What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?

4.39 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?

5 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 1999.

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.

Brazil vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

Brazil

2.63 million number

in 1999

Sub-Saharan Africa

7.03 million number

in 2019

Brazil rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Brazil
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 7.03 million number against 2.63 million number in Brazil, a difference of 4.39 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 2.7 times Brazil's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 187 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.34 million number	2.27 million number	929,820 number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	2.00 million number	3.47 million number	1.47 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	2.63 million number	5.09 million number	2.46 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Brazil or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 7.03 million number against 2.63 million number in Brazil as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 4.39 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 1999.
How do Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Brazil ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th 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.