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Repeaters in Grade 5 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
22
Highest
18,814 number
Germany
Lowest
0 number
Republic of Moldova
Median
97 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
338

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 18,814 number in Germany; the lowest is 0 number in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 97 number, and the mean is 2,588 number.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 278.8%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.5%).

Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 18,814 number 2018 down 16.6% flat
2 Syrian Arab Republic 18,143 number 2013 down 29.0% falling
3 Hong Kong, China 8,588 number 1985 up 147.4% rising
4 Russian Federation 7,076 number 2018 — falling
5 Sri Lanka 2,038 number 1992 down 93.4% volatile
6 Palestine, State of 635 number 2019 down 43.4% rising
7 Sierra Leone 553 number 1979 up 278.8% rising
8 Brunei Darussalam 426 number 1984 up 100.9% rising
9 Lithuania 157 number 2018 down 66.9% volatile
10 Slovakia 123 number 2018 up 32.3% rising
11 Tajikistan 114 number 2017 down 79.2% volatile
12 Armenia 80 number 2019 — volatile
13 New Caledonia 66 number 1987 up 200.0% rising
14 French Polynesia 56 number 1987 down 18.8% rising
15 Ukraine 23 number 2019 down 14.8% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 13 number 2019 down 93.4% volatile
17 Belarus 11 number 2018 up 37.5% volatile
18 Azerbaijan 5 number 2019 down 99.5% volatile
18 Malta 5 number 2011 down 64.3% volatile
20 Uzbekistan 4 number 2019 down 95.9% volatile
21 Kyrgyzstan 3 number 2019 down 81.2% volatile
22 Republic of Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
22 places, 338 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of pupils in the specified grade who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.