What is the difference in repeaters in grade 3 of primary education, male between Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?

4 number, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?

15 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Sao Tome and Principe: Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male

Bulgaria

43 number

in 2018

Sao Tome and Principe

47 number

in 2017

Bulgaria rank

134th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

131st

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male over time

Bulgaria
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 47 number against 43 number in Bulgaria, a difference of 4 number.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 134th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 131st of 185 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1,438 number	708 number	730 number	Bulgaria
1990s	1,825 number	662 number	1,163 number	Bulgaria
2000s	1,033 number	659.12 number	373.5 number	Bulgaria
2010s	87.8 number	49.6 number	38.2 number	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in grade 3 of primary education, male, Bulgaria or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 47 number against 43 number in Bulgaria as of 2017.
What is the difference in repeaters in grade 3 of primary education, male between Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?: 4 number, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?: 15 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2017.
How do Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for repeaters in grade 3 of primary education, male?: Bulgaria ranks 134th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 131st of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in Grade 3 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 3 of primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 4,333 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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