What is the difference in repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male between Afghanistan and Zambia?

4,154 number, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zambia?

17 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Zambia: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male

Afghanistan

19,328 number

in 2018

Zambia

23,482 number

in 2016

Afghanistan rank

38th

Zambia rank

35th

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male over time

Afghanistan
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 23,482 number against 19,328 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 4,154 number.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 38th and Zambia ranks 35th of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	54,272 number	277.33 number	53,995 number	Afghanistan
1980s	11,687 number	247.5 number	11,440 number	Afghanistan
2000s	0 number	11,516 number	11,516 number	Zambia
2010s	0 number	14,985 number	14,985 number	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male, Afghanistan or Zambia?: Zambia, at 23,482 number against 19,328 number in Afghanistan as of 2016.
What is the difference in repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male between Afghanistan and Zambia?: 4,154 number, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zambia?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2014.
How do Afghanistan and Zambia rank globally for repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male?: Afghanistan ranks 38th and Zambia ranks 35th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Zambia: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-number/afghanistan/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-number/afghanistan/zambia/">Afghanistan vs Zambia: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 4,527 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Number of male pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.