Which has higher repeaters in grade 2 of primary education, male, India or Malawi?

Malawi, at 97,913 number against 70,189 number in India as of 2019.

What is the difference in repeaters in grade 2 of primary education, male between India and Malawi?

27,724 number, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Malawi?

12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

India vs Malawi: Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male

India

70,189 number

in 2017

Malawi

97,913 number

in 2019

India rank

8th

Malawi rank

5th

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male over time

India
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 97,913 number against 70,189 number in India, a difference of 27,724 number.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1974 it was India ahead.

India ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 5th of 185 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.50 million number	10,763 number	1.49 million number	India
1980s	355,728 number	20,339 number	335,389 number	India
1990s	383,874 number	46,004 number	337,871 number	India
2000s	360,878 number	48,715 number	312,163 number	India
2010s	294,140 number	78,350 number	215,789 number	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in grade 2 of primary education, male, India or Malawi?: Malawi, at 97,913 number against 70,189 number in India as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in grade 2 of primary education, male between India and Malawi?: 27,724 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Malawi?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2016.
How do India and Malawi rank globally for repeaters in grade 2 of primary education, male?: India ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 5th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 4,341 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.