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Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
190
Highest
34.2%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
2.0%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
5,162

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 34.2% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 4.4%.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 405.4%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 34.2% 2002 down 18.4% flat
1 Cook Islands 0.0% 2021 — volatile
2 Burundi 29.2% 2019 down 18.4% rising
3 Rwanda 28.0% 2023 up 64.4% rising
4 Malawi 27.0% 2023 up 33.3% rising
5 Central African Republic 23.2% 2011 down 13.1% falling
6 Madagascar 21.2% 2023 down 1.3% falling
7 Mali 21.2% 2016 up 17.2% falling
8 Congo 20.0% 2009 down 51.4% falling
9 Guinea-Bissau 19.9% 2005 down 22.3% falling
10 Equatorial Guinea 19.2% 2011 up 62.4% falling
11 Haiti 18.5% 1996 up 83.8% falling
12 Reunion 16.7% 1986 down 23.7% falling
13 Comoros 16.3% 2017 down 39.6% falling
14 Namibia 15.9% 2023 up 9.0% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 14.4% 2023 down 8.5% falling
16 Guinea 14.2% 2013 up 26.4% falling
17 Chad 14.1% 2021 down 43.4% falling
18 Suriname 13.9% 2020 down 16.5% falling
19 New Caledonia 13.4% 1989 down 13.4% rising
20 Sao Tome and Principe 12.6% 2016 down 49.9% falling
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.2% 2020 down 5.6% falling
22 Angola 12.1% 2010 — volatile
23 Cameroon 11.9% 2023 down 7.6% falling
24 Bhutan 11.2% 2023 up 84.0% volatile
25 Nicaragua 10.9% 2007 up 119.6% falling
26 Guatemala 10.3% 2023 up 13.0% falling
27 Lesotho 9.8% 2023 up 13.2% falling
28 Libya 9.4% 1980 up 61.2% rising
29 Benin 9.2% 2021 down 25.6% falling
30 Uganda 9.0% 2016 down 40.6% falling
31 Yemen 8.9% 2012 up 92.7% rising
32 Brazil 8.5% 2010 down 59.2% falling
33 Eritrea 8.2% 2017 down 43.9% falling
34 Iraq 8.1% 2003 down 51.6% falling
35 Mauritania 7.7% 2019 up 115.8% volatile
36 Nepal 7.5% 2024 down 23.7% falling
37 Trinidad and Tobago 7.4% 2022 up 16.1% rising
38 Mozambique 7.2% 2019 down 7.6% volatile
39 Tunisia 7.0% 2020 up 16.3% falling
40 Niger 6.9% 2023 up 70.5% volatile
41 Eswatini 6.8% 2022 down 59.6% rising
42 Cape Verde 6.7% 2021 down 31.4% volatile
43 Lebanon 6.7% 2022 down 19.2% falling
44 Aruba 6.0% 2021 down 32.7% falling
45 Ethiopia 5.8% 2023 down 18.3% falling
46 Morocco 5.7% 2023 down 40.6% volatile
47 Colombia 5.7% 2021 up 139.3% volatile
48 Cambodia 5.7% 2023 up 16.7% volatile
49 Zambia 5.4% 2012 down 32.7% rising
50 Papua New Guinea 5.4% 2022 — volatile
51 Belize 5.3% 2023 down 21.3% falling
52 Micronesia, Federated States of 5.1% 2023 up 97.6% rising
53 Botswana 4.5% 2012 down 4.7% rising
54 South Africa 4.5% 2022 down 54.2% falling
55 Syria 4.2% 2023 down 6.6% falling
56 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2023 down 42.5% volatile
57 Palau 3.9% 2021 down 26.7% volatile
58 Austria 3.8% 2023 up 43.2% falling
59 New Zealand 3.8% 1991 up 18.0% volatile
60 Gambia 3.8% 2024 down 33.0% volatile
61 Burkina Faso 3.7% 2023 down 48.6% falling
62 Honduras 3.7% 2023 up 129.5% volatile
63 Bahamas 3.6% 2018 — volatile
64 Sierra Leone 3.6% 2023 down 74.5% volatile
65 El Salvador 3.6% 2023 down 37.7% falling
66 Afghanistan 3.5% 2018 — volatile
67 Kiribati 3.4% 2023 up 55.6% volatile
68 Grenada 3.4% 2022 up 9.8% volatile
69 Türkiye 3.4% 2022 up 89.0% volatile
70 British Virgin Islands 3.3% 2023 down 44.7% falling
71 Luxembourg 3.3% 2023 down 8.6% falling
72 Costa Rica 3.2% 2023 down 21.2% falling
73 Slovakia 3.2% 2021 up 11.4% rising
74 Djibouti 3.2% 2022 down 64.0% falling
75 Algeria 3.0% 2024 down 54.0% falling
76 Kenya 3.0% 2015 down 50.2% volatile
77 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.9% 1985 down 73.8% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.9% 2023 down 17.0% rising
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.9% 2023 down 31.0% falling
80 Peru 2.8% 2017 down 59.1% falling
81 Senegal 2.7% 2023 down 8.8% falling
82 Vanuatu 2.7% 2023 down 81.3% falling
83 Dominica 2.7% 2024 down 33.7% falling
84 Saint Lucia 2.6% 2023 up 21.3% falling
85 Liberia 2.6% 2021 down 76.6% volatile
86 Togo 2.4% 2023 down 78.4% falling
87 Bangladesh 2.4% 2023 down 76.6% falling
88 Panama 2.3% 2023 down 9.7% volatile
89 India 2.2% 2024 up 197.3% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2% 2024 down 62.0% volatile
91 Belgium 2.2% 2021 down 27.9% volatile
92 Jamaica 2.2% 2022 down 30.3% falling
93 Netherlands 2.1% 1984 down 19.9% falling
94 Liechtenstein 2.1% 2020 — volatile
95 Sudan 2.1% 2018 down 52.3% falling
96 Argentina 2.0% 2022 down 29.9% falling
97 Paraguay 1.8% 2023 down 59.9% falling
