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Repeaters in Grade 5 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
164
Highest
143,217 number
Iraq
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
896.5 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,798

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 143,217 number in Iraq; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 896.5 number, and the mean is 8,975 number.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 7,477.1%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 143,217 number 2007 up 102.9% rising
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 89,989 number 2015 up 1.1% rising
3 Ethiopia 71,409 number 2015 up 7.8% volatile
4 Malawi 64,819 number 2019 up 153.4% volatile
5 Uganda 62,413 number 2017 down 12.3% rising
6 Mozambique 60,190 number 2019 up 12.1% volatile
7 India 59,280 number 2017 down 88.6% falling
8 Mali 50,879 number 2017 up 59.7% volatile
9 Madagascar 47,682 number 2019 down 8.1% rising
10 Cameroon 43,280 number 2019 up 29.6% rising
11 South Africa 42,489 number 2018 up 2.5% falling
12 Bangladesh 40,885 number 2015 down 39.8% falling
13 Pakistan 37,784 number 2019 down 39.5% falling
14 Burundi 35,641 number 2019 down 6.4% volatile
15 Benin 31,671 number 2019 up 50.0% volatile
16 Morocco 30,985 number 2019 down 6.9% volatile
17 Côte d’Ivoire 30,465 number 2019 down 16.5% volatile
18 Egypt 29,840 number 2019 down 38.3% volatile
19 Afghanistan 29,794 number 2018 — volatile
20 Chad 22,592 number 2018 up 5.0% rising
21 Rwanda 21,339 number 2019 up 41.5% volatile
22 Indonesia 20,911 number 2018 down 55.4% falling
23 Kenya 20,322 number 2016 down 18.1% volatile
24 Yemen 19,886 number 2016 up 17.1% flat
25 Tunisia 18,121 number 2017 up 438.0% falling
26 Algeria 18,061 number 2019 down 64.8% rising
27 Philippines 16,209 number 2018 up 11.1% rising
28 Nepal 15,792 number 2019 down 32.0% falling
29 Mexico 13,893 number 2018 down 61.6% falling
30 Argentina 12,852 number 2017 down 48.6% rising
31 Congo 12,443 number 2012 up 25.3% rising
32 Burkina Faso 12,181 number 2019 down 20.1% volatile
33 Guinea 12,157 number 2016 up 255.5% volatile
34 Zambia 11,080 number 2013 up 22.1% volatile
35 Central African Republic 10,974 number 2016 up 39.9% rising
36 Libya 10,911 number 1983 up 7,477.1% volatile
37 Sudan 10,318 number 2017 down 26.6% falling
38 Haiti 9,852 number 1997 up 76.0% rising
39 Papua New Guinea 8,771 number 2016 — volatile
40 Dominican Republic 8,203 number 2019 down 9.9% rising
41 Guatemala 7,740 number 2019 up 5.0% rising
42 Thailand 7,662 number 2018 — volatile
43 Venezuela 7,327 number 2017 down 30.6% falling
44 Peru 7,032 number 2019 down 63.4% falling
45 Cambodia 6,899 number 2019 down 35.2% volatile
46 Namibia 6,863 number 2018 down 22.4% rising
47 Syrian Arab Republic 6,674 number 2002 down 25.2% rising
48 Ghana 6,140 number 2018 down 62.7% volatile
49 Colombia 5,798 number 2018 down 60.3% falling
50 Spain 5,562 number 2018 — volatile
51 Iran 5,456 number 2017 down 49.4% volatile
52 Gabon 5,228 number 2003 up 120.2% volatile
53 Chile 4,785 number 2018 down 48.6% falling
54 Niger 4,760 number 2019 down 31.5% rising
55 Togo 4,254 number 2019 down 79.2% rising
56 Portugal 3,961 number 2018 — falling
57 Eritrea 3,520 number 2018 down 3.0% rising
58 Lesotho 3,466 number 2016 down 40.6% rising
59 Lebanon 3,107 number 2019 down 32.9% falling
60 Honduras 3,049 number 2019 up 609.1% falling
61 Bolivia 2,944 number 2018 down 49.4% falling
62 Senegal 2,903 number 2019 down 64.7% rising
63 Eswatini 2,708 number 2018 down 17.6% volatile
64 Oman 2,285 number 2017 up 82.1% rising
65 El Salvador 2,257 number 2018 down 40.1% rising
66 Liberia 2,256 number 2017 up 13.1% rising
67 Nicaragua 2,112 number 2010 up 23.1% volatile
68 Timor-Leste 1,959 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
69 Sri Lanka 1,809 number 2017 down 28.1% volatile
70 Poland 1,643 number 2018 down 60.0% falling
71 Myanmar 1,640 number 2018 up 94.8% volatile
72 Guinea-Bissau 1,475 number 2010 down 23.9% rising
73 Jordan 1,443 number 2019 up 117.6% volatile
74 Netherlands 1,361 number 1985 down 8.5% falling
75 Tanzania 1,161 number 2019 up 107.0% volatile
76 Belgium 1,134 number 2018 down 34.9% volatile
77 Mauritania 1,130 number 2019 down 42.0% rising
78 Botswana 1,124 number 2014 up 48.1% volatile
