Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon

Cameroon: Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male was 81,379 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
81,379 number
Change on year
up 5.3%
World rank
10th
of 188 countries
All-time high
127,855 number
in 2006
All-time low
42,244 number
in 1978
Years of data
35
1973–2019

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon, 1973–2019

40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k1973199620191973: 46.8k number1974: 49.5k number1975: 50.6k number1976: 50.6k number1977: 53.2k number1978: 42.2k number1979: 59.7k number1980: 65.5k number1981: 69.6k number1982: 74.6k number1983: 79.7k number1984: 80.2k number1985: 81.2k number1986: 84.4k number1987: 84.8k number1988: 86.4k number1990: 85.9k number1991: 87.1k number1999: 78.9k number2000: 81.5k number2003: 126.4k number2004: 124.2k number2006: 127.9k number2007: 109.0k number2008: 87.3k number2009: 75.2k number2010: 69.0k number2011: 66.2k number2012: 69.8k number2014: 77.3k number2015: 80.1k number2016: 79.5k number2017: 71.2k number2018: 77.3k number2019: 81.4k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon stood at 81,379 number.

That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon peaked at 127,855 number in 2006 and was at its lowest, 42,244 number, in 1978.

That places Cameroon 10th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 50,367 number 42,244 number 59,696 number 7
1980s 78,481 number 65,467 number 86,400 number 9
1990s 83,976 number 78,938 number 87,137 number 3
2000s 104,503 number 75,189 number 127,855 number 7
2010s 74,641 number 66,159 number 81,379 number 9

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 7 Indonesia 106,045 number compare
  2. 8 Burundi 97,459 number compare
  3. 9 South Africa 83,535 number compare
  4. 11 Iraq 75,108 number compare
  5. 12 Bangladesh 72,187 number compare
  6. 13 Chad 71,235 number compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

More reference data data for Cameroon

All data for Cameroon →

Frequently asked questions

What is repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon?
Repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon was 81,379 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 127,855 number in 2006.
What is the lowest repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 42,244 number in 1978.
How does Cameroon rank for repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male?
Cameroon ranks 10th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is repeaters in grade 1 of primary education, male rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-number/cameroon/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repeaters-in-grade-1-of-primary-education-male-number/cameroon/">Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male in Cameroon</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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