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Repeaters in Grade 2 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
176
Highest
84,052 number
Algeria
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
1,190 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,551

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 84,052 number in Algeria; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,190 number, and the mean is 6,968 number.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 1,223.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 84,052 number 2019 up 12.6% volatile
2 Iraq 79,185 number 2007 up 88.3% volatile
3 Argentina 73,488 number 2017 up 11.8% rising
4 South Africa 70,693 number 2018 up 15.1% rising
5 Morocco 54,325 number 2019 up 109.2% volatile
6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 46,622 number 2014 — volatile
7 India 44,294 number 2017 down 89.4% volatile
8 Ethiopia 39,651 number 2017 down 31.8% volatile
9 Egypt 36,328 number 2019 down 13.5% rising
10 Spain 27,946 number 2018 down 31.3% falling
11 Philippines 27,502 number 2018 down 33.9% rising
12 Bangladesh 26,310 number 2019 down 33.4% falling
13 Mali 25,665 number 2017 up 141.2% volatile
14 Burkina Faso 20,657 number 2019 up 92.6% volatile
15 Niger 18,847 number 2019 up 288.9% volatile
16 Zambia 18,806 number 2013 up 180.9% volatile
17 Guinea 18,395 number 2014 up 313.6% volatile
18 Afghanistan 17,788 number 2018 down 22.7% volatile
19 Mexico 17,285 number 2018 down 29.2% falling
20 Pakistan 17,067 number 2019 down 50.7% falling
21 Côte d'Ivoire 16,447 number 2019 up 155.8% volatile
22 Tunisia 15,422 number 2018 down 9.0% volatile
23 Thailand 15,321 number 2018 — rising
24 Eswatini 15,232 number 2018 up 1,223.4% volatile
25 Benin 14,429 number 2016 up 101.8% volatile
26 Mozambique 13,228 number 2019 up 42.8% rising
27 Senegal 12,670 number 2019 up 69.8% volatile
28 Togo 12,390 number 2019 up 15.3% volatile
29 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 12,343 number 2017 down 8.3% rising
30 Peru 12,063 number 2019 down 45.9% rising
31 Yemen 11,817 number 2016 up 19.7% rising
32 Nepal 11,646 number 2019 down 35.0% flat
33 Burundi 11,559 number 2019 up 47.8% volatile
34 Colombia 11,514 number 2018 down 34.6% volatile
35 Indonesia 11,293 number 2017 up 1.2% falling
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 10,655 number 2018 up 88.9% volatile
37 Cameroon 9,689 number 2016 up 53.6% volatile
38 Chad 9,436 number 2018 up 10.0% volatile
39 Madagascar 9,129 number 2019 down 21.5% volatile
40 Türkiye 9,078 number 2018 down 66.3% volatile
41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8,979 number 2018 up 507.5% volatile
42 Viet Nam 8,846 number 2018 down 29.5% falling
43 Germany 8,811 number 2018 down 7.6% falling
44 Italy 8,795 number 2018 down 35.3% volatile
45 Guatemala 8,064 number 2019 up 192.6% volatile
46 Belgium 7,414 number 2018 up 62.3% falling
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,230 number 2017 down 89.1% volatile
48 Ghana 6,139 number 2019 down 61.6% volatile
49 Namibia 5,749 number 2017 up 95.2% rising
50 Kenya 5,572 number 2016 — volatile
51 Dominican Republic 5,518 number 2019 down 46.2% volatile
52 Poland 5,107 number 2018 down 41.6% falling
53 Libya 4,932 number 1983 up 197.8% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 4,900 number 2019 down 51.9% volatile
55 Sudan 4,808 number 2017 down 22.8% flat
56 Uruguay 4,756 number 2010 up 17.0% rising
57 Congo 4,629 number 2012 up 0.5% rising
58 Netherlands 4,327 number 2010 up 33.9% falling
59 Romania 4,207 number 2018 up 9.7% volatile
60 Honduras 4,191 number 2019 up 72.8% rising
61 Syrian Arab Republic 4,181 number 2013 down 56.4% falling
62 Ecuador 3,985 number 2018 down 23.8% rising
63 Chile 3,834 number 2018 down 57.1% volatile
64 Nicaragua 3,819 number 2010 up 48.7% volatile
65 Eritrea 3,812 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
66 Central African Republic 3,488 number 2016 up 75.5% volatile
67 Rwanda 3,322 number 2019 down 4.4% volatile
68 Portugal 3,236 number 2018 — volatile
69 Lesotho 3,218 number 2017 up 85.0% volatile
70 Myanmar 2,893 number 2017 up 190.5% volatile
71 Lebanon 2,637 number 2019 down 24.4% rising
72 El Salvador 2,471 number 2018 down 22.9% volatile
73 Jordan 2,445 number 2019 up 69.3% rising
74 France 2,444 number 2018 down 82.8% volatile
75 Cambodia 2,429 number 2019 up 26.2% rising
76 Malawi 1,988 number 2013 down 83.6% falling
77 Greece 1,789 number 2018 down 35.2% falling
78 Haiti 1,758 number 1997 up 57.1% rising
79 Guinea-Bissau 1,734 number 2010 up 98.2% volatile
80 Panama 1,662 number 2017 up 8.3% rising
81 Sri Lanka 1,627 number 2017 down 27.9% volatile
82 Cuba 1,559 number 2019 up 557.8% volatile
83 China 1,511 number 2016 down 84.1% volatile
