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Repeaters in Grade 3 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
270,515 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
815 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,333

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 270,515 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 815 number, and the mean is 11,584 number.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,961.1%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 270,515 number 1982 up 99.8% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 138,231 number 2015 down 3.5% rising
3 Madagascar, Republic of 115,244 number 2019 down 0.5% rising
4 Bangladesh 107,291 number 2018 down 52.3% rising
5 Malawi 95,720 number 2019 up 48.1% volatile
6 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 88,522 number 2015 up 48.8% volatile
7 Uganda 69,436 number 2017 down 25.5% rising
8 Iraq 64,667 number 2007 up 67.4% rising
9 India 62,351 number 2017 down 89.4% volatile
10 Mali 52,433 number 2017 up 92.1% volatile
11 Cameroon 51,065 number 2019 up 25.8% rising
12 South Africa 49,813 number 2018 down 1.4% falling
13 Algeria 45,568 number 2019 up 12.8% rising
14 Burundi 45,567 number 2019 up 12.4% volatile
15 Indonesia 43,576 number 2018 down 55.1% falling
16 Benin 42,533 number 2019 up 82.2% volatile
17 Pakistan 41,854 number 2019 down 36.5% falling
18 Morocco 40,782 number 2019 down 23.1% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 37,839 number 2019 up 5.4% rising
20 Chad 37,007 number 2018 down 3.4% rising
21 Mozambique, Republic of 30,475 number 2019 up 52.3% falling
22 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 28,973 number 2018 — volatile
23 Egypt, Arab Republic of 25,818 number 2019 down 22.0% volatile
24 Philippines 24,080 number 2018 down 4.9% rising
25 Rwanda 23,269 number 2019 down 16.0% volatile
26 Yemen, Republic of 22,653 number 2016 up 33.4% rising
27 Haiti 22,560 number 1997 up 134.5% rising
28 Nepal 22,511 number 2019 down 40.4% falling
29 Congo, Republic of 20,559 number 2012 up 12.3% rising
30 Kenya 20,000 number 2016 down 37.0% volatile
31 Central African Republic 19,513 number 2016 up 34.0% rising
32 Guatemala 19,221 number 2019 down 8.4% rising
33 Guinea 19,074 number 2016 up 299.9% rising
34 Tunisia 18,278 number 2017 up 697.8% volatile
35 Argentina 17,978 number 2017 down 35.2% falling
36 Mexico 17,665 number 2018 down 70.5% falling
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 16,069 number 2019 down 6.6% volatile
38 Cambodia 14,300 number 2019 down 42.7% falling
39 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 14,256 number 2017 down 40.5% falling
40 Dominican Republic 13,803 number 2019 down 21.4% rising
41 Burkina Faso 12,850 number 2019 down 23.2% volatile
42 Sudan 12,485 number 2017 down 24.5% falling
43 Peru 11,970 number 2019 down 61.6% falling
44 Zambia 11,566 number 2013 up 27.7% volatile
45 Gabon 10,666 number 2003 up 79.7% volatile
46 Syrian Arab Republic 9,215 number 2013 down 46.3% rising
47 Papua New Guinea 8,661 number 2016 — volatile
48 Colombia 7,867 number 2018 down 58.1% volatile
49 Ghana 7,540 number 2018 down 71.9% volatile
50 Spain 6,703 number 2018 — volatile
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,293 number 2017 down 46.8% volatile
52 Honduras 6,103 number 2019 up 354.4% falling
53 Vietnam 5,385 number 2018 down 73.0% volatile
54 Nicaragua 5,371 number 2010 up 42.3% rising
55 Namibia 5,223 number 2018 up 15.1% falling
56 Germany 5,214 number 2018 down 18.5% falling
57 Türkiye 5,083 number 2018 down 48.7% volatile
58 Thailand 4,893 number 2018 — volatile
59 Niger 4,157 number 2019 down 23.7% rising
60 Libya 4,081 number 1983 up 1,961.1% volatile
61 Chile 3,907 number 2018 down 42.2% volatile
62 Togo 3,652 number 2019 down 85.2% rising
63 Liberia 3,592 number 2017 up 26.8% rising
64 Guinea-Bissau 3,195 number 2010 down 7.4% rising
65 Bolivia 3,169 number 2018 down 61.4% falling
66 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 3,026 number 2019 down 10.1% rising
67 Paraguay 3,016 number 2016 down 46.1% falling
68 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,982 number 2019 down 70.0% falling
69 Senegal 2,789 number 2019 down 64.3% rising
70 Lesotho, Kingdom of 2,495 number 2016 down 71.2% rising
71 Eswatini, Kingdom of 2,453 number 2018 down 50.4% rising
72 Lebanon 2,429 number 2019 down 15.8% falling
73 Comoros, Union of the 2,396 number 2018 down 14.8% rising
74 El Salvador 2,192 number 2018 down 53.1% falling
75 Romania 2,088 number 2018 up 1.1% falling
76 Netherlands 2,043 number 1985 down 24.2% falling
77 Botswana 1,941 number 2015 up 14.2% volatile
78 Sri Lanka 1,773 number 2017 up 16.2% volatile
79 Poland 1,763 number 2018 up 9.4% rising
80 Panama 1,644 number 2017 down 44.2% falling
81 Saudi Arabia 1,500 number 2019 down 88.3% volatile
82 Eritrea, The State of 1,435 number 2018 down 76.4% falling
83 Russia 1,425 number 2018 — volatile
84 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 1,424 number 2015 down 6.1% rising
85 Belgium 1,408 number 2018 down 18.7% volatile
86 Sierra Leone 1,370 number 2019 down 89.0% volatile
