 6.3% | 1985 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 36 | Lebanon | 6.3% | 2018 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 37 | Iraq | 6.1% | 1999 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 5.8% | 2014 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 5.7% | 2012 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 5.6% | 2007 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 41 | Bhutan | 5.5% | 2016 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Jamaica | 5.4% | 2018 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 43 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.2% | 2014 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 44 | Belize | 5.1% | 2017 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 45 | Oman | 4.7% | 2016 | up 600.7% | falling |
| 46 | Mozambique | 4.6% | 2018 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 4.5% | 2018 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 4.3% | 2017 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 4.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 3.8% | 2014 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 51 | Timor-Leste | 3.7% | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 52 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.6% | 2001 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 53 | Gambia | 3.6% | 2018 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Kenya | 3.6% | 2014 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2017 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 3.2% | 2017 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 57 | Argentina | 3.2% | 2016 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 2.9% | 2007 | up 62.8% | falling |
| 59 | Sudan | 2.7% | 2016 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 60 | Spain | 2.6% | 2017 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 61 | Cambodia | 2.4% | 2018 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 2.3% | 2001 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominica | 2.2% | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Egypt | 2.1% | 2018 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Grenada | 2.0% | 2002 | — | falling |
| 66 | Aruba | 1.8% | 2013 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 67 | Botswana | 1.8% | 2012 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.7% | 2017 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 69 | Ghana | 1.7% | 2017 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.6% | 2017 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 71 | Slovenia | 1.6% | 2017 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2018 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Qatar | 1.5% | 2018 | up 298.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2011 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 1.3% | 2017 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 1.3% | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 77 | Macau, China | 1.2% | 2018 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Switzerland | 1.1% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 1.1% | 2018 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 1.1% | 2018 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 81 | Israel | 1.0% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2008 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 0.9% | 2016 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9% | 2016 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Netherlands | 0.9% | 1984 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2017 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 0.8% | 2016 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.8% | 2016 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 2016 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Estonia | 0.7% | 2017 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 0.7% | 2016 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2018 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 0.6% | 2013 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 97 | Bahamas | 0.6% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2017 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Poland | 0.5% | 2017 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Greece | 0.5% | 2017 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5% | 2014 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.5% | 2017 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4% | 2018 | up 767.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 2017 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2018 | up 348.8% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 0.3% | 2017 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 109 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2018 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bahrain | 0.2% | 2018 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Malta | 0.2% | 2016 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Finland | 0.1% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 113 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1% | 2018 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2018 | down 99.5% | falling |
| 116 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Hong Kong, China | 0.1% | 2018 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2018 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 1989 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.