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Repeaters in Grade 2 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
185
Highest
421,560 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
1,050 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,341

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 421,560 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,050 number, and the mean is 13,568 number.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 960.6%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 421,560 number 1982 up 40.5% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 145,385 number 2015 down 5.9% rising
3 Madagascar, Republic of 133,891 number 2019 down 8.2% rising
4 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 120,632 number 2015 up 72.7% volatile
5 Malawi 97,913 number 2019 up 51.6% volatile
6 Bangladesh 97,071 number 2018 down 49.6% falling
7 Burundi 72,253 number 2019 up 29.2% volatile
8 India 70,189 number 2017 down 89.8% volatile
9 Iraq 68,617 number 2007 up 56.0% rising
10 Uganda 63,436 number 2017 down 27.0% rising
11 South Africa 62,454 number 2018 up 27.6% flat
12 Cameroon 53,064 number 2019 up 10.8% rising
13 Pakistan 52,566 number 2019 down 49.4% falling
14 Indonesia 52,354 number 2018 down 53.8% falling
15 Algeria 49,820 number 2019 up 21.4% rising
16 Mozambique, Republic of 46,735 number 2019 down 11.4% rising
17 Chad 46,640 number 2018 up 8.4% rising
18 Morocco 40,836 number 2019 down 25.7% falling
19 Benin 39,187 number 2019 up 71.6% volatile
20 Mali 37,570 number 2017 up 125.0% rising
21 Côte d'Ivoire 31,888 number 2019 down 15.8% rising
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 31,404 number 2019 up 26.0% volatile
23 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 28,356 number 2018 — volatile
24 Haiti 28,193 number 1997 up 169.7% rising
25 Guinea 27,751 number 2016 up 71.9% rising
26 Guatemala 27,720 number 2019 down 16.7% rising
27 Philippines 27,286 number 2018 down 31.0% rising
28 Rwanda 26,765 number 2019 down 26.2% volatile
29 Nepal 26,742 number 2019 down 58.2% falling
30 Mexico 26,090 number 2018 down 70.2% falling
31 Yemen, Republic of 21,691 number 2016 up 41.5% rising
32 Burkina Faso 20,313 number 2019 up 19.7% volatile
33 Kenya 20,196 number 2016 down 42.2% volatile
34 Argentina 19,774 number 2017 down 36.7% falling
35 Togo 19,500 number 2019 down 22.9% rising
36 Cambodia 18,953 number 2019 down 42.2% volatile
37 Syrian Arab Republic 17,787 number 2013 down 37.8% rising
38 Central African Republic 17,723 number 2016 up 68.5% rising
39 Peru 15,758 number 2019 down 60.3% falling
40 Congo, Republic of 13,720 number 2012 up 63.7% rising
41 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 13,368 number 2017 down 44.2% falling
42 Tunisia 13,000 number 2017 up 25.9% falling
43 Zambia 12,688 number 2013 up 39.6% volatile
44 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12,167 number 2017 down 27.5% volatile
45 Sudan 11,282 number 2017 down 31.9% falling
46 Nicaragua 9,506 number 2010 up 98.3% rising
47 Colombia 8,932 number 2018 down 61.3% volatile
48 Papua New Guinea 8,825 number 2016 — volatile
49 Vietnam 8,804 number 2018 down 69.7% volatile
50 Gabon 8,581 number 2003 up 35.3% rising
51 Spain 8,272 number 2018 down 34.7% falling
52 Senegal 7,722 number 2019 down 32.6% rising
53 Thailand 7,348 number 2018 — volatile
54 Türkiye 7,336 number 2018 down 30.8% volatile
55 Ghana 6,865 number 2018 down 74.0% volatile
56 Germany 6,800 number 2008 down 46.1% falling
57 Honduras 6,280 number 2019 up 133.3% falling
58 Namibia 6,276 number 2018 down 37.7% flat
59 Guinea-Bissau 4,700 number 2010 up 2.5% rising
60 Chile 4,681 number 2018 down 28.6% volatile
61 Portugal 4,252 number 2018 — falling
62 Liberia 4,223 number 2017 up 34.4% rising
63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,083 number 2019 down 75.4% falling
64 Niger 3,888 number 2019 down 24.1% rising
65 Romania 3,722 number 2018 up 2.8% falling
66 Netherlands 3,718 number 1985 down 23.7% falling
67 Libya 3,436 number 1983 up 728.0% volatile
68 Bolivia 3,318 number 2018 down 61.2% falling
69 Lebanon 2,846 number 2019 down 0.8% falling
70 Paraguay 2,793 number 2016 down 56.2% falling
71 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 2,790 number 2019 down 43.5% falling
72 Russian Federation 2,488 number 2018 — volatile
73 Dominican Republic 2,265 number 2019 down 75.4% falling
74 El Salvador 2,243 number 2018 down 63.7% falling
75 Saudi Arabia 2,212 number 2019 down 81.1% volatile
76 Botswana 2,184 number 2015 up 32.0% volatile
77 Comoros, Union of the 2,168 number 2018 down 26.5% rising
78 Gambia, The 2,165 number 2019 up 83.0% volatile
79 Lesotho, Kingdom of 2,129 number 2016 down 79.5% rising
80 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 2,059 number 2015 up 18.3% rising
81 Belgium 1,972 number 2018 down 24.6% volatile
82 Panama 1,951 number 2017 down 50.1% falling
83 Cuba 1,743 number 2019 up 19.3% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 1,727 number 2017 up 33.8% volatile
85 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1,719 number 2018 down 59.5% rising
86 Sierra Leone 1,684 number 2019 down 87.7% volatile
