What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Bangladesh and Malawi?

149,513 number, with Malawi ahead.

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

10 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

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

Bangladesh vs Malawi: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

Bangladesh

385,686 number

in 2018

Malawi

535,199 number

in 2019

Bangladesh rank

8th

Malawi rank

5th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Bangladesh
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 535,199 number against 385,686 number in Bangladesh, a difference of 149,513 number.

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

Across all 10 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 5th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.05 million number	49,448 number	1.00 million number	Bangladesh
1980s	871,701 number	57,267 number	814,434 number	Bangladesh
2000s	987,345 number	308,833 number	678,512 number	Bangladesh
2010s	793,353 number	385,374 number	407,979 number	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Bangladesh or Malawi?: Malawi, at 535,199 number against 385,686 number in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Bangladesh and Malawi?: 149,513 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Malawi?: 10 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2016.
How do Bangladesh and Malawi rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Bangladesh ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 5th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 6,470 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

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