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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
173 places, 2,711 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release