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Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
167
Highest
36.3%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.8%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
2,774

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 36.3% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 5.2%.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 2,013.4%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 36.3% 2016 up 97.6% rising
1 Cook Islands 0.0% 2023 — volatile
2 Burundi 28.8% 2019 down 2.0% falling
3 Sao Tome and Principe 27.3% 2016 down 17.8% falling
4 Ethiopia 24.8% 2022 up 163.0% rising
5 Niger 22.2% 2023 down 7.0% rising
6 Benin 21.8% 2021 down 9.7% falling
7 Cape Verde 21.5% 2021 down 7.0% flat
8 Eritrea 19.3% 2017 up 35.2% falling
9 Chad 19.1% 2021 down 5.3% flat
10 Guinea 19.1% 2015 up 26.4% falling
11 Bhutan 18.8% 2023 up 315.2% volatile
12 Rwanda 18.6% 2023 up 155.4% volatile
13 Congo 18.4% 2011 down 37.8% falling
14 Burkina Faso 17.6% 2023 down 31.9% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4% 2023 up 0.9% rising
16 Grenada 17.4% 2022 up 122.8% rising
17 Morocco 16.7% 2023 up 7.6% rising
18 Algeria 16.3% 2024 down 15.9% falling
19 Namibia 16.2% 2021 down 29.4% rising
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.8% 2023 up 1.7% rising
21 Lesotho 15.7% 2023 up 19.1% rising
22 Malawi 15.4% 2023 up 8.1% rising
23 Dominica 14.3% 2022 up 53.8% falling
24 Suriname 14.3% 2020 down 6.0% falling
25 Tunisia 12.9% 2020 down 5.9% flat
26 Mozambique 12.6% 2018 down 13.5% falling
27 Aruba 12.2% 2021 up 10.3% flat
28 Senegal 11.2% 2023 down 44.0% flat
29 Guatemala 10.8% 2023 up 166.2% rising
30 South Africa 10.6% 2022 down 14.0% falling
31 Zambia 10.6% 2012 up 26.8% falling
32 Nepal 10.5% 2024 up 128.3% volatile
33 Eswatini 10.2% 2022 down 16.7% falling
34 Luxembourg 9.5% 2022 down 4.6% falling
35 Nicaragua 9.5% 2007 up 40.2% rising
36 Madagascar 9.4% 2023 down 35.7% falling
37 Togo 8.7% 2023 down 61.2% falling
38 Mauritania 8.6% 2019 down 22.0% falling
39 Lebanon 7.8% 2022 down 37.4% falling
40 Colombia 7.8% 2021 up 93.6% rising
41 British Virgin Islands 7.5% 2023 down 56.3% falling
42 Uruguay 7.4% 2022 down 63.8% falling
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.1% 2023 up 20.0% rising
44 Djibouti 6.9% 2022 down 29.3% falling
45 Spain 6.8% 2023 down 31.5% falling
46 Argentina 6.8% 2022 down 40.6% falling
47 Costa Rica 6.6% 2023 down 42.6% falling
48 Dominican Republic 6.4% 2023 up 16.3% rising
49 Cameroon 5.9% 2022 down 50.1% falling
50 Barbados 5.9% 2023 — volatile
51 Syria 5.8% 2023 up 64.8% falling
52 Antigua and Barbuda 5.7% 2018 down 59.9% falling
53 Macau, China 5.5% 2023 down 41.4% falling
54 Greece 5.4% 2022 up 73.9% rising
55 Honduras 5.3% 2023 up 26.7% rising
56 El Salvador 4.5% 2023 down 9.8% rising
57 Belgium 4.4% 2022 down 51.4% falling
58 Bangladesh 4.2% 2019 up 23.4% falling
59 Egypt 4.1% 2023 down 56.5% falling
60 Belize 4.0% 2023 down 28.5% falling
61 Romania 3.6% 2022 up 32.1% rising
62 Türkiye 3.5% 2022 up 40.3% falling
63 Vanuatu 3.5% 2023 up 41.2% rising
64 Peru 3.3% 2018 down 45.9% falling
65 Hong Kong, China 3.3% 2023 up 0.7% rising
66 Austria 3.3% 2023 up 49.8% volatile
67 Portugal 3.2% 2022 — falling
68 Sierra Leone 2.8% 2023 down 65.9% volatile
69 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.8% 2023 — volatile
70 Jordan 2.8% 2023 up 54.3% volatile
71 Sudan 2.6% 2018 down 19.3% falling
72 Gambia 2.6% 2024 down 26.5% falling
73 Panama 2.5% 2023 down 62.4% falling
74 Germany 2.5% 2023 up 5.5% falling
75 Liberia 2.4% 2021 down 73.5% volatile
76 Cambodia 2.3% 2023 up 62.3% falling
77 Timor-Leste 2.3% 2019 down 31.0% falling
78 Estonia 2.3% 2023 down 0.7% falling
79 Latvia 2.3% 2023 up 54.2% falling
80 Bulgaria 2.2% 2023 down 12.7% falling
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.0% 2023 down 56.8% falling
82 Mauritius 1.9% 2023 down 54.3% falling
83 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.9% 2022 down 22.9% volatile
84 Pakistan 1.8% 2023 down 20.5% falling
