Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
165
Highest
39.6%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.6%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
2,716
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), female (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 39.6% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 4.7%.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,891.9%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 39.6% | 2016 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 2 | Burundi | 29.8% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 27.3% | 2022 | up 186.8% | rising |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.6% | 2016 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 22.7% | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 6 | Benin | 22.1% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 20.3% | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 18.7% | 2011 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 9 | Rwanda | 18.5% | 2023 | up 155.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Bhutan | 18.4% | 2023 | up 310.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 17.6% | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 17.5% | 2015 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 13 | Eritrea | 17.2% | 2017 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.2% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 16.4% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 15.5% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 15.2% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 18 | Grenada | 14.8% | 2022 | up 374.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Namibia | 14.6% | 2021 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 20 | Aruba | 14.2% | 2021 | up 56.0% | flat |
| 21 | Nepal | 14.0% | 2024 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Suriname | 13.7% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Mozambique | 12.1% | 2018 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 24 | Dominica | 11.9% | 2022 | up 102.8% | falling |
| 25 | Morocco | 11.8% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 10.6% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 10.5% | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 10.5% | 2012 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Eswatini | 9.1% | 2022 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 9.0% | 2020 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 32 | Madagascar | 8.8% | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 8.6% | 2023 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 8.5% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritania | 8.1% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 8.1% | 2023 | up 156.8% | rising |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 7.7% | 2007 | up 33.8% | flat |
| 38 | Lebanon | 7.5% | 2022 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 6.8% | 2021 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 6.5% | 2022 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 41 | South Africa | 6.4% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 6.0% | 2022 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 43 | Djibouti | 5.9% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 5.7% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 5.6% | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 5.1% | 2022 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 47 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.7% | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 48 | Syria | 4.7% | 2023 | up 75.9% | falling |
| 49 | Macao | 4.4% | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 50 | Greece | 4.2% | 2022 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 4.1% | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 4.0% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 3.9% | 2022 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 3.9% | 2019 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 55 | British Virgin Islands | 3.8% | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 3.6% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 3.6% | 2022 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 58 | Barbados | 3.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Egypt | 3.3% | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 3.1% | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 3.0% | 2022 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 62 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.0% | 2018 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 63 | Austria | 3.0% | 2023 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Hong Kong | 3.0% | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 2.7% | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Belize | 2.7% | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 67 | Portugal | 2.6% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 68 | Peru | 2.6% | 2018 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.6% | 2023 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Gambia | 2.5% | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 71 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2018 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 72 | Liberia | 2.2% | 2021 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.2% | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Germany | 2.2% | 2023 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 75 | Estonia | 2.2% | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 76 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 1.9% | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 1.9% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 1.8% | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 1.7% | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 82 | United States | 1.6% | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 83 | Jordan | 1.6% | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 84 | India | 1.6% | 2023 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2018 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 86 | Chile | 1.5% | 2023 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 87 | Cambodia | 1.5% | 2023 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 88 | Timor-Leste | 1.3% | 2019 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 89 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2016 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 90 | Italy | 1.2% | 2022 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 91 | Andorra | 1.2% | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Poland | 1.2% | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 1.2% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 1.1% | 2019 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 96 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.0% | 2023 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 97 | France | 1.0% | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 99 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 100 | Qatar | 1.0% | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Iran | 0.9% | 2022 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Kiribati | 0.9% | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahamas | 0.9% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2022 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 0.8% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 106 | Israel | 0.8% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 107 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 108 | Monaco | 0.8% | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Paraguay | 0.8% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 110 | Fiji | 0.8% | 2023 | up 1,840.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7% | 2024 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 112 | Oman | 0.7% | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2023 | up 50.9% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 0.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 116 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2023 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Mexico | 0.5% | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 118 | Myanmar | 0.5% | 2016 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 119 | Tuvalu | 0.5% | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Tonga | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.4% | 2023 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Singapore | 0.4% | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 123 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2022 | up 75.1% | falling |
| 124 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Finland | 0.4% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.4% | 2013 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 128 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2023 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 0.3% | 2018 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2023 | down 40.5% | flat |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2022 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 136 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Palestine, State of | 0.2% | 2023 | down 86.4% | falling |
| 138 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2022 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Viet Nam | 0.2% | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2022 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 143 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2021 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Malta | 0.1% | 2022 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,891.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 87.8% | rising |
| 151 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.3% | falling |
| 152 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 502.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2022 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 154 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2020 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release