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Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
180
Highest
800,228 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
1,511 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,527

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 800,228 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,511 number, and the mean is 19,679 number.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 1,775.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 800,228 number 2004 β€” rising
2 Madagascar 207,913 number 2019 up 83.6% rising
3 Ethiopia 196,688 number 2015 up 53.6% rising
4 Malawi 173,202 number 2019 up 72.6% volatile
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 152,615 number 2015 down 28.4% rising
6 India 119,220 number 2017 down 81.8% volatile
7 Indonesia 106,045 number 2018 down 49.7% falling
8 Burundi 97,459 number 2019 up 16.9% volatile
9 South Africa 83,535 number 2018 down 14.6% rising
10 Cameroon 81,379 number 2019 up 8.2% rising
11 Iraq 75,108 number 2007 up 63.2% rising
12 Bangladesh 72,187 number 2018 down 83.0% volatile
13 Chad 71,235 number 2019 down 1.2% rising
14 Nepal 69,040 number 2019 down 68.7% falling
15 Pakistan 66,474 number 2019 down 55.4% falling
16 Uganda 50,625 number 2017 down 66.3% rising
17 TΓΌrkiye 50,095 number 2018 up 59.4% volatile
18 Guatemala 48,976 number 2019 down 41.0% rising
19 Morocco 48,596 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
20 United States 45,017 number 2018 β€” volatile
21 Philippines 43,598 number 2017 down 51.5% rising
22 Rwanda 42,524 number 2019 down 32.5% volatile
23 Mozambique 42,173 number 2019 up 112.1% volatile
24 Haiti 41,143 number 1997 up 173.2% rising
25 Mali 40,504 number 2017 up 126.3% rising
26 Tanzania, United Republic of 35,250 number 2019 down 23.3% volatile
27 Angola 34,328 number 2011 down 60.1% falling
28 Syrian Arab Republic 33,687 number 2013 down 23.8% rising
29 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33,638 number 2017 up 37.0% volatile
30 Yemen 32,118 number 2016 up 83.2% rising
31 Central African Republic 30,547 number 2016 up 68.0% rising
32 Viet Nam 28,290 number 2018 down 53.5% falling
33 Cambodia 27,225 number 2019 down 47.6% volatile
34 Kenya 24,206 number 2016 down 41.5% volatile
35 Zambia 23,482 number 2016 up 60.3% volatile
36 Nicaragua 21,659 number 2010 up 104.2% rising
37 Benin 19,371 number 2019 up 281.4% volatile
38 Afghanistan 19,328 number 2018 β€” volatile
39 Congo 18,752 number 2012 up 20.4% rising
40 Papua New Guinea 17,490 number 2016 β€” volatile
41 Gabon 17,347 number 2003 up 33.2% rising
42 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 16,658 number 2019 down 55.7% rising
43 Thailand 15,256 number 2018 β€” volatile
44 Guinea 14,770 number 2016 up 284.8% rising
45 Sudan 14,313 number 2017 down 27.2% falling
46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,208 number 2017 down 55.0% volatile
47 Saudi Arabia 13,309 number 2019 down 24.5% falling
48 Colombia 13,109 number 2018 down 61.9% volatile
49 Sierra Leone 11,785 number 2019 down 44.3% volatile
50 Namibia 9,790 number 2018 up 20.3% falling
51 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,630 number 2019 down 81.8% falling
52 Ghana 8,247 number 2018 down 72.2% volatile
53 Spain 8,105 number 2018 β€” volatile
54 Tunisia 6,896 number 2017 up 475.1% volatile
55 Chile 6,668 number 2018 down 25.1% volatile
56 Liberia 6,462 number 2017 up 36.4% rising
57 Guinea-Bissau 6,128 number 2010 down 3.9% falling
58 Germany 5,806 number 2008 down 44.5% falling
59 Burkina Faso 5,793 number 2019 down 32.4% rising
60 Mexico 5,177 number 2018 down 94.5% volatile
61 Libya 5,010 number 1983 up 493.6% volatile
62 Timor-Leste 4,872 number 2019 down 48.7% falling
63 Netherlands 4,628 number 1985 down 53.4% falling
64 El Salvador 4,221 number 2018 down 70.2% falling
65 Russia 4,192 number 2018 down 32.3% volatile
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4,077 number 2018 down 61.2% falling
67 Gambia 3,536 number 2019 up 60.6% volatile
68 Belgium 3,447 number 2018 down 25.5% falling
69 Paraguay 3,434 number 2016 down 61.9% falling
70 Myanmar 3,383 number 2010 down 43.8% volatile
71 Uruguay 3,295 number 2018 down 38.3% falling
72 Austria 3,082 number 2018 up 24.3% volatile
73 Equatorial Guinea 3,064 number 2015 down 30.4% falling
74 Lesotho 3,026 number 2017 down 76.4% rising
75 Lebanon 2,690 number 2019 down 0.9% flat
76 Argentina 2,636 number 2017 down 94.2% volatile
77 Poland 2,517 number 2018 up 0.4% rising
78 Botswana 2,496 number 2015 up 25.1% volatile
79 Honduras 2,418 number 2019 down 81.7% volatile
80 China 2,357 number 2019 down 98.4% volatile
81 Comoros 2,309 number 2018 down 27.0% falling
82 Togo 2,230 number 2019 down 94.7% falling
83 Hungary 2,104 number 2018 up 1.3% falling
84 Italy 2,079 number 2018 up 10.5% volatile
85 Panama 2,045 number 2017 down 54.6% falling
