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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
183
Highest
41.0%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Uzbekistan
Median
2.1%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
4,637

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 41.0% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 4.8%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 327.7%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 41.0% 1987 up 46.6% rising
2 Gabon 34.9% 2002 down 19.3% flat
3 Burundi 30.5% 2019 down 13.5% rising
4 Rwanda 30.4% 2023 up 73.1% rising
5 Malawi 27.6% 2023 up 34.7% rising
6 Central African Republic 22.8% 2011 down 15.2% falling
7 Madagascar 22.3% 2023 down 1.9% falling
8 Mali 21.4% 2016 up 20.9% falling
9 Congo 20.5% 2009 down 51.9% falling
10 Equatorial Guinea 20.3% 2011 — falling
11 Namibia 18.8% 2023 up 10.7% falling
12 Haiti 18.7% 1996 up 88.1% falling
13 Comoros 17.4% 2017 down 35.8% falling
14 Suriname 16.4% 2020 down 14.1% falling
15 Cote d'Ivoire 15.0% 2023 down 6.2% falling
16 New Caledonia 14.8% 1989 down 12.4% rising
17 Sao Tome and Principe 14.8% 2016 down 44.8% falling
18 Chad 13.9% 2021 down 42.7% falling
19 Guinea 13.9% 2013 up 30.6% falling
20 Nicaragua 12.5% 2007 up 119.2% falling
21 Bhutan 12.4% 2023 up 77.3% falling
22 Lesotho 12.3% 2023 up 24.4% falling
23 Cameroon 12.2% 2023 down 7.5% falling
24 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.2% 2020 down 4.3% falling
25 Guatemala 11.6% 2023 up 15.1% falling
26 Libya 10.5% 1980 up 61.0% rising
27 Yemen 9.7% 2012 up 96.4% rising
28 Benin 9.4% 2021 down 23.5% falling
29 Iraq 9.3% 2003 down 51.7% falling
30 Uganda 9.2% 2016 down 40.1% falling
31 Eritrea 9.2% 2017 down 40.0% falling
32 Cape Verde 9.0% 2021 down 24.8% falling
33 Tunisia 8.7% 2020 up 18.0% falling
34 Nepal 8.7% 2024 down 12.3% falling
35 Trinidad and Tobago 8.1% 2022 up 10.2% rising
36 Lebanon 8.0% 2022 down 17.2% falling
37 Eswatini 7.8% 2022 down 59.2% rising
38 Mauritania 7.7% 2019 up 120.9% volatile
39 Mozambique 7.6% 2019 down 5.8% volatile
40 Cambodia 7.1% 2023 up 29.7% volatile
41 Morocco 7.1% 2023 down 37.9% falling
42 Niger 7.1% 2023 up 79.2% volatile
43 Aruba 6.7% 2021 down 34.3% falling
44 Colombia 6.3% 2021 up 136.3% volatile
45 Belize 6.2% 2023 down 23.9% falling
46 South Africa 6.1% 2022 down 47.3% falling
47 Ethiopia 6.0% 2023 down 18.4% falling
48 Papua New Guinea 5.6% 2022 — volatile
49 Micronesia (country) 5.6% 2023 up 63.4% rising
50 Zambia 5.6% 2012 down 34.6% rising
51 Botswana 5.6% 2012 down 3.9% rising
52 Palau 5.6% 2021 down 12.8% volatile
53 Dominican Republic 5.2% 2023 down 42.1% falling
54 Syria 4.8% 2023 down 3.2% falling
55 Bahamas 4.7% 2018 — volatile
56 Grenada 4.5% 2022 up 9.9% volatile
57 Honduras 4.3% 2023 up 129.0% volatile
58 El Salvador 4.2% 2023 down 39.9% falling
59 Gambia 4.1% 2024 down 30.3% volatile
60 Kiribati 4.1% 2023 up 84.0% falling
61 New Zealand 4.1% 1991 up 15.7% volatile
62 Algeria 4.0% 2024 down 50.3% falling
63 Austria 4.0% 2023 up 35.6% falling
64 Dominica 3.8% 2024 down 33.5% falling
65 Burkina Faso 3.7% 2023 down 47.4% falling
66 Afghanistan 3.7% 2018 — volatile
67 Sierra Leone 3.6% 2023 down 74.3% volatile
68 Costa Rica 3.6% 2023 down 24.7% falling
69 Turkey 3.6% 2022 up 118.3% volatile
70 British Virgin Islands 3.5% 2023 down 55.6% falling
71 Slovakia 3.4% 2021 up 12.6% rising
72 Bolivia 3.3% 2023 down 30.2% falling
73 Djibouti 3.3% 2022 down 62.2% falling
74 Luxembourg 3.3% 2023 down 16.7% falling
75 Kenya 3.2% 2015 down 47.4% volatile
76 Tanzania 3.2% 2023 down 13.0% rising
77 Peru 3.0% 2017 down 57.0% volatile
78 Saint Lucia 3.0% 2023 up 13.1% falling
79 Senegal 2.9% 2023 down 6.4% falling
80 Laos 2.7% 2024 down 58.6% volatile
81 Liberia 2.6% 2021 down 74.4% falling
82 Panama 2.6% 2023 down 13.3% volatile
83 Bangladesh 2.6% 2023 down 75.5% falling
84 Netherlands 2.5% 1984 down 18.1% falling
85 Togo 2.5% 2023 down 78.1% falling
86 Jamaica 2.4% 2022 down 33.3% falling
87 Vanuatu 2.4% 2023 down 85.0% falling
88 India 2.3% 2024 up 205.8% volatile
89 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3% 2018 down 67.0% rising
90 Paraguay 2.2% 2023 down 59.8% falling
91 Belgium 2.1% 2021 down 30.1% volatile
