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Repeaters in Grade 4 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
170,879 number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
749 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,317

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 170,879 number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 749 number, and the mean is 10,347 number.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 2,981.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 170,879 number 1982 up 66.3% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 114,517 number 2015 up 2.4% rising
3 Bangladesh 82,388 number 2018 down 51.5% rising
4 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 79,183 number 2015 up 9.6% volatile
5 Uganda 75,874 number 2017 down 6.4% rising
6 South Africa 74,607 number 2018 up 50.3% rising
7 Iraq 72,595 number 2007 up 2,981.3% rising
8 Madagascar, Republic of 68,077 number 2019 up 75.3% rising
9 Malawi 59,141 number 2019 up 62.2% volatile
10 India 58,455 number 2017 down 88.2% volatile
11 Mali 52,117 number 2017 up 86.4% volatile
12 Algeria 47,447 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
13 Pakistan 46,071 number 2019 down 45.4% falling
14 Cameroon 45,178 number 2019 up 9.8% rising
15 Côte d'Ivoire 43,243 number 2019 up 22.8% rising
16 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 39,666 number 2018 — volatile
17 Egypt, Arab Republic of 39,651 number 2019 down 12.0% falling
18 Benin 35,205 number 2019 up 64.0% volatile
19 Morocco 34,553 number 2019 down 17.8% falling
20 Tanzania, United Republic of 32,117 number 2019 up 119.6% volatile
21 Chad 31,349 number 2018 up 18.8% rising
22 Burundi 30,706 number 2019 up 5.4% volatile
23 Indonesia 28,235 number 2018 down 60.8% falling
24 Mozambique, Republic of 24,628 number 2019 up 38.9% rising
25 Yemen, Republic of 23,968 number 2016 up 20.7% rising
26 Kenya 23,295 number 2016 down 24.4% volatile
27 Burkina Faso 22,291 number 2019 up 20.1% volatile
28 Rwanda 21,981 number 2019 down 1.8% volatile
29 Mexico 20,528 number 2018 down 56.9% falling
30 Nepal 20,021 number 2019 down 39.6% falling
31 Philippines 19,218 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
32 Guinea 19,213 number 2016 up 38.6% rising
33 Tunisia 18,649 number 2017 up 22.6% falling
34 Togo 18,463 number 2019 down 10.5% rising
35 Haiti 15,542 number 1997 up 96.2% rising
36 Congo, Republic of 14,802 number 2012 up 14.5% rising
37 Argentina 14,685 number 2017 down 47.3% falling
38 Central African Republic 13,901 number 2016 up 34.7% rising
39 Guatemala 12,884 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
40 Sudan 12,527 number 2017 down 22.9% falling
41 Zambia 12,496 number 2013 up 23.9% volatile
42 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 11,025 number 2017 down 34.0% falling
43 Libya 10,922 number 1983 up 4.5% rising
44 Dominican Republic 10,396 number 2019 down 1.1% rising
45 Cambodia 10,202 number 2019 down 38.4% falling
46 Papua New Guinea 9,997 number 2016 — volatile
47 Namibia 9,978 number 2018 up 114.4% rising
48 Eritrea, The State of 9,169 number 2018 up 48.8% rising
49 Peru 8,661 number 2019 down 61.4% falling
50 Ghana 8,086 number 2018 down 44.5% volatile
51 Senegal 7,366 number 2019 down 31.6% rising
52 Colombia 6,993 number 2018 down 57.0% falling
53 Spain 6,833 number 2018 down 43.0% volatile
54 Thailand 5,678 number 2018 — volatile
55 Syrian Arab Republic 5,434 number 2013 down 54.5% flat
56 Türkiye 5,370 number 2018 down 48.7% volatile
57 Gabon 5,199 number 2003 up 88.3% rising
58 Lebanon 4,985 number 2019 down 38.8% falling
59 Honduras 4,586 number 2019 up 538.7% falling
60 Niger 4,583 number 2019 down 21.0% rising
61 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3,917 number 2017 down 69.6% volatile
62 Nicaragua 3,837 number 2010 up 30.0% rising
63 Lesotho, Kingdom of 3,606 number 2016 down 55.8% rising
64 Vietnam 3,599 number 2018 down 81.1% volatile
65 Guinea-Bissau 3,152 number 2010 up 12.5% rising
66 Liberia 2,960 number 2017 up 25.2% rising
67 Bolivia 2,957 number 2018 down 56.2% falling
68 Eswatini, Kingdom of 2,835 number 2018 down 19.7% rising
69 Chile 2,798 number 2018 down 45.7% volatile
70 Germany 2,585 number 2018 down 18.7% falling
71 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 2,368 number 2019 down 6.5% rising
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,338 number 2019 down 57.3% falling
73 El Salvador 2,317 number 2018 down 49.9% rising
74 Russia 1,956 number 2018 — rising
75 Sri Lanka 1,907 number 2017 up 3.7% volatile
75 Paraguay 1,907 number 2016 down 45.8% falling
77 Botswana 1,804 number 2015 down 39.5% rising
78 Comoros, Union of the 1,765 number 2018 down 3.1% rising
79 Romania 1,608 number 2018 down 33.4% falling
80 Netherlands 1,460 number 1985 down 40.5% falling
81 Poland 1,373 number 2018 down 60.3% falling
82 Panama 1,185 number 2017 down 39.0% falling
83 Belgium 1,161 number 2018 down 32.4% volatile
84 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 1,157 number 2015 down 7.1% rising
85 Suriname 1,150 number 2019 up 8.6% falling
86 Portugal 1,108 number 2018 — falling
87 Gambia, The 1,068 number 2019 up 31.9% volatile
88 Jordan 1,017 number 2019 up 94.1% volatile
