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Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) by country

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
34.4%
Gabon
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,836

What the numbers show

Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 34.4% in Gabon; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.2%, and the mean is 4.7%.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 354.7%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).

Repeaters, primary, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 34.4% 2003 up 3.0% flat
2 Madagascar 26.1% 2018 up 32.6% falling
3 Burundi 25.7% 2018 down 23.8% rising
4 Congo 22.8% 2012 down 7.9% falling
5 Central African Republic 22.6% 2016 down 19.6% falling
6 Mali 19.7% 2017 up 16.1% falling
7 Malawi 19.5% 2014 up 8.6% rising
8 Equatorial Guinea 18.5% 2015 down 27.5% falling
9 Haiti 16.9% 1997 up 78.8% falling
10 Iraq 16.8% 2007 up 67.7% falling
11 Chad 16.8% 2016 down 22.8% falling
12 Suriname 16.4% 2018 down 4.5% falling
13 Comoros 16.0% 2018 down 34.7% falling
14 Namibia 15.7% 2018 down 13.5% falling
15 Vanuatu 15.6% 2013 up 70.2% rising
16 Benin 15.1% 2018 up 5.7% falling
17 Portugal 14.3% 1991 down 14.0% falling
18 Guinea-Bissau 14.1% 2010 down 41.3% falling
19 Rwanda 13.6% 2018 down 23.2% falling
20 New Caledonia 13.5% 1990 down 14.0% rising
21 Eswatini 13.4% 2017 down 25.4% rising
22 East Timor 13.4% 2018 up 4.7% falling
23 Sao Tome and Principe 12.3% 2017 down 52.8% falling
24 Cameroon 12.2% 2018 down 27.1% falling
25 Guinea 11.6% 2016 up 35.1% falling
26 Tunisia 11.2% 2017 up 51.7% falling
27 Cote d'Ivoire 11.0% 2017 down 48.8% falling
28 Angola 10.3% 2011 — volatile
29 Morocco 10.1% 2018 down 14.8% falling
30 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.9% 2015 down 38.0% falling
31 Libya 9.6% 1983 up 23.6% rising
32 Lesotho 9.2% 2016 down 56.2% falling
33 Guatemala 9.0% 2018 down 27.6% falling
34 Papua New Guinea 8.9% 2016 — volatile
35 Uganda 8.8% 2017 down 40.5% falling
36 South Africa 8.8% 2016 up 10.4% falling
37 Brazil 8.7% 2011 down 59.2% falling
38 Djibouti 8.7% 2018 down 18.0% falling
39 Mozambique 8.6% 2018 up 56.9% volatile
40 Eritrea 8.1% 2018 down 47.3% falling
41 Nicaragua 7.9% 2010 up 55.1% falling
42 Cape Verde 7.7% 2018 down 33.2% falling
43 Nepal 7.6% 2019 down 47.7% falling
44 Togo 7.6% 2018 down 66.9% falling
45 Syria 7.4% 2013 down 8.4% falling
46 Aruba 7.3% 2014 down 13.8% falling
47 Bhutan 7.3% 2018 up 14.2% falling
48 Liberia 6.9% 2017 up 4.3% falling
49 Ethiopia 6.9% 2015 down 5.4% falling
50 Belize 6.7% 2018 down 18.8% falling
51 Cambodia 6.4% 2018 down 43.3% volatile
52 Trinidad and Tobago 6.3% 2010 down 20.1% rising
53 Lebanon 6.3% 2018 down 28.5% falling
54 Yemen 5.9% 2016 up 19.9% falling
55 Solomon Islands 5.8% 2018 down 20.2% rising
56 Burkina Faso 5.7% 2018 down 45.8% falling
57 Zambia 5.5% 2013 down 26.9% volatile
58 Algeria 5.5% 2018 down 29.5% falling
59 Palau 5.4% 2014 up 14.5% volatile
60 Botswana 5.3% 2014 up 15.5% rising
61 Gambia 5.2% 2016 down 3.3% falling
62 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2018 down 16.7% volatile
63 Uruguay 4.2% 2016 down 39.6% falling
64 France 4.2% 2000 down 19.9% falling
65 Laos 4.2% 2018 down 75.3% falling
66 Bangladesh 4.1% 2018 down 68.5% falling
67 Afghanistan 4.1% 2018 — volatile
68 New Zealand 3.8% 1992 up 14.7% volatile
69 El Salvador 3.8% 2018 down 38.1% falling
70 Liechtenstein 3.6% 2017 — volatile
71 Luxembourg 3.6% 2017 down 9.6% falling
72 Senegal 3.6% 2018 down 53.3% falling
73 Argentina 3.3% 2017 down 45.9% falling
74 Slovakia 3.3% 2017 up 21.4% rising
75 Bahamas 3.2% 2018 — volatile
76 Panama 3.2% 2017 down 42.1% falling
77 British Virgin Islands 3.1% 2017 down 30.9% falling
78 Tonga 3.0% 2013 down 51.0% falling
79 Chile 3.0% 2017 down 38.6% volatile
80 Kenya 2.9% 2016 down 49.6% volatile
81 Venezuela 2.9% 2017 down 40.2% falling
82 Austria 2.9% 2017 up 134.4% falling
83 Saint Lucia 2.9% 2018 up 21.4% volatile
84 Dominica 2.9% 2016 down 25.3% falling
85 Paraguay 2.9% 2016 down 40.9% falling
86 Jamaica 2.8% 2018 down 6.8% falling
87 Peru 2.7% 2018 down 61.1% falling
88 Sudan 2.6% 2017 down 40.0% falling
89 Niger 2.5% 2016 down 48.2% falling
90 Spain 2.5% 2017 up 0.4% falling
91 Grenada 2.4% 2018 down 16.5% volatile
92 Turkey 2.4% 2017 up 6.9% volatile
93 Costa Rica 2.3% 2018 down 67.1% falling
94 Bolivia 2.3% 2018 down 60.8% falling
95 Belgium 2.2% 2017 down 30.1% volatile
