What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Iraq and Madagascar?

63,719 number, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Madagascar?

11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2007.

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.

Iraq vs Madagascar: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

Iraq

509,088 number

in 2007

Madagascar

572,807 number

in 2019

Iraq rank

6th

Madagascar rank

4th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

Iraq
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 572,807 number against 509,088 number in Iraq, a difference of 63,719 number.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 6th and Madagascar ranks 4th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	174,696 number	159,535 number	15,161 number	Iraq
1980s	371,384 number	275,065 number	96,318 number	Iraq
1990s	257,124 number	287,392 number	30,268 number	Madagascar
2000s	339,188 number	414,150 number	74,963 number	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Iraq or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 572,807 number against 509,088 number in Iraq as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Iraq and Madagascar?: 63,719 number, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Madagascar?: 11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2007.
How do Iraq and Madagascar rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?: Iraq ranks 6th and Madagascar 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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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.