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

68,556 number, with Ethiopia ahead.

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

21 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2014.

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.

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

Ethiopia

603,755 number

in 2015

Malawi

535,199 number

in 2019

Ethiopia rank

3rd

Malawi rank

5th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Ethiopia
Malawi

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 603,755 number against 535,199 number in Malawi, a difference of 68,556 number.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 3rd and Malawi ranks 5th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1980s	157,596 number	80,373 number	77,223 number	Ethiopia
1990s	183,899 number	194,062 number	10,164 number	Malawi
2000s	481,014 number	277,501 number	203,513 number	Ethiopia
2010s	589,146 number	360,483 number	228,664 number	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Ethiopia or Malawi?: Ethiopia, at 603,755 number against 535,199 number in Malawi as of 2015.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Ethiopia and Malawi?: 68,556 number, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?: 21 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2014.
How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Ethiopia ranks 3rd 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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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.