79 Paraguay 1,121 number 2016 down 43.3% rising
80 Comoros 1,103 number 2018 down 34.5% falling
81 Viet Nam 1,027 number 2018 down 58.3% volatile
82 Panama 897 number 2017 down 27.9% falling
83 Bhutan 896 number 2020 up 15.9% rising
84 Equatorial Guinea 881 number 2015 down 14.4% flat
85 Suriname 783 number 2019 down 16.1% falling
86 Israel 757 number 2018 down 32.4% flat
87 Italy 733 number 2018 down 28.2% volatile
88 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 700 number 2019 down 68.8% volatile
89 Ecuador 687 number 2018 down 41.1% volatile
90 Gambia 684 number 2019 up 26.0% volatile
91 Cabo Verde 664 number 2018 up 8.5% rising
92 Sierra Leone 652 number 2019 down 92.1% volatile
93 Trinidad and Tobago 643 number 2010 up 3.2% volatile
94 Djibouti 627 number 2020 down 60.7% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 600 number 2019 down 86.5% volatile
96 Solomon Islands 500 number 2018 down 19.2% volatile
97 China (People’s Republic of) 493 number 2019 down 85.0% volatile
98 Uruguay 464 number 2018 down 70.1% falling
99 Sao Tome and Principe 451 number 2017 down 8.9% rising
100 Vanuatu 425 number 2013 up 58.6% rising
101 Qatar 373 number 2019 up 554.4% falling
102 Switzerland 369 number 2018 down 41.5% falling
103 Belize 323 number 2019 up 6.6% flat
104 New Caledonia 321 number 1990 down 32.0% rising
105 Cuba 283 number 2019 up 11.0% volatile
106 Czechia 277 number 2018 down 8.6% volatile
107 Greece 223 number 2018 down 19.5% volatile
108 Jamaica 158 number 2019 down 77.8% falling
109 Costa Rica 157 number 2019 down 90.5% falling
110 Denmark 154 number 2018 — volatile
111 Albania 121 number 2019 down 82.8% volatile
112 Slovenia 105 number 2018 up 101.9% rising
113 Kuwait 96 number 2019 down 55.3% flat
114 Georgia 88 number 2019 up 238.5% falling
114 Hong Kong (China) 88 number 2019 down 65.9% volatile
116 United Arab Emirates 84 number 2015 down 85.9% volatile
117 Ireland 67 number 2018 down 33.7% volatile
118 Latvia 62 number 2018 down 86.5% volatile
119 Macau (China) 61 number 2019 down 81.9% volatile
120 Aruba 60 number 2014 up 36.4% rising
121 Fiji 45 number 2016 down 81.6% volatile
122 Estonia 41 number 2018 down 54.9% volatile
123 Guyana 37 number 2010 down 67.3% volatile
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37 number 2018 down 33.9% volatile
125 Grenada 28 number 2018 up 180.0% volatile
126 Mongolia 26 number 2018 down 59.4% volatile
127 Bahamas 25 number 2018 — volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 number 2019 up 38.9% rising
127 Kiribati 25 number 2016 — volatile
130 Finland 24 number 2018 down 63.1% falling
131 Bahrain 23 number 2019 down 82.7% volatile
132 Dominica 16 number 2016 down 23.8% flat
133 Brunei Darussalam 13 number 2019 down 68.3% volatile
134 Tonga 8 number 2013 — volatile
134 Samoa 8 number 2019 down 20.0% falling
136 Antigua and Barbuda 7 number 2018 down 72.0% volatile
136 Korea 7 number 2018 down 12.5% volatile
136 Saint Lucia 7 number 2019 down 63.2% volatile
136 Malta 7 number 2018 down 12.5% volatile
140 Montenegro 5 number 2019 — volatile
141 Singapore 4 number 2018 down 80.0% volatile
142 Andorra 2 number 2019 down 33.3% volatile
142 Cyprus 2 number 2018 up 100.0% volatile
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 number 2016 down 77.8% volatile
142 Maldives 2 number 2019 down 97.5% volatile
142 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 number 2018 unchanged volatile
142 British Virgin Islands 2 number 2018 down 87.5% rising
148 Monaco 1 number 2020 — volatile
149 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — flat
149 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
149 Japan 0 number 2012 — flat
149 Liechtenstein 0 number 2018 — volatile
149 Luxembourg 0 number 2012 down 100.0% volatile
149 North Macedonia 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
149 Mauritius 0 number 2019 — flat
149 Malaysia 0 number 1993 — flat
149 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
149 Naoero 0 number 2019 — volatile
149 New Zealand 0 number 1979 — flat
149 San Marino 0 number 2019 — flat
149 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
149 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — volatile
149 Türkiye 0 number 2015 down 100.0% falling
149 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,798 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.