86 Slovak Republic 1,870 number 2018 up 6.6% falling
87 Sri Lanka 1,760 number 2017 up 118.6% volatile
88 Eritrea 1,680 number 2018 down 67.6% falling
89 Senegal 1,568 number 2019 down 76.6% flat
90 Dominican Republic 1,516 number 2019 down 81.4% volatile
91 Eswatini 1,506 number 2018 down 71.5% rising
92 Suriname 1,241 number 2019 down 22.0% falling
93 Egypt 1,179 number 2019 β€” volatile
94 Ecuador 1,131 number 2018 down 83.2% volatile
95 Vanuatu 1,087 number 2013 up 92.7% rising
96 Greece 1,067 number 2018 up 22.8% volatile
97 Israel 1,062 number 2018 down 33.0% falling
98 Denmark 980 number 2018 β€” volatile
99 Solomon Islands 928 number 2018 down 13.2% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 853 number 2010 down 26.1% rising
101 Switzerland 740 number 2018 up 40.4% falling
102 Czechia 680 number 2018 up 21.6% falling
103 Niger 633 number 2019 up 113.9% volatile
104 Jordan 605 number 2019 up 196.6% volatile
105 New Caledonia 510 number 1990 down 9.4% rising
106 Jamaica 498 number 2019 down 63.0% falling
107 Belize 454 number 2019 down 44.3% falling
108 Peru 443 number 2019 down 96.6% volatile
109 Ireland 405 number 2018 down 39.8% falling
110 Ukraine 376 number 2019 down 17.9% volatile
111 Kuwait 337 number 2019 up 64.4% volatile
112 Djibouti 296 number 2020 down 12.7% volatile
113 Bahamas 278 number 2018 β€” volatile
114 Albania 274 number 2019 down 43.9% volatile
115 Finland 243 number 2018 down 31.5% falling
116 Hong Kong (China) 238 number 2019 down 37.4% volatile
117 Qatar 206 number 2019 up 1,111.8% volatile
118 Costa Rica 196 number 2019 down 96.4% volatile
119 Lithuania 191 number 2018 down 42.3% volatile
120 Mauritania 178 number 2019 β€” volatile
121 Latvia 170 number 2018 down 75.9% falling
122 Samoa 150 number 2019 up 141.9% rising
123 Aruba 147 number 2014 up 0.7% falling
124 Kazakhstan 138 number 2019 down 3.5% volatile
125 Azerbaijan 126 number 2019 down 44.5% falling
126 Saint Lucia 123 number 2019 down 12.1% rising
127 Serbia 117 number 2019 down 47.3% falling
128 Georgia 116 number 2019 up 90.2% rising
129 Bhutan 114 number 2020 down 81.9% volatile
130 Estonia 100 number 2018 down 7.4% volatile
131 Slovenia 93 number 2018 up 82.4% volatile
132 Tonga 75 number 2013 up 1,775.0% volatile
133 Croatia 69 number 2018 down 53.7% volatile
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61 number 2018 down 42.5% falling
135 Armenia 56 number 2019 β€” volatile
135 Cabo Verde 56 number 2018 down 23.3% volatile
137 Dominica 55 number 2016 down 49.5% rising
138 Palestine, State of 52 number 2019 β€” volatile
139 Guyana 50 number 2010 down 88.8% volatile
140 Belarus 44 number 2018 down 30.2% volatile
141 Bulgaria 43 number 2018 down 78.3% volatile
142 Kiribati 38 number 2016 β€” volatile
142 Sao Tome and Principe 38 number 2017 down 96.3% volatile
144 Cyprus 37 number 2018 down 46.4% volatile
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 number 2019 β€” volatile
146 Mongolia 34 number 2018 down 92.5% volatile
147 Antigua and Barbuda 32 number 2018 down 68.3% rising
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30 number 2016 up 7.1% rising
149 Liechtenstein 28 number 2018 β€” volatile
149 Macau, China 28 number 2019 down 53.3% volatile
151 Malta 25 number 2018 up 56.2% volatile
152 Kyrgyzstan 20 number 2019 down 75.9% volatile
153 Fiji 19 number 2016 down 96.1% volatile
154 British Virgin Islands 15 number 2018 down 42.3% rising
155 Brunei Darussalam 10 number 2019 down 56.5% volatile
156 Uzbekistan 9 number 2019 down 25.0% volatile
157 Singapore 8 number 2018 down 66.7% volatile
158 Andorra 7 number 2019 up 40.0% volatile
158 Grenada 7 number 2018 down 77.4% volatile
160 Korea 5 number 2018 unchanged volatile
161 Bahrain 4 number 2019 down 60.0% volatile
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 number 2018 down 33.3% volatile
163 Monaco 2 number 2020 β€” volatile
164 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 95.0% volatile
164 Naoero 1 number 2019 β€” volatile
166 United Arab Emirates 0 number 2017 down 100.0% falling
166 Cuba 0 number 2019 β€” volatile
166 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 β€” volatile
166 Algeria 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
166 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
166 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
166 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 Montenegro 0 number 2019 β€” volatile
166 Oman 0 number 2019 β€” volatile
166 Portugal 0 number 2018 β€” volatile
166 Romania 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 San Marino 0 number 2019 β€” volatile
166 Seychelles 0 number 1994 β€” volatile
166 Tajikistan 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
166 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 β€” volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 4,527 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of male pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.