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Repeaters in Grade 3 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
163
Highest
86,911 number
Morocco
Lowest
0 number
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
1,017 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,258

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 86,911 number in Morocco; the lowest is 0 number in Turks and Caicos Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,017 number, and the mean is 6,069 number.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 996.2%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 95.2%).

Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Morocco 86,911 number 2019 up 6.4% volatile
2 Iraq 81,611 number 2007 up 74.1% volatile
3 Mali 62,605 number 2017 up 364.6% volatile
4 Algeria 55,742 number 2019 up 68.7% volatile
5 Argentina 52,303 number 2017 up 25.7% rising
6 India 44,396 number 2017 down 90.6% volatile
7 Ethiopia 38,859 number 2017 down 41.9% rising
8 Egypt 33,884 number 2019 down 34.9% falling
9 Spain 28,087 number 2018 down 19.3% falling
10 Benin 24,071 number 2016 up 127.8% volatile
11 Philippines 23,296 number 2018 down 5.7% rising
12 Thailand 21,671 number 2018 — volatile
13 Burkina Faso 18,742 number 2019 up 106.9% volatile
14 Togo 17,682 number 2019 up 20.5% volatile
15 Guinea 17,605 number 2014 up 315.0% volatile
16 Bangladesh 17,450 number 2016 down 69.7% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 16,037 number 2019 up 118.1% volatile
18 Senegal 15,490 number 2019 up 76.4% volatile
19 Mozambique 15,248 number 2019 up 36.3% volatile
20 Cameroon 14,815 number 2016 up 59.0% volatile
21 Niger 14,577 number 2019 up 216.1% volatile
22 Pakistan 14,550 number 2019 down 32.1% falling
23 Nepal 12,525 number 2019 down 26.9% falling
24 Syrian Arab Republic 12,492 number 2013 down 43.1% rising
25 Afghanistan 11,690 number 2018 down 19.9% volatile
26 Germany 11,205 number 2018 down 24.0% falling
27 Peru 10,229 number 2019 down 44.0% falling
28 Türkiye 10,094 number 2018 up 45.7% volatile
29 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9,914 number 2017 up 16.3% rising
30 Madagascar 9,314 number 2019 up 15.3% volatile
31 Tunisia 8,507 number 2018 up 19.7% rising
32 Colombia 8,401 number 2018 down 39.9% falling
33 Chad 7,919 number 2018 up 20.3% volatile
34 Viet Nam 7,850 number 2018 down 19.7% falling
35 Burundi 7,751 number 2019 up 18.0% volatile
36 Mexico 7,686 number 2018 up 8.6% falling
37 Eritrea 6,955 number 2018 up 142.6% rising
38 Italy 6,581 number 2018 down 28.6% falling
39 Uruguay 4,712 number 2010 up 25.6% rising
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,702 number 2017 down 94.1% volatile
41 Congo 4,650 number 2012 up 39.4% rising
42 Yemen 4,563 number 2016 down 65.0% falling
43 Romania 4,241 number 2018 down 3.7% volatile
44 Libya 4,070 number 1983 up 176.9% volatile
45 Guatemala 4,003 number 2019 up 128.9% volatile
46 Cambodia 3,598 number 2019 up 4.2% volatile
47 Ecuador 3,558 number 2018 down 24.2% rising
48 France 3,477 number 2018 down 85.5% falling
49 Netherlands 3,420 number 1999 down 49.2% falling
50 China 3,088 number 2011 down 69.0% falling
51 Central African Republic 3,066 number 2016 up 121.2% volatile
52 Jordan 2,933 number 2019 up 103.0% volatile
53 Eswatini 2,918 number 2018 up 992.9% volatile
54 Portugal 2,900 number 2018 — falling
55 Saudi Arabia 2,800 number 2019 down 47.3% volatile
56 Poland 2,545 number 2018 down 31.4% falling
57 Myanmar 2,486 number 2017 down 67.6% volatile
58 Nicaragua 2,481 number 2010 up 37.8% rising
59 Honduras 2,340 number 2019 up 36.6% rising
60 Indonesia 2,058 number 2017 down 70.8% volatile
61 Uganda 1,967 number 2017 down 46.7% rising
62 Israel 1,802 number 2018 up 98.7% flat
63 Russian Federation 1,671 number 2018 — volatile
64 Namibia 1,649 number 2017 up 134.9% volatile
65 Guinea-Bissau 1,597 number 2010 up 102.2% volatile
66 Lebanon 1,532 number 2019 down 38.4% rising
67 Haiti 1,511 number 1997 up 64.8% rising
68 Cape Verde 1,502 number 2018 up 36.9% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 1,477 number 2017 down 25.6% volatile
70 Oman 1,334 number 2019 up 101.2% volatile
71 Hungary 1,276 number 2018 down 28.6% falling
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,253 number 2018 down 25.4% volatile
73 Malawi 1,236 number 2013 up 746.6% volatile
74 Lesotho 1,185 number 2017 up 43.1% volatile
75 Austria 1,182 number 2018 — volatile
