What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?

678,349 number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?

5 years are reported by both, from 2004 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.

East Asia & Pacific vs Kenya: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

East Asia & Pacific

808,261 number

in 2019

Kenya

129,912 number

in 2016

East Asia & Pacific rank

28th

Kenya rank

27th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

East Asia & Pacific
Kenya

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 808,261 number against 129,912 number in Kenya, a difference of 678,349 number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 6.2 times Kenya's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 28th and Kenya ranks 27th of 42 groups.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.65 million number	186,160 number	1.47 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	906,781 number	165,666 number	741,115 number	East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, East Asia & Pacific or Kenya?: East Asia & Pacific, at 808,261 number against 129,912 number in Kenya as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?: 678,349 number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2016.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Kenya rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 28th and Kenya ranks 27th of 42 groups.
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.