87 Gambia, The 1,257 number 2019 up 43.0% volatile
88 Suriname 1,218 number 2019 down 11.9% falling
89 Portugal 1,174 number 2018 — falling
90 Myanmar 1,028 number 2010 down 46.1% volatile
91 Uruguay 977 number 2018 down 57.7% falling
92 Ecuador 956 number 2018 down 60.5% volatile
93 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 815 number 2019 up 815.7% volatile
94 Austria 791.5 number 2018 up 21.0% volatile
95 Jordan 701 number 2019 up 754.9% volatile
96 Trinidad and Tobago 700 number 2010 up 14.2% volatile
97 Vanuatu 699 number 2013 up 92.0% rising
98 Solomon Islands 667 number 2018 down 19.2% volatile
99 Italy 633 number 2018 up 3.8% volatile
100 Israel 622 number 2018 down 36.1% flat
101 China (People’s Republic of) 602 number 2019 down 89.7% volatile
102 Slovak Republic 503 number 2018 down 16.2% falling
103 Hungary 480 number 2018 down 15.9% volatile
104 Bhutan 452 number 2020 down 24.4% flat
105 Cabo Verde 426 number 2018 down 57.7% falling
106 Switzerland 398 number 2018 down 34.8% falling
107 Belize 381 number 2019 down 14.0% flat
108 Costa Rica 354 number 2019 down 85.3% falling
109 New Caledonia 274 number 1990 down 22.4% rising
110 Denmark 271 number 2018 — volatile
111 Greece 266 number 2018 down 21.5% volatile
112 Djibouti 257 number 2020 down 28.0% rising
113 Czechia 242 number 2018 down 13.9% volatile
114 Jamaica 168 number 2019 down 51.0% falling
115 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 165 number 2019 down 52.6% volatile
116 Ireland 156 number 2018 down 29.1% volatile
117 Bahrain, Kingdom of 125 number 2019 down 38.7% falling
118 Serbia 117 number 2019 down 53.8% falling
118 Slovenia 117 number 2018 up 74.6% flat
120 Guyana 116 number 2010 down 56.2% volatile
121 Tajikistan, Republic of 102 number 2017 down 63.7% volatile
122 Qatar 94 number 2019 up 62.1% volatile
123 Kuwait 93 number 2019 up 126.8% volatile
124 Albania 79 number 2019 down 68.7% volatile
125 Bahamas, The 75 number 2018 — volatile
126 Azerbaijan, Republic of 71 number 2019 down 47.4% volatile
127 United Arab Emirates 63 number 2015 down 86.9% falling
128 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 57 number 2019 down 57.5% volatile
129 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 54 number 2014 down 41.3% falling
130 Finland 51 number 2018 down 51.4% falling
131 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 47 number 2017 down 93.9% volatile
132 Latvia 45 number 2018 down 83.6% volatile
133 Ukraine 44 number 2019 down 47.6% volatile
134 Bulgaria 43 number 2018 down 94.4% volatile
134 Kazakhstan, Republic of 43 number 2019 down 48.8% volatile
136 Fiji, Republic of 33 number 2016 down 87.8% volatile
137 Georgia 32 number 2019 up 357.1% volatile
138 Lithuania 30 number 2018 down 54.5% volatile
139 Croatia 29 number 2018 down 46.3% volatile
140 Palestine, State of 28 number 2019 — volatile
141 Estonia 26 number 2018 down 51.9% volatile
142 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22 number 2018 down 54.2% volatile
143 Samoa 21 number 2019 down 4.5% rising
144 St. Lucia 20 number 2019 up 33.3% volatile
145 Belarus, Republic of 19 number 2018 up 375.0% volatile
146 Dominica 18 number 2016 up 125.0% volatile
146 Grenada 18 number 2018 down 28.0% volatile
148 Mongolia 15 number 2018 down 84.8% volatile
149 Brunei Darussalam 14 number 2019 down 36.4% volatile
149 Kiribati 14 number 2016 — volatile
151 Armenia, Republic of 13 number 2019 down 53.6% rising
152 Montenegro 12 number 2019 up 50.0% volatile
153 Kyrgyz Republic 11 number 2019 down 64.5% volatile
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 number 2019 down 55.0% flat
155 Antigua and Barbuda 8 number 2018 down 69.2% volatile
155 Malta 8 number 2018 down 57.9% volatile
155 Tonga 8 number 2013 — volatile
158 St. Kitts and Nevis 7 number 2016 unchanged volatile
159 Andorra, Principality of 6 number 2019 up 500.0% volatile
159 Singapore 6 number 2018 down 25.0% volatile
161 Liechtenstein, Principality of 4 number 2018 — volatile
161 British Virgin Islands 4 number 2018 down 60.0% volatile
163 Korea 3 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
163 Monaco 3 number 2020 — volatile
165 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1 number 2019 down 92.9% volatile
166 Cuba 0 number 2019 — volatile
166 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — flat
166 Cyprus 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
166 Japan 0 number 2012 — flat
166 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
166 Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
166 Maldives 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
166 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 Mauritius 0 number 2019 — flat
166 Malaysia 0 number 1993 — flat
166 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
166 Naoero, Republic of 0 number 2019 — flat
166 New Zealand 0 number 1979 — flat
166 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
166 San Marino, Republic of 0 number 2019 — volatile
166 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
166 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,333 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.