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

61,036 number, with India ahead.

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

15 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.

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.

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

Cameroon

308,459 number

in 2019

India

369,495 number

in 2017

Cameroon rank

11th

India rank

10th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Cameroon
India

How they compare

India currently reports 369,495 number against 308,459 number in Cameroon, a difference of 61,036 number.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 11th and India ranks 10th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	India	Difference	Ahead
1970s	156,200 number	6.83 million number	6.68 million number	India
1980s	297,538 number	2.13 million number	1.83 million number	India
1990s	315,227 number	2.49 million number	2.17 million number	India
2000s	352,571 number	2.53 million number	2.17 million number	India
2010s	278,498 number	1.28 million number	1.00 million number	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Cameroon or India?: India, at 369,495 number against 308,459 number in Cameroon as of 2017.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Cameroon and India?: 61,036 number, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and India?: 15 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.
How do Cameroon and India rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Cameroon ranks 11th and India ranks 10th 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.