85 United States of America 1.8% 2022 down 6.3% falling
86 Slovakia 1.8% 2021 down 1.4% falling
87 India 1.7% 2023 up 103.6% volatile
88 Chile 1.7% 2023 down 62.1% falling
89 Qatar 1.7% 2023 down 78.2% volatile
90 Kiribati 1.6% 2023 down 69.7% volatile
91 Ghana 1.6% 2018 down 51.3% falling
92 Italy 1.6% 2022 down 55.7% falling
93 Tuvalu 1.6% 2023 up 54.6% volatile
94 Andorra 1.5% 2023 down 75.4% volatile
95 Ecuador 1.5% 2023 down 53.7% falling
96 Poland 1.4% 2023 down 47.7% falling
97 Hungary 1.4% 2023 down 33.7% falling
98 Bahamas 1.4% 2009 — volatile
99 Philippines 1.4% 2023 down 45.5% falling
100 Uganda 1.3% 2016 down 61.0% falling
101 Israel 1.3% 2023 down 18.6% falling
102 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.2% 2023 down 53.4% volatile
103 Solomon Islands 1.2% 2019 down 24.0% volatile
104 Slovenia 1.2% 2022 up 69.1% falling
105 France 1.1% 2023 down 50.0% volatile
106 Paraguay 1.1% 2023 down 3.3% rising
107 Oman 1.1% 2023 down 75.0% volatile
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.1% 2024 up 7.0% falling
109 Switzerland 1.1% 2023 down 30.8% falling
110 Zimbabwe 1.0% 2023 down 51.6% falling
111 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2023 down 80.4% falling
112 Cyprus 1.0% 2023 up 4.7% falling
113 Fiji 0.9% 2023 up 1,887.7% volatile
114 Monaco 0.9% 2023 down 23.1% volatile
115 Albania 0.9% 2023 down 11.3% volatile
116 Denmark 0.9% 2023 down 26.3% flat
117 Samoa 0.7% 2023 up 93.2% volatile
118 Myanmar 0.7% 2016 down 54.6% flat
119 Mexico 0.7% 2023 down 20.8% falling
120 Czechia 0.6% 2022 down 35.6% falling
121 Cuba 0.6% 2023 down 62.4% volatile
122 Montenegro 0.5% 2022 down 3.7% falling
123 San Marino 0.5% 2023 down 32.2% volatile
124 Georgia 0.5% 2023 down 55.2% volatile
125 Armenia 0.5% 2023 up 53.6% rising
126 Lithuania 0.5% 2023 down 35.8% falling
127 Azerbaijan 0.5% 2024 up 35.6% volatile
128 Singapore 0.5% 2022 down 33.9% falling
129 Thailand 0.4% 2024 down 89.7% volatile
130 Serbia 0.4% 2021 down 60.0% falling
131 Finland 0.4% 2023 down 16.2% falling
132 Botswana 0.4% 2013 down 38.5% falling
133 Viet Nam 0.4% 2023 down 68.2% volatile
134 Russian Federation 0.4% 2018 down 14.2% falling
135 North Macedonia 0.3% 2022 down 62.9% falling
136 Saint Lucia 0.3% 2022 down 68.3% volatile
137 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2023 down 83.7% volatile
138 Saudi Arabia 0.3% 2021 down 78.3% volatile
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2022 down 24.0% falling
140 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2023 down 86.2% falling
141 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
142 Tonga 0.2% 2023 — volatile
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2% 2022 down 90.4% volatile
144 Liechtenstein 0.2% 2020 — volatile
145 Bahrain 0.2% 2023 down 85.8% volatile
146 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 69.8% volatile
147 Ukraine 0.1% 2023 up 2,013.4% volatile
148 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 54.9% falling
149 Indonesia 0.1% 2024 down 56.6% falling
150 Malta 0.1% 2022 down 10.7% volatile
151 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 87.0% falling
152 Jamaica 0.1% 2023 down 92.1% falling
153 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
154 Belarus 0.0% 2023 up 404.6% volatile
155 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2022 down 91.1% volatile
156 China 0.0% 2020 down 84.8% volatile
157 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.8% falling
158 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 70.8% volatile
159 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 80.1% volatile
160 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 23.0% volatile
161 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
162 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
162 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
162 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
162 Seychelles 0.0% 1999 — volatile
162 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
174 places, 2,774 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release