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Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
177
Highest
144,625 number
Algeria
Lowest
0 number
Uzbekistan
Median
1,649 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,751

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 144,625 number in Algeria; the lowest is 0 number in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,649 number, and the mean is 9,422 number.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 1,107.8%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 144,625 number 2019 down 1.2% volatile
2 Morocco 92,673 number 2019 up 193.2% volatile
3 South Africa 88,012 number 2018 up 35.1% rising
4 Egypt 84,347 number 2019 down 5.6% rising
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 65,963 number 2014 up 17.7% volatile
6 Iraq 60,938 number 2007 down 12.6% rising
7 Angola 53,878 number 2016 up 165.2% volatile
8 India 46,822 number 2017 down 91.7% volatile
9 Mali 44,042 number 2017 up 207.1% volatile
10 Argentina 40,277 number 2017 down 15.3% rising
11 Ethiopia 36,520 number 2017 down 38.6% volatile
12 Afghanistan 32,417 number 2018 — volatile
13 Burkina Faso 32,394 number 2019 up 97.1% volatile
14 Philippines 32,277 number 2018 down 38.9% rising
15 Tunisia 31,681 number 2018 down 24.5% volatile
16 Spain 31,621 number 2018 down 32.5% falling
17 Niger 29,027 number 2019 up 207.6% volatile
18 Benin 28,501 number 2016 up 186.9% volatile
19 Kenya 28,407 number 2016 — rising
20 Bangladesh 27,422 number 2019 down 34.7% falling
21 Pakistan 26,110 number 2019 down 50.1% falling
22 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 22,590 number 2017 down 16.8% rising
23 Burundi 22,485 number 2019 up 73.1% volatile
24 Malawi 19,316 number 2012 up 108.1% volatile
25 Togo 19,032 number 2019 up 30.1% volatile
26 Côte d'Ivoire 18,413 number 2019 up 178.5% volatile
27 Thailand 17,211 number 2018 — rising
28 Mozambique 17,165 number 2019 up 49.4% rising
29 Colombia 16,829 number 2018 down 23.9% volatile
30 Yemen 16,140 number 2016 up 19.2% rising
31 Chad 15,908 number 2018 up 37.8% volatile
32 Madagascar 14,831 number 2019 down 1.5% volatile
33 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14,516 number 2017 down 85.0% falling
34 Türkiye 14,474 number 2018 down 57.2% volatile
35 Mexico 14,226 number 2018 down 11.5% falling
36 Nepal 13,765 number 2019 down 43.2% falling
37 Viet Nam 13,732 number 2018 down 31.7% falling
38 Eswatini 13,407 number 2018 up 1,107.8% volatile
39 Cameroon 12,940 number 2016 up 63.4% volatile
40 Senegal 12,642 number 2019 up 42.5% volatile
41 Saudi Arabia 12,125 number 2019 down 28.3% volatile
42 Guinea 11,533 number 2014 up 104.5% volatile
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11,486 number 2018 up 508.4% volatile
44 Peru 11,322 number 2019 down 55.7% rising
45 Italy 11,005 number 2018 down 11.3% volatile
46 Guatemala 10,884 number 2019 up 73.4% volatile
47 Namibia 9,921 number 2017 up 96.5% volatile
48 Indonesia 9,807 number 2017 down 9.3% falling
49 Libya 8,382 number 1983 up 167.6% volatile
50 Honduras 8,238 number 2019 up 106.7% rising
51 Uruguay 7,855 number 2010 up 249.0% rising
52 Dominican Republic 7,785 number 2019 up 19.2% rising
53 Sudan 7,623 number 2017 down 22.7% flat
54 Eritrea 7,258 number 2018 up 34.1% rising
55 Germany 7,139 number 2018 down 26.8% falling
56 Nicaragua 6,779 number 2010 up 76.7% rising
56 Zambia 6,779 number 2013 up 248.4% volatile
58 Congo 6,590 number 2012 down 24.1% volatile
59 Chile 6,240 number 2018 down 46.3% rising
59 Ghana 6,240 number 2019 down 34.9% volatile
61 Portugal 6,152 number 2018 — volatile
62 Romania 6,145 number 2018 up 15.8% falling
63 Central African Republic 5,797 number 2016 up 79.3% volatile
64 Ecuador 5,779 number 2018 down 11.4% rising
65 Rwanda 5,062 number 2019 up 1.9% volatile
66 Syrian Arab Republic 4,910 number 2013 down 40.1% falling
67 Cambodia 4,782 number 2019 up 33.4% rising
68 Lebanon 4,170 number 2019 down 30.0% rising
69 China 4,049 number 2016 down 87.0% volatile
70 El Salvador 3,982 number 2018 down 25.9% volatile
71 Greece 3,967 number 2018 down 17.8% falling
72 Myanmar 3,772 number 2017 up 163.4% volatile
73 France 3,740 number 2018 down 88.3% volatile
74 Poland 2,946 number 2018 down 82.0% falling
75 Haiti 2,642 number 1997 up 79.2% rising
76 Belgium 2,543 number 2018 down 49.3% falling
77 Lesotho 2,457 number 2017 up 49.5% volatile
78 Sierra Leone 2,360 number 2019 down 58.1% volatile
79 Netherlands 2,177 number 2010 up 3.9% falling
80 Jordan 2,085 number 2019 up 66.3% volatile
81 Panama 2,045 number 2017 down 20.7% rising
82 Cuba 1,933 number 2019 up 676.3% volatile
83 Cape Verde 1,856 number 2018 down 5.9% volatile
