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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
183
Highest
41.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
1.7%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,635

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 41.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 4.0%.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 544.0%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 41.9% 1987 up 36.7% rising
2 Gabon 33.4% 2002 down 17.3% flat
3 Burundi 27.9% 2019 down 23.2% rising
4 Malawi 26.4% 2023 up 31.9% rising
5 Rwanda 25.6% 2023 up 54.5% rising
6 Central African Republic 23.7% 2011 down 10.2% falling
7 Mali 21.0% 2016 up 12.9% falling
8 Madagascar 20.2% 2023 down 0.4% falling
9 Congo 19.5% 2009 down 50.9% falling
10 Haiti 18.3% 1996 up 79.2% falling
11 Equatorial Guinea 18.0% 2011 — falling
12 Comoros 15.1% 2017 down 43.7% falling
13 Guinea 14.5% 2013 up 21.1% falling
14 Chad 14.4% 2021 down 44.3% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 13.8% 2023 down 10.9% falling
16 Namibia 12.9% 2023 up 6.7% falling
17 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.2% 2020 down 7.2% falling
18 New Caledonia 11.9% 1989 down 14.8% rising
19 Cameroon 11.5% 2023 down 7.7% falling
20 Suriname 11.1% 2020 down 20.0% falling
21 Sao Tome and Principe 10.2% 2016 down 56.3% falling
22 Bhutan 10.0% 2023 up 93.5% volatile
23 Nicaragua 9.3% 2007 up 118.0% falling
24 Benin 8.9% 2021 down 27.9% falling
25 Guatemala 8.9% 2023 up 10.7% falling
26 Uganda 8.8% 2016 down 41.1% falling
27 Libya 8.2% 1980 up 74.9% rising
28 Mauritania 7.8% 2019 up 111.1% volatile
29 Yemen 7.7% 2012 up 92.6% rising
30 Lesotho 7.3% 2023 down 2.3% falling
31 Eritrea 7.0% 2017 down 49.1% volatile
32 Mozambique 6.7% 2019 down 9.6% volatile
33 Niger 6.7% 2023 up 60.9% volatile
34 Iraq 6.6% 2003 down 51.5% falling
35 Trinidad and Tobago 6.6% 2022 up 25.3% flat
36 Nepal 6.2% 2024 down 36.4% falling
37 Eswatini 5.7% 2022 down 60.1% flat
38 Ethiopia 5.6% 2023 down 18.1% falling
39 Aruba 5.4% 2021 down 30.5% falling
40 Lebanon 5.3% 2022 down 22.1% falling
41 Zambia 5.2% 2012 down 30.3% volatile
42 Papua New Guinea 5.1% 2022 — volatile
43 Tunisia 5.0% 2020 up 13.1% falling
44 Colombia 5.0% 2021 up 143.2% volatile
45 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.6% 2023 up 171.7% rising
46 Belize 4.4% 2023 down 16.9% falling
47 Cape Verde 4.3% 2021 down 42.8% volatile
48 Morocco 4.2% 2023 down 44.8% volatile
49 Cambodia 4.1% 2023 down 1.3% volatile
50 Burkina Faso 3.7% 2023 down 49.8% falling
51 Sierra Leone 3.6% 2023 down 74.7% volatile
52 Austria 3.6% 2023 up 53.2% falling
53 New Zealand 3.5% 1991 up 20.9% volatile
54 Gambia 3.5% 2024 down 35.3% volatile
55 Syrian Arab Republic 3.5% 2023 down 10.7% falling
56 Luxembourg 3.3% 2023 up 1.7% falling
57 Botswana 3.3% 2012 down 6.8% falling
58 Afghanistan 3.2% 2018 — volatile
59 Türkiye 3.2% 2022 up 63.0% volatile
60 British Virgin Islands 3.1% 2023 down 20.4% falling
61 Vanuatu 3.1% 2023 down 76.3% volatile
62 Honduras 3.1% 2023 up 131.0% volatile
63 Djibouti 3.0% 2022 down 66.1% falling
64 Slovakia 3.0% 2021 up 10.1% rising
65 El Salvador 2.9% 2023 down 33.4% falling
66 Costa Rica 2.9% 2023 down 15.8% falling
67 Kiribati 2.7% 2023 up 25.1% volatile
68 South Africa 2.7% 2022 down 65.0% falling
69 Kenya 2.7% 2015 down 53.2% volatile
70 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.6% 2023 down 21.2% rising
71 Dominican Republic 2.6% 2023 down 41.7% falling
72 Bahamas 2.6% 2018 — volatile
73 Senegal 2.6% 2023 down 10.7% falling
74 Liberia 2.5% 2021 down 78.6% volatile
75 Peru 2.5% 2017 down 61.6% volatile
76 Togo 2.4% 2023 down 78.6% falling
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.4% 2023 down 31.9% falling
78 Grenada 2.2% 2022 up 11.5% volatile
79 Bangladesh 2.2% 2023 down 77.6% volatile
80 Saint Lucia 2.2% 2023 up 36.4% falling
81 Belgium 2.2% 2021 down 25.5% volatile
82 India 2.1% 2024 up 187.6% volatile
83 Liechtenstein 2.1% 2020 — volatile
84 Sudan 2.0% 2018 down 50.4% falling
85 Palau 1.9% 2021 down 52.2% volatile
86 Argentina 1.9% 2022 down 15.2% falling
87 Algeria 1.9% 2024 down 59.6% falling
88 Panama 1.9% 2023 down 3.4% volatile
89 Pakistan 1.9% 2023 down 19.1% falling
90 Jamaica 1.9% 2022 down 25.9% falling
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.7% 2024 down 66.4% volatile
92 Netherlands 1.7% 1984 down 22.2% falling
93 Dominica 1.5% 2024 down 34.0% falling
94 Hungary 1.5% 2023 up 3.3% falling
95 Barbados 1.4% 2023 — rising
96 Paraguay 1.4% 2023 down 59.9% volatile
97 Romania 1.4% 2022 up 14.2% falling