92 Hungary 2.1% 2023 down 0.3% falling
93 Sudan 2.1% 2018 down 53.8% falling
94 Philippines 2.0% 2023 up 8.9% flat
95 Argentina 2.0% 2022 down 39.3% falling
96 Liechtenstein 2.0% 2020 — volatile
97 Romania 1.9% 2022 up 14.1% falling
98 Barbados 1.8% 2023 — rising
99 Pakistan 1.7% 2023 down 32.4% falling
100 Portugal 1.7% 2020 — volatile
101 Chile 1.6% 2023 down 67.1% volatile
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6% 2022 down 0.2% rising
103 Slovenia 1.5% 2022 up 45.4% rising
104 Spain 1.4% 2023 down 45.2% falling
105 Iran 1.4% 2022 down 19.0% volatile
106 Samoa 1.4% 2023 down 10.7% rising
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.4% 2023 down 57.8% volatile
108 Greece 1.3% 2022 up 59.2% volatile
109 Poland 1.1% 2023 up 4.2% flat
110 Latvia 1.1% 2023 up 16.1% volatile
111 France 1.1% 2023 up 62.9% volatile
112 Jordan 1.1% 2023 up 87.5% volatile
113 Switzerland 1.0% 2023 down 4.2% falling
114 Uruguay 1.0% 2022 down 82.4% falling
115 Israel 1.0% 2023 down 47.3% falling
116 Vietnam 0.9% 2023 down 28.1% volatile
117 Qatar 0.9% 2023 down 65.4% volatile
118 Guyana 0.9% 2008 down 65.1% volatile
119 Estonia 0.9% 2023 up 16.6% volatile
120 Mexico 0.9% 2024 down 11.0% volatile
121 Cuba 0.8% 2023 down 6.8% volatile
122 Albania 0.8% 2023 down 6.9% volatile
123 Czechia 0.8% 2021 up 20.3% falling
124 Denmark 0.8% 2023 down 33.2% volatile
125 Egypt 0.8% 2023 down 80.9% falling
126 Andorra 0.7% 2023 down 62.2% volatile
127 Macao 0.7% 2023 down 83.6% volatile
128 Ghana 0.6% 2021 down 78.3% volatile
129 Monaco 0.6% 2020 — volatile
130 Fiji 0.6% 2023 up 157.4% volatile
131 Saudi Arabia 0.5% 2021 down 64.3% volatile
132 Venezuela 0.5% 2023 down 85.6% volatile
133 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 up 327.7% volatile
134 Hong Kong 0.5% 2023 down 10.7% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2023 down 76.1% volatile
136 Germany 0.5% 2023 up 12.0% volatile
137 Armenia 0.4% 2023 up 98.2% volatile
138 Thailand 0.4% 2024 down 86.0% volatile
139 Ireland 0.4% 2021 down 45.4% volatile
140 Finland 0.4% 2023 down 17.0% falling
141 Lithuania 0.3% 2023 down 50.8% volatile
142 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 up 190.5% volatile
143 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 down 76.1% volatile
144 Russia 0.3% 2018 down 21.1% volatile
145 Italy 0.3% 2022 down 16.1% volatile
146 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2023 up 81.5% falling
147 Tuvalu 0.3% 2023 — volatile
148 Myanmar 0.3% 2009 down 51.8% volatile
149 Georgia 0.2% 2023 down 6.0% falling
150 Ukraine 0.2% 2023 up 295.8% volatile
151 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 47.5% falling
152 Cyprus 0.2% 2021 up 21.7% volatile
153 Malta 0.2% 2022 up 33.1% volatile
154 Nauru 0.2% 2023 — volatile
155 Sweden 0.2% 2023 — volatile
156 Singapore 0.1% 2022 down 65.9% volatile
157 Tonga 0.1% 2023 down 96.3% volatile
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2022 down 4.1% flat
159 Belarus 0.1% 2023 up 177.9% volatile
160 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 71.0% volatile
161 Brunei 0.1% 2023 down 72.9% volatile
162 East Timor 0.1% 2022 down 99.6% falling
163 Croatia 0.1% 2022 down 73.5% volatile
164 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2022 — volatile
165 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2024 down 16.0% volatile
166 Palestine 0.0% 2023 down 88.1% volatile
167 Bahrain 0.0% 2023 down 96.6% volatile
168 Mauritius 0.0% 2023 down 97.5% volatile
169 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% rising
170 China 0.0% 2020 down 97.3% volatile
171 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 down 99.3% volatile
172 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 88.3% volatile
173 South Korea 0.0% 2023 down 5.6% volatile
174 Mongolia 0.0% 2023 down 96.3% volatile
175 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
175 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
175 Moldova 0.0% 2023 — volatile
175 Maldives 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 — volatile
175 Oman 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
175 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
190 places, 4,637 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release