87 Eritrea, The State of 1,612 number 2018 down 76.0% falling
88 Uruguay 1,407 number 2018 down 51.0% falling
89 Poland 1,402 number 2018 up 7.1% rising
90 Myanmar 1,270 number 2010 down 54.2% volatile
91 Costa Rica 1,153 number 2019 down 61.3% falling
92 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1,120 number 2017 up 16.1% rising
93 Jordan 1,050 number 2019 up 960.6% volatile
94 Italy 1,024 number 2018 up 13.4% volatile
95 Austria 1,012 number 2018 down 2.2% volatile
95 China, People's Republic of 1,012 number 2019 down 87.8% volatile
97 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1,006 number 2019 down 95.3% volatile
98 Ecuador 1,005 number 2018 down 73.9% volatile
99 Switzerland 961 number 2018 down 5.2% falling
100 Suriname 902 number 2019 down 35.1% falling
101 Trinidad and Tobago 792 number 2010 up 29.8% rising
101 Vanuatu 792 number 2013 up 77.6% rising
103 Slovak Republic 751 number 2018 unchanged falling
104 Hungary 712 number 2018 up 2.7% volatile
105 Solomon Islands 682 number 2018 down 24.4% volatile
106 Israel 594 number 2018 down 28.4% flat
107 Cabo Verde 550 number 2018 down 73.1% falling
108 Denmark 442 number 2018 — volatile
109 Luxembourg 439 number 2018 up 150.9% volatile
110 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 435 number 2019 — volatile
111 Greece 402 number 2018 down 7.6% volatile
112 Belize 361 number 2019 down 8.4% flat
113 New Caledonia 347 number 1990 up 0.3% rising
114 Djibouti 319 number 2020 down 46.9% rising
115 Czechia 312 number 2018 up 5.8% falling
116 Ireland 288 number 2018 down 28.5% volatile
117 Bhutan 259 number 2020 down 58.8% volatile
118 Finland 214 number 2018 down 34.8% falling
119 Hong Kong (China) 209 number 2019 down 47.2% volatile
120 Serbia, Republic of 147 number 2019 down 61.0% falling
121 Kazakhstan, Republic of 137 number 2019 down 11.6% volatile
122 Tajikistan, Republic of 121 number 2017 down 57.1% volatile
123 Bahamas, The 120 number 2018 — volatile
124 Ukraine 114 number 2019 up 2.7% volatile
125 Albania 113 number 2019 down 63.7% volatile
126 Jamaica 112 number 2019 down 75.9% volatile
126 Kuwait 112 number 2019 up 80.6% volatile
128 Qatar 101 number 2019 up 741.7% volatile
129 Slovenia 94 number 2018 up 64.9% falling
130 Aruba 91 number 2014 down 30.5% falling
130 Azerbaijan, Republic of 91 number 2019 down 56.2% falling
132 United Arab Emirates 73 number 2015 down 84.6% falling
133 Latvia 59 number 2018 down 77.7% volatile
134 Georgia 53 number 2019 up 76.7% volatile
135 Lithuania 49 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
136 Fiji, Republic of 42 number 2016 down 84.0% volatile
137 Bulgaria 38 number 2018 down 95.7% volatile
138 Estonia 35 number 2018 down 28.6% volatile
139 Macau (China) 34 number 2019 down 50.0% volatile
140 Armenia, Republic of 31 number 2019 up 63.2% volatile
140 Kiribati 31 number 2016 — volatile
142 Grenada 30 number 2018 up 130.8% volatile
143 St. Lucia 29 number 2019 down 6.5% volatile
144 Kyrgyz Republic 28 number 2019 down 41.7% volatile
145 Croatia, Republic of 27 number 2018 down 53.4% volatile
146 Guyana 24 number 2010 down 91.3% volatile
147 Samoa 23 number 2019 down 30.3% flat
148 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22 number 2018 down 60.7% falling
149 Belarus, Republic of 20 number 2018 up 81.8% volatile
150 Mongolia 19 number 2018 down 87.9% volatile
151 Palestine 16 number 2019 — volatile
152 Andorra, Principality of 15 number 2019 down 40.0% volatile
152 Dominica 15 number 2016 down 21.1% rising
152 Naoero, Republic of 15 number 2019 — volatile
155 Antigua and Barbuda 13 number 2018 down 75.5% volatile
155 Tonga 13 number 2013 — volatile
157 Brunei Darussalam 11 number 2019 down 71.1% volatile
158 Korea 7 number 2018 up 133.3% volatile
159 Turks and Caicos Islands 6 number 2018 up 50.0% volatile
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 number 2019 down 68.8% falling
160 St. Kitts and Nevis 5 number 2016 down 76.2% volatile
162 Bahrain, Kingdom of 4 number 2019 down 50.0% volatile
162 Montenegro 4 number 2019 up 33.3% volatile
162 Singapore 4 number 2018 down 33.3% volatile
165 Cyprus 3 number 2018 down 94.9% volatile
165 Malta 3 number 2018 down 72.7% volatile
167 Liechtenstein 2 number 2018 — volatile
167 Monaco 2 number 2020 — volatile
167 Tuvalu 2 number 2019 — volatile
167 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2 number 2019 down 87.5% volatile
171 British Virgin Islands 1 number 2018 down 88.9% flat
172 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
172 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
172 Japan 0 number 2012 — flat
172 Moldova, Republic of 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 Maldives 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
172 North Macedonia, Republic of 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
172 Mauritius 0 number 2019 — flat
172 Malaysia 0 number 1993 — flat
172 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
172 New Zealand 0 number 1979 — flat
172 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 San Marino, Republic of 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
172 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,341 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.