84 Guyana 1,453 number 2010 up 69.5% rising
85 Gabon 1,372 number 1995 up 67.5% volatile
86 Oman 1,337 number 2019 up 71.4% volatile
87 Hungary 1,234 number 2018 down 19.6% falling
88 Austria 1,208 number 2018 — volatile
89 Israel 1,172 number 2018 down 34.5% falling
90 Liberia 1,162 number 2017 up 3.3% rising
91 Hong Kong, China 1,147 number 2019 down 41.3% falling
92 Russian Federation 1,127 number 2018 — volatile
93 Mauritania 1,080 number 2019 up 13.8% volatile
94 Palestine, State of 1,055 number 2019 down 24.8% rising
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,006 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
96 Bulgaria 987 number 2018 down 10.8% volatile
97 Uganda 927 number 2017 down 63.7% flat
98 Cape Verde 926 number 2018 down 19.0% volatile
99 Bhutan 870 number 2020 up 312.3% volatile
100 Sierra Leone 827 number 2019 down 88.1% volatile
101 Sao Tome and Principe 789 number 2017 up 257.0% rising
102 Comoros 750 number 2017 up 18.7% rising
103 Slovakia 742 number 2018 down 19.5% falling
104 Gambia 711 number 2019 up 120.8% volatile
105 Costa Rica 646 number 2019 down 86.5% volatile
106 Czechia 608 number 2018 down 34.6% falling
107 Timor-Leste 594 number 2019 up 212.6% rising
108 Paraguay 549 number 2016 down 26.7% falling
109 Switzerland 534 number 2018 down 39.5% falling
110 Kuwait 505 number 2019 down 48.6% falling
111 United Arab Emirates 459 number 2014 down 73.8% volatile
112 Suriname 388 number 2019 up 2.4% flat
113 Serbia 382 number 2019 down 39.6% falling
114 Georgia 314 number 2019 up 383.1% rising
115 Qatar 310 number 2019 up 604.5% volatile
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 304 number 2018 up 533.3% rising
117 Mauritius 295 number 2019 down 40.8% falling
118 Djibouti 293 number 2020 up 14.5% volatile
119 Equatorial Guinea 284 number 2015 down 43.8% falling
120 New Caledonia 268 number 1990 up 43.3% rising
121 Denmark 231 number 2018 down 45.8% falling
122 Jamaica 227 number 2019 up 45.5% volatile
123 Albania 218 number 2019 down 71.1% volatile
124 Singapore 213 number 2018 down 27.3% volatile
125 Macau, China 183 number 2019 down 75.5% falling
126 Azerbaijan 174 number 2019 down 49.4% falling
127 Slovenia 150 number 2018 up 27.1% volatile
128 Estonia 149 number 2018 down 65.0% volatile
129 Cyprus 133 number 2018 up 84.7% volatile
130 Tajikistan 126 number 2017 down 72.4% volatile
131 Bahrain 118 number 2019 down 58.5% falling
132 Latvia 116 number 2018 down 57.7% falling
133 Finland 115 number 2018 down 50.4% falling
134 Tonga 107 number 2004 down 20.7% rising
135 Antigua and Barbuda 102 number 2018 down 51.0% flat
136 Croatia 99 number 2018 down 49.7% volatile
137 Mongolia 94 number 2018 up 176.5% volatile
138 Aruba 91 number 2014 down 28.9% flat
138 Brunei Darussalam 91 number 2019 — volatile
140 Dominica 75 number 2015 down 46.0% rising
141 North Macedonia 71 number 2018 up 7.6% volatile
142 Bahamas 68 number 2010 — volatile
143 Ireland 67 number 2018 down 13.0% falling
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62 number 2019 down 52.7% falling
145 Fiji 56 number 2016 down 59.1% volatile
146 Luxembourg 53 number 2018 down 78.5% rising
147 Kiribati 52 number 2016 — volatile
148 Solomon Islands 51 number 2018 down 32.0% volatile
149 Vanuatu 47 number 2013 up 95.8% rising
150 Lithuania 43 number 2018 down 82.6% volatile
151 Kazakhstan 33 number 2019 down 78.0% volatile
152 Botswana 30 number 2014 down 36.2% volatile
152 Grenada 30 number 2018 down 58.9% volatile
154 Armenia 24 number 2019 down 56.4% falling
155 Samoa 23 number 2019 down 4.2% volatile
156 Belize 21 number 2019 down 52.3% volatile
157 Montenegro 19 number 2019 down 54.8% falling
158 Trinidad and Tobago 17 number 2010 down 57.5% volatile
158 Ukraine 17 number 2019 down 56.4% volatile
160 Andorra 15 number 2019 down 67.4% falling
160 British Virgin Islands 15 number 2018 down 40.0% falling
162 Republic of Korea 13 number 2018 down 40.9% volatile
163 Belarus 10 number 2018 up 400.0% volatile
164 Kyrgyzstan 8 number 2019 down 89.6% volatile
165 Liechtenstein 7 number 2018 — volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 number 2016 up 100.0% volatile
166 Malta 4 number 2018 down 76.5% volatile
166 San Marino 4 number 2019 — volatile
169 Monaco 3 number 2020 — volatile
169 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 number 2018 — volatile
169 Uzbekistan 3 number 2019 down 91.9% volatile
172 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
173 Saint Lucia 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
173 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
173 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile
173 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 3,551 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.