What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Burundi and Cameroon?

3,984 number, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Cameroon?

36 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.

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.

Burundi vs Cameroon: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

Burundi

304,475 number

in 2019

Cameroon

308,459 number

in 2019

Burundi rank

12th

Cameroon rank

11th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Burundi
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 308,459 number against 304,475 number in Burundi, a difference of 3,984 number.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Cameroon ahead.

Burundi ranks 12th and Cameroon ranks 11th of 187 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 1 and Cameroon in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1970s	21,236 number	157,600 number	136,364 number	Cameroon
1980s	36,210 number	258,496 number	222,286 number	Cameroon
1990s	75,807 number	316,531 number	240,724 number	Cameroon
2000s	185,180 number	368,397 number	183,217 number	Cameroon
2010s	285,511 number	279,455 number	6,056 number	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Burundi or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 308,459 number against 304,475 number in Burundi as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Burundi and Cameroon?: 3,984 number, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Cameroon?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Burundi and Cameroon rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Burundi ranks 12th and Cameroon ranks 11th 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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About this data

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: 07 August 2026

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