76 Ghana 1,117 number 2019 down 62.2% volatile
77 Gabon 1,107 number 1995 up 54.2% volatile
78 El Salvador 1,074 number 2018 down 14.3% volatile
79 Palestine, State of 1,047 number 2019 down 23.2% falling
80 Greece 1,045 number 2018 up 8.1% volatile
81 Hong Kong, China 1,028 number 2019 up 0.7% volatile
82 Mauritania 1,017 number 2019 up 31.1% volatile
83 Sao Tome and Principe 1,016 number 2017 up 218.5% volatile
84 Mauritius 946 number 2019 up 10.5% rising
85 Panama 943 number 2017 up 8.6% rising
86 Bulgaria 884 number 2018 down 8.4% volatile
87 Liberia 846 number 2017 down 11.4% rising
88 Bhutan 832 number 2020 up 186.9% volatile
88 Guyana 832 number 2010 up 31.2% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 774 number 2019 up 5.3% volatile
91 Switzerland 732 number 2018 down 19.0% rising
92 Singapore 718 number 1984 down 28.8% rising
93 Slovakia 613 number 2018 down 29.0% falling
94 Brunei Darussalam 548 number 2009 up 13.5% volatile
95 Czechia 532 number 2018 down 46.4% falling
96 United Arab Emirates 515 number 2014 down 58.1% volatile
97 Comoros 501 number 2017 up 2.5% rising
98 Sierra Leone 493 number 2019 down 79.0% volatile
99 Denmark 448 number 2018 down 33.8% falling
100 Gambia 430 number 2019 down 14.2% volatile
101 Costa Rica 425 number 2019 down 82.0% volatile
102 Kuwait 423 number 2019 down 25.4% falling
103 Jamaica 409 number 2019 down 3.8% falling
104 Georgia 349 number 2019 up 405.8% rising
105 Serbia 303 number 2019 down 42.4% falling
106 Rwanda 297 number 2019 down 42.0% volatile
107 Qatar 285 number 2019 up 996.2% volatile
108 Belize 277 number 2019 down 2.8% rising
108 Timor-Leste 277 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
110 Djibouti 269 number 2020 up 32.5% volatile
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 269 number 2018 up 511.4% rising
112 Suriname 266 number 2019 down 7.0% rising
113 Equatorial Guinea 262 number 2015 down 29.9% rising
114 Albania 245 number 2019 down 69.0% volatile
114 Cuba 245 number 2019 up 271.2% volatile
116 Azerbaijan 237 number 2019 down 44.9% falling
117 Estonia 204 number 2018 down 58.9% falling
118 Paraguay 181 number 2016 down 53.8% falling
119 Latvia 173 number 2018 down 58.9% falling
120 Finland 156 number 2018 down 39.1% falling
121 Croatia 155 number 2018 down 39.9% volatile
122 Botswana 145 number 2014 down 15.7% volatile
123 New Caledonia 137 number 1990 up 26.9% rising
124 Fiji 127 number 2016 up 12.4% volatile
125 Bahrain 124 number 2019 down 76.2% volatile
126 Macau, China 112 number 2019 down 78.9% falling
127 Tajikistan 103 number 2017 down 82.7% volatile
128 Kiribati 100 number 2016 — volatile
129 Dominica 96 number 2015 up 18.5% volatile
130 Vanuatu 94 number 2013 up 347.6% volatile
131 Antigua and Barbuda 93 number 2018 down 49.2% falling
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93 number 2019 down 47.8% falling
133 Tonga 88 number 2004 down 20.7% rising
134 Lithuania 83 number 2018 down 75.8% volatile
135 Cyprus 81 number 2018 unchanged falling
136 Mongolia 63 number 2018 up 425.0% volatile
137 Grenada 59 number 2018 down 55.0% falling
137 Solomon Islands 59 number 2018 down 37.9% volatile
139 North Macedonia 47 number 2018 down 44.0% volatile
140 Luxembourg 34 number 2018 down 95.2% volatile
141 Bahamas 27 number 2010 — volatile
141 Ukraine 27 number 2019 down 41.3% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 26 number 2010 down 25.7% volatile
144 Ireland 21 number 2018 down 65.6% volatile
144 Montenegro 21 number 2019 down 44.7% falling
146 Armenia 20 number 2019 down 69.7% volatile
146 Kazakhstan 20 number 2019 down 92.4% volatile
148 Slovenia 19 number 2018 up 46.2% volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 number 2016 up 20.0% volatile
149 British Virgin Islands 12 number 2018 down 63.6% rising
151 Kyrgyzstan 10 number 2019 down 88.1% volatile
152 Republic of Korea 9 number 2018 down 70.0% volatile
153 Belarus 7 number 2018 up 16.7% volatile
154 Andorra 5 number 2019 down 80.0% volatile
154 Malta 5 number 2018 down 66.7% volatile
156 Uzbekistan 3 number 2019 down 94.5% volatile
157 San Marino 2 number 2019 — volatile
158 Saint Lucia 1 number 2019 unchanged volatile
158 Liechtenstein 1 number 2018 — volatile
158 Monaco 1 number 2020 — volatile
161 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
161 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 3,258 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.