Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
165
Highest
33.7%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
2.4%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
2,711
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 33.7% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 5.8%.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 2,130.8%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 33.7% | 2016 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.2% | 2016 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 3 | Burundi | 27.6% | 2019 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 26.6% | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 22.4% | 2022 | up 139.7% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 21.7% | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Benin | 21.5% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 8 | Algeria | 21.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 9 | Morocco | 21.1% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Eritrea | 21.1% | 2017 | up 45.2% | falling |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.7% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Grenada | 20.4% | 2022 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 20.1% | 2015 | up 29.9% | flat |
| 14 | Bhutan | 19.3% | 2023 | up 321.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 18.7% | 2023 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Chad | 18.4% | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 17 | Congo | 18.2% | 2011 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 18.0% | 2021 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.7% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 17.6% | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 21 | Tunisia | 16.8% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Lesotho | 16.5% | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 23 | Dominica | 16.4% | 2022 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 15.3% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 25 | Suriname | 15.0% | 2020 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 14.7% | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 13.4% | 2023 | up 177.1% | rising |
| 28 | Mozambique | 13.0% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 29 | Senegal | 12.1% | 2023 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 11.4% | 2007 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 31 | Eswatini | 11.2% | 2022 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 32 | Aruba | 11.0% | 2021 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 33 | British Virgin Islands | 10.7% | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 10.7% | 2012 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 10.5% | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 36 | Madagascar | 10.0% | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 37 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.4% | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritania | 9.1% | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 8.9% | 2023 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 40 | Colombia | 8.8% | 2021 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 8.7% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 8.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Uruguay | 8.3% | 2022 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 44 | Lebanon | 8.1% | 2022 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.0% | 2018 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 7.9% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 47 | Djibouti | 7.7% | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 7.6% | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 49 | Argentina | 7.5% | 2022 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 50 | Nepal | 7.2% | 2024 | up 54.0% | falling |
| 51 | Syria | 7.0% | 2023 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 52 | Cameroon | 6.7% | 2022 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 6.7% | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 6.6% | 2022 | up 65.2% | flat |
| 55 | Macao | 6.5% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 5.4% | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belize | 5.2% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 58 | Belgium | 4.9% | 2022 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 59 | Egypt | 4.8% | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 4.5% | 2019 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 4.1% | 2022 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 4.0% | 2018 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 3.9% | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Jordan | 3.9% | 2023 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 3.8% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 66 | Hong Kong | 3.7% | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 3.6% | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Türkiye | 3.4% | 2022 | up 92.0% | falling |
| 69 | Timor-Leste | 3.3% | 2019 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 70 | Cambodia | 3.2% | 2023 | up 64.8% | falling |
| 71 | Panama | 3.2% | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 72 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 3.0% | 2023 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2018 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 75 | Latvia | 2.8% | 2023 | up 55.8% | falling |
| 76 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.8% | 2022 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Germany | 2.7% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Gambia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 2.7% | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 2.6% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 81 | Liberia | 2.5% | 2021 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Kiribati | 2.4% | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Estonia | 2.4% | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 84 | Qatar | 2.4% | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritius | 2.1% | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.1% | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 87 | United States of America | 1.9% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 1.9% | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 89 | Italy | 1.9% | 2022 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 1.9% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 1.9% | 2023 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 92 | India | 1.9% | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 1.9% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ecuador | 1.8% | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 95 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.8% | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 96 | Israel | 1.7% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 97 | Andorra | 1.7% | 2023 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 99 | Poland | 1.6% | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 100 | Hungary | 1.6% | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 101 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2018 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 102 | Oman | 1.5% | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 1.5% | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 104 | Slovenia | 1.4% | 2022 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.4% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 106 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2016 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 1.3% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 1.3% | 2019 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 109 | France | 1.3% | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 1.2% | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Switzerland | 1.1% | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 112 | Fiji | 1.1% | 2023 | up 1,898.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Monaco | 1.1% | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 1.1% | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.0% | 2023 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 116 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2016 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 117 | San Marino | 1.0% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Samoa | 0.9% | 2023 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 120 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.8% | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Czechia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 123 | Montenegro | 0.6% | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 127 | Viet Nam | 0.5% | 2023 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2022 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 130 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 0.5% | 2022 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 133 | Finland | 0.4% | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Liechtenstein | 0.4% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 0.4% | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 139 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.4% | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2013 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 141 | Palestine, State of | 0.3% | 2023 | down 86.1% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3% | 2022 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 86.7% | falling |
| 148 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2023 | up 2,130.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2021 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 150 | Malta | 0.1% | 2022 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2023 | down 90.7% | rising |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 335.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2022 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 155 | China | 0.0% | 2020 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | 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 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release