84 Guinea-Bissau 1,844 number 2010 up 157.2% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 1,841 number 2017 down 16.7% volatile
86 Gabon 1,800 number 1995 up 61.6% volatile
87 Guyana 1,780 number 2010 up 78.0% rising
88 Oman 1,675 number 2019 up 85.3% volatile
89 Liberia 1,649 number 2017 up 13.0% rising
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,568 number 2019 down 17.7% rising
91 Comoros 1,489 number 2017 up 56.4% rising
92 Hungary 1,471 number 2018 down 34.2% falling
93 Hong Kong, China 1,345 number 2019 down 34.1% falling
94 Bulgaria 1,329 number 2018 down 6.2% volatile
95 Mauritania 1,239 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
96 Austria 1,174 number 2018 — volatile
97 Bhutan 1,067 number 2020 up 224.3% volatile
98 Costa Rica 1,056 number 2019 down 85.6% volatile
99 Russian Federation 1,017 number 2018 — volatile
100 Paraguay 1,007 number 2016 up 2.8% rising
101 Palestine, State of 953 number 2019 down 32.4% rising
102 Kuwait 939 number 2019 down 65.7% falling
103 Timor-Leste 909 number 2019 up 471.7% rising
104 Slovakia 812 number 2018 down 30.5% falling
105 Israel 787 number 2018 down 26.0% rising
106 Czechia 692 number 2018 down 21.6% falling
107 Tanzania, United Republic of 643 number 2018 down 76.4% volatile
108 United Arab Emirates 639 number 2014 down 37.5% volatile
109 Gambia 618 number 2019 up 93.7% volatile
110 Serbia 597 number 2019 down 58.6% falling
111 Suriname 554 number 2019 up 60.6% falling
112 Uganda 534 number 2017 down 75.6% rising
113 Switzerland 483 number 2018 down 44.8% falling
114 Sao Tome and Principe 456 number 2017 down 18.7% rising
115 Equatorial Guinea 423 number 2015 down 50.4% volatile
116 Qatar 416 number 2019 up 502.9% volatile
117 Belize 311 number 2019 up 42.0% rising
118 Georgia 276 number 2019 up 557.1% rising
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 253 number 2018 up 336.2% volatile
120 Djibouti 249 number 2020 down 13.8% volatile
121 Albania 233 number 2019 down 65.4% volatile
122 New Caledonia 232 number 1990 down 13.1% falling
123 Jamaica 221 number 2019 up 22.1% volatile
124 Macau, China 203 number 2019 down 75.4% falling
125 Azerbaijan 188 number 2019 down 41.1% volatile
126 Tajikistan 172 number 2017 down 60.0% volatile
127 Denmark 156 number 2018 down 24.6% volatile
128 Latvia 147 number 2018 down 87.2% volatile
129 Croatia 137 number 2018 down 43.9% volatile
130 Slovenia 136 number 2018 up 19.3% volatile
131 Aruba 128 number 2014 up 36.2% rising
132 Bahrain 127 number 2019 down 77.5% falling
132 Singapore 127 number 2018 down 15.3% volatile
134 Mauritius 120 number 2019 down 48.3% falling
135 Vanuatu 115 number 2013 up 342.3% volatile
136 Antigua and Barbuda 102 number 2018 down 68.4% volatile
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98 number 2019 down 15.5% falling
138 Mongolia 96 number 2018 up 966.7% volatile
139 Barbados 93 number 2019 — volatile
140 Estonia 92 number 2018 down 67.8% volatile
141 Brunei Darussalam 86 number 2019 up 38.7% volatile
141 Ireland 86 number 2018 down 20.4% falling
143 Finland 80 number 2018 down 40.7% falling
144 Dominica 75 number 2015 down 42.7% flat
145 Bahamas 72 number 2010 — volatile
146 Tonga 64 number 2006 down 49.2% volatile
147 Cyprus 61 number 2018 down 23.8% volatile
148 Solomon Islands 56 number 2018 down 3.4% volatile
149 Kiribati 46 number 2016 — volatile
150 Grenada 43 number 2018 down 69.5% falling
151 Fiji 42 number 2016 down 61.1% volatile
151 Luxembourg 42 number 2018 down 75.1% volatile
153 Botswana 30 number 2014 up 42.9% volatile
154 Lithuania 28 number 2018 down 78.8% volatile
155 Kazakhstan 25 number 2019 down 81.9% volatile
156 Trinidad and Tobago 24 number 2010 down 95.9% volatile
156 Ukraine 24 number 2019 down 46.7% volatile
158 Montenegro 23 number 2019 down 36.1% flat
159 British Virgin Islands 20 number 2018 down 25.9% falling
160 Armenia 16 number 2019 down 81.4% falling
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 number 2016 unchanged volatile
162 Samoa 14 number 2019 up 133.3% falling
163 Belarus 13 number 2018 up 333.3% volatile
164 Kyrgyzstan 10 number 2019 down 84.8% volatile
165 Republic of Korea 7 number 2018 down 65.0% volatile
166 Malta 4 number 2018 unchanged volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 number 2018 up 300.0% volatile
168 Andorra 3 number 2019 down 91.7% volatile
169 Maldives 2 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 1 number 2019 — volatile
170 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 — volatile
172 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
172 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
172 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile
172 Uzbekistan 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 3,751 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.