89 Sierra Leone 971 number 2019 down 90.3% volatile
90 Cabo Verde 960 number 2018 down 15.7% flat
91 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 924 number 2019 down 35.2% rising
92 Saudi Arabia 850 number 2019 down 90.1% volatile
93 Ecuador 749 number 2018 down 57.2% volatile
94 Israel 725 number 2018 down 29.8% flat
95 Trinidad and Tobago 643 number 2010 up 28.6% volatile
96 Uruguay 637 number 2018 down 66.9% falling
97 Myanmar 634 number 2010 down 46.2% volatile
98 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 624 number 2017 up 37.4% rising
99 Hungary 574 number 2018 down 24.7% volatile
100 Vanuatu 571 number 2013 up 81.3% rising
101 Slovak Republic 556 number 2018 down 10.2% falling
102 Solomon Islands 530 number 2018 down 22.7% volatile
103 Italy 512 number 2018 up 4.5% volatile
104 Austria 488.5 number 2018 up 2.6% volatile
105 Bhutan 474 number 2020 down 13.2% falling
106 China (People’s Republic of) 440 number 2019 down 89.2% volatile
107 Cuba 421 number 2019 down 37.7% volatile
108 Belize 419 number 2019 up 13.6% flat
109 Switzerland 389 number 2018 down 56.2% falling
110 New Caledonia 311 number 1990 down 18.4% rising
111 Luxembourg 308 number 2018 up 144.4% volatile
112 Qatar 287 number 2019 up 2,291.7% volatile
113 Serbia 281 number 2019 up 14.7% rising
114 Costa Rica 276 number 2019 down 91.5% volatile
115 Czechia 257 number 2018 down 10.1% volatile
116 Greece 241 number 2018 down 8.0% volatile
117 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 203 number 2019 down 58.9% volatile
118 Djibouti 194 number 2020 down 35.3% rising
119 Denmark 190 number 2018 — volatile
120 Jamaica 144 number 2019 down 81.5% volatile
121 Kuwait 125 number 2019 down 66.6% volatile
122 United Arab Emirates 97 number 2015 down 85.7% falling
123 Ireland 95 number 2018 down 15.2% volatile
124 Slovenia 92 number 2018 up 130.0% falling
125 Azerbaijan, Republic of 88 number 2019 down 51.4% falling
126 Albania 84 number 2019 down 67.1% volatile
127 Tajikistan, Republic of 80 number 2017 down 75.3% volatile
128 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 67 number 2019 down 72.8% volatile
129 Guyana 62 number 2010 down 65.9% volatile
130 Ukraine 61 number 2019 down 18.7% volatile
131 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 57 number 2014 down 17.4% rising
131 Lithuania 57 number 2018 down 29.6% volatile
133 Bahamas, The 55 number 2018 — volatile
134 Bulgaria 50 number 2018 down 95.3% volatile
135 Georgia 45 number 2019 up 181.2% volatile
136 St. Lucia 38 number 2019 up 123.5% volatile
137 Kiribati 35 number 2016 — volatile
138 Latvia 34 number 2018 down 89.2% volatile
139 Estonia 33 number 2018 down 42.1% volatile
139 Palestine, State of 33 number 2019 — volatile
141 Kazakhstan, Republic of 28 number 2019 down 59.4% volatile
142 Fiji, Republic of 27 number 2016 down 87.3% volatile
143 Bahrain, Kingdom of 26 number 2019 down 79.8% volatile
143 Croatia 26 number 2018 unchanged volatile
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 26 number 2018 down 29.7% volatile
146 Grenada 22 number 2018 up 10.0% volatile
147 Finland 21 number 2018 down 69.1% falling
148 Antigua and Barbuda 19 number 2018 down 29.6% volatile
149 Mongolia 18 number 2018 down 75.3% volatile
150 Armenia, Republic of 17 number 2019 down 45.2% volatile
151 Brunei Darussalam 16 number 2019 down 64.4% volatile
152 Samoa 15 number 2019 down 21.1% volatile
153 Belarus, Republic of 13 number 2018 up 333.3% volatile
154 Dominica 9 number 2016 down 64.0% falling
155 Kyrgyz Republic 7 number 2019 down 77.4% volatile
155 Malta 7 number 2018 down 58.8% volatile
155 Montenegro 7 number 2019 up 600.0% volatile
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 number 2019 down 72.7% falling
159 Korea 5 number 2018 down 44.4% volatile
159 Liechtenstein, Principality of 5 number 2018 — volatile
161 Singapore 4 number 2018 down 60.0% volatile
161 Tonga 4 number 2013 — volatile
163 St. Kitts and Nevis 3 number 2016 down 66.7% volatile
164 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 number 2018 unchanged volatile
164 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2 number 2019 down 80.0% volatile
164 British Virgin Islands 2 number 2018 down 81.8% falling
167 Andorra, Principality of 1 number 2019 down 95.7% volatile
167 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 96.9% volatile
169 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — flat
169 Cyprus 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
169 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
169 Japan 0 number 2012 — flat
169 Monaco 0 number 2020 — volatile
169 Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
169 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
169 Mauritius 0 number 2019 — flat
169 Malaysia 0 number 1993 — flat
169 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
169 Naoero, Republic of 0 number 2019 — flat
169 New Zealand 0 number 1979 — flat
169 Oman 0 number 2019 — volatile
169 San Marino, Republic of 0 number 2019 — flat
169 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
169 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
169 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,317 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.