Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
129
Highest
33.5%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Timor-Leste
Median
2.0%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
2,806
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 33.5% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 5.5%.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 713.1%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33.5% | 2008 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 32.5% | 2011 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.9% | 1987 | up 510.5% | rising |
| 4 | Gabon | 29.3% | 1995 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 27.6% | 2019 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 25.4% | 2023 | up 72.1% | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 23.6% | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 23.5% | 2013 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 23.0% | 2016 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 10 | Mauritania | 21.6% | 2019 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 21.5% | 1987 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 12 | Namibia | 17.8% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 13 | Comoros | 14.5% | 2017 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.5% | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 15 | Libya | 14.5% | 1980 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 16 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2023 | up 89.1% | falling |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 13.4% | 2021 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Eswatini | 12.6% | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 11.8% | 2016 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 20 | Cameroon | 11.5% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 10.8% | 2007 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 22 | Suriname | 10.4% | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 10.2% | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 24 | Chad | 10.0% | 2021 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 10.0% | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.5% | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 27 | Yemen | 9.4% | 2012 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 28 | Benin | 8.9% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 29 | Lebanon | 8.0% | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 7.7% | 1999 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 7.2% | 2020 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Jamaica | 7.1% | 2022 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 33 | Algeria | 6.9% | 2007 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 34 | Haiti | 6.8% | 1986 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 35 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.2% | 2020 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 36 | Kiribati | 6.2% | 2023 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 6.1% | 2016 | up 713.1% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 5.9% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 5.8% | 2012 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 40 | Mozambique | 5.0% | 2019 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 4.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.7% | 2023 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 4.7% | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 4.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 4.4% | 2023 | down 48.7% | flat |
| 47 | Belize | 4.3% | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 48 | Rwanda | 3.9% | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 3.8% | 2022 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 3.6% | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 3.6% | 2007 | up 70.5% | falling |
| 52 | Kenya | 3.4% | 2015 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Cambodia | 3.3% | 2023 | up 87.6% | falling |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 3.2% | 2001 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 56 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.8% | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Slovenia | 2.8% | 2022 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 58 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2018 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 2.5% | 2023 | up 72.5% | falling |
| 60 | Gambia | 2.4% | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Botswana | 2.3% | 2012 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 62 | Dominica | 2.3% | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Spain | 2.2% | 2021 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 64 | Portugal | 2.2% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Honduras | 2.0% | 2023 | up 312.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Liberia | 1.9% | 2021 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 1.8% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 68 | Barbados | 1.7% | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Jordan | 1.7% | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Chile | 1.6% | 2023 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 71 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.5% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 72 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5% | 2021 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Macau, China | 1.5% | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.4% | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Argentina | 1.4% | 2022 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 76 | Latvia | 1.4% | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Egypt | 1.3% | 2023 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Israel | 1.2% | 2023 | down 39.1% | flat |
| 79 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 80 | Togo | 1.2% | 2023 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 81 | British Virgin Islands | 1.2% | 2023 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Switzerland | 1.2% | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 83 | Qatar | 1.1% | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Panama | 1.1% | 2022 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 1.0% | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.0% | 2016 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 87 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2023 | up 119.7% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2008 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 1.0% | 2016 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 91 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 1984 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 92 | Greece | 0.9% | 2022 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Poland | 0.8% | 2018 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 94 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2022 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2020 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 96 | Andorra | 0.7% | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Ghana | 0.6% | 2021 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2023 | up 177.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Uruguay | 0.6% | 2022 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Samoa | 0.5% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 102 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2024 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.5% | 2023 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2023 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Bahamas | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Tonga | 0.2% | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2023 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Finland | 0.1% | 2021 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 117 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0% | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 124 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 1989 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release