98 Portugal 1.3% 2020 — volatile
99 Greece 1.3% 2022 up 90.0% volatile
100 Spain 1.2% 2023 down 38.8% falling
101 Antigua and Barbuda 1.2% 2018 down 70.2% rising
102 Chile 1.2% 2023 down 60.9% volatile
103 Philippines 1.0% 2023 up 21.0% falling
104 Switzerland 1.0% 2023 up 19.4% falling
105 Slovenia 1.0% 2022 up 82.4% rising
106 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.0% 2022 down 15.7% volatile
107 France 1.0% 2023 up 89.5% volatile
108 Jordan 0.9% 2023 up 88.4% volatile
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9% 2022 up 11.7% rising
110 Samoa 0.8% 2023 down 27.8% falling
111 Poland 0.8% 2023 up 38.7% rising
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.7% 2023 down 61.1% volatile
113 Uruguay 0.7% 2022 down 81.1% falling
114 Andorra 0.7% 2023 down 14.5% volatile
115 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 66.8% volatile
116 Qatar 0.7% 2023 down 55.0% volatile
117 Estonia 0.7% 2023 up 97.1% volatile
118 Czechia 0.7% 2021 up 41.0% falling
119 Albania 0.6% 2023 up 2.5% volatile
120 Mexico 0.6% 2024 up 6.1% volatile
121 Ghana 0.6% 2021 down 79.4% falling
122 Macau, China 0.6% 2023 down 73.7% volatile
123 Latvia 0.6% 2023 down 3.9% volatile
124 Denmark 0.5% 2023 down 26.9% volatile
125 Fiji 0.5% 2023 up 211.1% volatile
126 Egypt 0.5% 2023 down 79.5% volatile
127 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 544.0% volatile
128 Israel 0.5% 2023 down 47.0% falling
129 Germany 0.5% 2023 up 23.9% volatile
130 Hong Kong, China 0.5% 2023 down 12.7% volatile
131 Viet Nam 0.4% 2023 down 38.6% volatile
132 Cuba 0.4% 2023 up 9.8% volatile
133 Monaco 0.4% 2020 — volatile
134 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2023 down 77.2% volatile
135 Armenia 0.3% 2023 up 60.6% volatile
136 Ireland 0.3% 2021 down 41.5% volatile
137 Myanmar 0.3% 2009 down 37.3% volatile
138 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2023 down 84.0% volatile
139 Russian Federation 0.3% 2018 down 20.2% volatile
140 Malta 0.3% 2022 up 72.8% volatile
141 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2023 up 165.9% volatile
142 Saudi Arabia 0.3% 2021 down 81.1% volatile
143 Finland 0.3% 2023 up 20.8% falling
144 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 75.2% volatile
145 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2023 up 34.3% falling
146 Montenegro 0.2% 2022 up 340.7% volatile
147 Lithuania 0.2% 2023 down 42.3% falling
148 Cyprus 0.2% 2021 up 95.2% volatile
149 Italy 0.2% 2022 up 39.0% volatile
150 Thailand 0.2% 2024 down 80.4% volatile
151 Georgia 0.2% 2023 up 22.2% rising
152 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 45.9% falling
153 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 205.7% volatile
154 Croatia 0.2% 2022 up 5.9% falling
155 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
156 Singapore 0.1% 2022 down 59.7% volatile
157 Tonga 0.1% 2023 down 95.5% volatile
158 Naoero 0.1% 2023 — volatile
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 up 19.6% rising
160 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 192.3% volatile
161 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 73.9% volatile
162 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
163 Timor-Leste 0.1% 2022 down 99.7% falling
164 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 up 79.4% volatile
165 Mauritius 0.0% 2023 down 97.5% volatile
166 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2023 down 89.8% volatile
167 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 70.0% volatile
168 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 98.2% volatile
169 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% rising
170 China 0.0% 2020 down 97.6% volatile
171 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 94.6% volatile
172 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 15.2% volatile
173 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.8% volatile
174 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
174 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
174 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
174 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
174 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
174 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
174 Oman 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
174 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
174 Tuvalu 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
174 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
190 places, 4,635 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release