96 Netherlands 2.2% 1985 down 17.0% falling
97 Egypt 2.1% 2018 down 36.8% falling
98 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.1% 2018 up 14.1% volatile
99 Kiribati 2.1% 2016 — volatile
100 Honduras 2.1% 2017 down 70.7% volatile
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.1% 2018 down 54.8% volatile
102 Tanzania 1.9% 2018 down 55.6% volatile
103 Pakistan 1.9% 2018 down 57.8% falling
104 Ghana 1.8% 2018 down 72.2% rising
105 Colombia 1.8% 2018 down 48.3% volatile
106 Macao 1.7% 2018 down 72.4% falling
107 Mauritania 1.7% 2018 down 50.1% falling
108 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6% 2016 down 13.8% rising
109 Qatar 1.6% 2017 up 83.0% volatile
110 Sierra Leone 1.5% 2018 down 85.1% falling
111 Philippines 1.4% 2017 down 38.9% falling
112 Thailand 1.4% 2018 — volatile
113 Iran 1.4% 2017 down 45.3% volatile
114 Antigua and Barbuda 1.4% 2018 down 75.5% volatile
115 Indonesia 1.3% 2018 down 54.2% volatile
116 Romania 1.3% 2017 up 2.2% falling
117 Hungary 1.3% 2017 down 33.0% falling
118 Saudi Arabia 1.2% 2018 down 62.9% volatile
119 Switzerland 1.2% 2017 down 18.2% falling
120 Jordan 1.2% 2018 up 97.2% volatile
121 Poland 1.1% 2017 up 49.8% volatile
122 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2017 up 23.0% volatile
123 Samoa 1.0% 2018 down 18.3% falling
124 Denmark 0.9% 2017 — volatile
125 Monaco 0.9% 2019 — volatile
126 Mexico 0.9% 2017 down 77.8% falling
127 Slovenia 0.8% 2017 up 99.1% falling
128 Albania 0.8% 2018 down 29.1% volatile
129 Vietnam 0.8% 2018 down 45.6% volatile
130 Israel 0.8% 2017 down 31.7% falling
131 Andorra 0.7% 2018 down 73.8% volatile
132 Greece 0.7% 2017 up 6.5% volatile
133 Latvia 0.7% 2017 down 78.1% falling
134 India 0.6% 2018 down 83.1% volatile
135 Serbia 0.6% 2018 down 9.9% rising
136 Guyana 0.5% 2010 down 76.9% volatile
137 Kuwait 0.5% 2018 down 43.7% volatile
138 Estonia 0.5% 2017 — volatile
139 Czechia 0.5% 2017 down 18.6% falling
140 Lithuania 0.5% 2017 down 24.6% volatile
141 Myanmar 0.5% 2018 up 7.6% volatile
142 Ecuador 0.5% 2018 down 66.5% volatile
143 Tuvalu 0.5% 2018 — volatile
144 Cuba 0.4% 2018 down 16.4% volatile
145 Ireland 0.4% 2017 down 36.5% volatile
146 Germany 0.4% 2017 down 61.9% falling
147 Hong Kong 0.4% 2018 down 56.2% volatile
148 Georgia 0.4% 2018 up 31.3% falling
149 Fiji 0.4% 2016 down 83.5% volatile
150 Italy 0.3% 2017 up 37.5% volatile
151 Bahrain 0.3% 2018 down 87.7% volatile
152 Malta 0.3% 2017 down 83.1% volatile
153 Montenegro 0.3% 2018 up 354.7% volatile
154 Russia 0.3% 2017 down 41.4% volatile
155 Armenia 0.3% 2018 up 166.2% volatile
156 Finland 0.2% 2017 down 43.7% falling
157 Nauru 0.2% 2016 — volatile
158 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2015 down 90.8% volatile
159 Singapore 0.2% 2017 down 54.6% volatile
160 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 56.8% falling
161 Cyprus 0.1% 2017 down 40.4% volatile
162 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 61.0% falling
163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 up 20.7% rising
164 Brunei 0.1% 2018 down 90.1% volatile
165 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 96.4% volatile
166 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 59.2% volatile
167 Ukraine 0.1% 2018 down 37.6% volatile
168 Palestine 0.1% 2018 down 84.7% volatile
169 Maldives 0.1% 2017 down 98.6% volatile
170 Mongolia 0.1% 2018 down 66.5% volatile
171 Belarus 0.0% 2018 up 1.2% volatile
172 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 48.8% volatile
173 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 80.6% volatile
174 Mauritius 0.0% 2018 down 99.7% falling
175 China 0.0% 2018 down 97.4% volatile
176 South Korea 0.0% 2017 up 68.8% volatile
177 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 78.8% volatile
178 Canada 0.0% 2011 — flat
178 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2018 — volatile
178 United Kingdom 0.0% 2012 — flat
178 Iceland 0.0% 2012 — flat
178 Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
178 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
178 Malaysia 0.0% 1991 — flat
178 Norway 0.0% 1993 — flat
178 Oman 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
178 San Marino 0.0% 2018 — volatile
178 Sweden 0.0% 2015 — flat
178 Seychelles 0.0% 1994 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
Unit
% of total enrollment
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 6,836 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.