98 Pakistan 1.8% 2023 down 26.7% falling
99 Antigua and Barbuda 1.8% 2018 down 68.2% rising
100 Hungary 1.8% 2023 up 1.0% falling
101 Romania 1.7% 2022 up 14.1% falling
102 Barbados 1.6% 2023 — rising
103 Philippines 1.6% 2023 up 12.3% falling
104 Portugal 1.5% 2020 — volatile
105 Chile 1.4% 2023 down 64.9% volatile
106 Spain 1.3% 2023 down 42.5% falling
107 Greece 1.3% 2022 up 72.5% volatile
108 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.3% 2022 up 4.4% rising
109 Slovenia 1.2% 2022 up 58.3% rising
110 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.2% 2022 down 17.8% volatile
111 Samoa 1.1% 2023 down 17.5% falling
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1% 2023 down 59.3% volatile
113 France 1.0% 2023 up 74.3% volatile
114 Switzerland 1.0% 2023 up 6.1% falling
115 Jordan 1.0% 2023 up 87.9% volatile
116 Poland 1.0% 2023 up 15.7% volatile
117 Uruguay 0.9% 2022 down 81.9% falling
118 Latvia 0.8% 2023 up 8.9% volatile
119 Guyana 0.8% 2008 down 65.8% volatile
120 Qatar 0.8% 2023 down 61.8% volatile
121 Estonia 0.8% 2023 up 40.1% volatile
122 Israel 0.7% 2023 down 47.2% falling
123 Mexico 0.7% 2024 down 4.9% volatile
124 Andorra 0.7% 2023 down 49.1% volatile
125 Czechia 0.7% 2021 up 28.8% falling
126 Viet Nam 0.7% 2023 down 31.6% volatile
127 Albania 0.7% 2023 down 3.4% volatile
128 Denmark 0.7% 2023 down 30.8% volatile
129 Cuba 0.6% 2023 down 1.9% volatile
130 Egypt 0.6% 2023 down 80.5% volatile
131 Macao 0.6% 2023 down 80.6% volatile
132 Ghana 0.6% 2021 down 78.8% volatile
133 Fiji 0.6% 2023 up 179.6% volatile
134 Monaco 0.5% 2020 — volatile
135 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 405.4% volatile
136 Hong Kong 0.5% 2023 down 11.6% volatile
137 Germany 0.5% 2023 up 17.4% volatile
138 Myanmar 0.5% 2017 up 34.2% volatile
139 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4% 2023 down 85.0% volatile
140 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2023 down 76.6% volatile
141 Saudi Arabia 0.4% 2021 down 72.3% volatile
142 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 79.7% volatile
143 Ireland 0.4% 2021 down 43.6% volatile
144 Finland 0.3% 2023 down 4.8% falling
145 Russian Federation 0.3% 2018 down 21.7% volatile
146 Thailand 0.3% 2024 down 84.4% volatile
147 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 75.8% volatile
148 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 up 237.6% volatile
149 Lithuania 0.3% 2023 down 47.8% volatile
150 Italy 0.3% 2022 up 0.4% volatile
151 Malta 0.3% 2022 up 52.5% volatile
152 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 57.7% falling
153 Cyprus 0.2% 2021 up 49.5% volatile
154 Georgia 0.2% 2023 up 3.8% falling
155 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 46.8% falling
156 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 251.8% volatile
157 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
158 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2023 down 11.2% volatile
159 Naoero 0.1% 2023 — volatile
160 Singapore 0.1% 2022 down 63.1% volatile
161 Tuvalu 0.1% 2023 up 100.4% volatile
162 Tonga 0.1% 2023 down 95.9% volatile
163 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 40.7% volatile
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 5.6% rising
165 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 184.7% volatile
166 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 55.7% volatile
167 Timor-Leste 0.1% 2022 down 99.6% falling
168 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
169 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 up 5.4% volatile
170 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 88.7% volatile
171 Mauritius 0.0% 2023 down 97.5% volatile
172 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 97.3% volatile
173 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% rising
174 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 — rising
175 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 79.5% volatile
176 China 0.0% 2020 down 97.4% volatile
177 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.5% volatile
178 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 9.9% volatile
179 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 95.5% volatile
180 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
180 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
180 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
180 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
180 Oman 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
180 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
180 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
196 places, 5,162 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release