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Repeaters in Grade 6 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
133
Highest
84,884 number
Iraq
Lowest
0 number
Tuvalu
Median
1,351 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
3,300

What the numbers show

Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 84,884 number in Iraq; the lowest is 0 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,351 number, and the mean is 7,138 number.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 1,360.0%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 84,884 number 2007 up 502.3% volatile
2 Uganda 54,882 number 2017 down 11.3% rising
3 Ethiopia 47,321 number 2015 up 16.3% volatile
4 Malawi 44,404 number 2019 up 172.4% volatile
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 38,398 number 2015 down 19.6% rising
6 Mali 37,788 number 2017 up 32.1% rising
7 Morocco 36,649 number 2019 up 42.2% rising
8 Cameroon 34,493 number 2019 down 3.8% rising
9 Burkina Faso 32,272 number 2019 up 0.3% volatile
10 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 28,516 number 2019 down 56.6% falling
11 South Africa 28,280 number 2018 down 11.7% falling
12 Algeria 26,936 number 2008 down 64.1% rising
13 Egypt 24,582 number 2019 down 68.4% volatile
14 Niger 24,557 number 2019 up 20.5% volatile
15 Afghanistan 23,886 number 2018 β€” volatile
16 Burundi 22,849 number 2019 down 40.6% volatile
17 Benin 22,725 number 2019 down 26.0% rising
18 Kenya 21,893 number 2016 down 7.9% volatile
19 Chad 19,862 number 2018 up 11.8% rising
20 Guinea 18,489 number 2016 up 20.6% volatile
21 Yemen 16,049 number 2016 up 21.9% flat
22 Togo 15,414 number 2019 up 18.2% falling
23 Mozambique 13,515 number 2019 up 107.1% volatile
24 Zambia 11,276 number 2013 up 15.2% volatile
25 Belgium 11,032 number 1991 down 33.9% falling
26 Tunisia 10,816 number 2017 down 38.8% volatile
27 Argentina 10,627 number 2017 down 43.2% rising
28 Central African Republic 10,491 number 2016 up 22.3% rising
29 Syrian Arab Republic 10,192 number 2002 down 3.6% rising
30 Haiti 9,835 number 1997 up 380.9% volatile
31 Sudan 9,637 number 2017 down 19.2% flat
32 Congo 7,980 number 2012 up 165.4% falling
33 Spain 7,558 number 2018 down 53.9% falling
34 Papua New Guinea 7,190 number 2016 β€” volatile
35 Senegal 6,739 number 2019 down 60.8% falling
36 Libya 6,534 number 1983 down 43.8% rising
37 Mexico 6,515 number 2018 down 1.6% falling
38 Dominican Republic 6,186 number 2019 down 21.6% rising
39 Ghana 5,955 number 2018 down 64.9% volatile
40 Philippines 5,736 number 2018 down 14.1% falling
41 Namibia 4,973 number 2018 up 12.9% rising
42 Chile 4,924 number 2018 down 55.2% falling
43 Cambodia 4,592 number 2019 down 13.6% rising
44 Portugal 3,575 number 2018 β€” falling
45 Thailand 3,542 number 2019 β€” falling
46 Peru 3,352 number 2019 down 65.8% falling
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3,264 number 2017 β€” volatile
48 Lesotho 3,145 number 2016 down 3.4% rising
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2,845 number 2017 down 26.3% falling
50 Lebanon 2,745 number 2019 down 31.2% falling
51 Gabon 2,669 number 2003 down 43.1% rising
52 Eswatini 2,468 number 2018 down 11.8% volatile
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2,415 number 2018 down 66.0% volatile
54 El Salvador 2,303 number 2018 down 28.7% volatile
55 Guatemala 2,267 number 2019 up 1.3% volatile
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,261 number 2019 up 613.2% volatile
57 Liberia 2,045 number 2017 up 40.5% rising
58 Mauritania 1,872 number 2019 down 42.0% flat
59 Oman 1,765 number 2017 up 136.9% volatile
60 Jordan 1,661 number 2019 up 105.8% volatile
61 Jamaica 1,575 number 2019 down 45.2% rising
62 Honduras 1,460 number 2019 up 1,360.0% rising
63 Guinea-Bissau 1,413 number 2010 down 28.9% volatile
64 Poland 1,409 number 2018 down 45.6% falling
65 Indonesia 1,396 number 2018 down 71.0% volatile
66 Nicaragua 1,361 number 2010 up 46.7% volatile
67 Rwanda 1,351 number 2019 down 65.9% volatile
68 Comoros 1,260 number 2018 down 35.4% falling
69 Suriname 1,172 number 2019 up 41.0% rising
70 Israel 1,076 number 2018 up 31.7% rising
71 Netherlands 1,043 number 1985 up 11.2% flat
72 Bhutan 867 number 2020 up 82.9% rising
73 Djibouti 824 number 2006 down 53.9% volatile
74 Timor-Leste 814 number 2019 up 33.7% rising
75 Botswana 790 number 2014 up 30.6% volatile
76 Ecuador 786 number 2018 up 36.2% volatile
77 United Arab Emirates 727 number 2002 up 6.1% rising
78 Equatorial Guinea 718 number 2015 up 10.1% rising
79 Paraguay 711 number 2016 down 19.8% rising
80 Trinidad and Tobago 692 number 2010 down 22.8% volatile
81 Cape Verde 579 number 2018 down 8.7% volatile
82 Switzerland 562 number 2018 up 26.6% falling
83 Gambia 523 number 2019 up 48.6% volatile
84 Sao Tome and Principe 472 number 2017 down 26.7% rising
85 Vanuatu 459 number 2013 up 21.1% falling
86 Panama 428 number 2017 down 14.6% falling
87 Saudi Arabia 320 number 2019 down 83.7% volatile
88 Belize 303 number 2019 up 21.2% falling
89 Greece 276 number 2018 down 14.3% volatile
90 Qatar 219 number 2019 up 397.7% volatile
91 Tonga 207 number 2013 down 66.8% falling
92 Slovenia 206 number 2018 up 74.6% rising
93 Denmark 202 number 2018 β€” volatile
93 Uruguay 202 number 2018 down 68.2% falling
95 Singapore 163 number 2018 down 64.1% volatile
96 Sierra Leone 121 number 2019 down 93.7% volatile
97 Cuba 116 number 2019 up 10.5% volatile
98 Solomon Islands 110 number 2018 down 68.1% flat
99 Georgia 104 number 2019 up 225.0% volatile
100 Latvia 86 number 2018 down 89.1% volatile
101 Ireland 69 number 2018 down 35.5% volatile
102 Costa Rica 58 number 2019 down 85.9% falling
103 Estonia 54 number 2018 down 61.7% volatile
103 Finland 54 number 2018 up 8.0% flat
105 Guyana 41 number 2010 down 73.5% volatile
106 Fiji 40 number 2016 down 87.7% volatile
107 Bahamas 32 number 2018 β€” volatile
107 Kiribati 32 number 2016 β€” volatile
107 Macau, China 32 number 2019 down 89.5% volatile
110 Bahrain 30 number 2019 down 69.7% volatile
110 Grenada 30 number 2018 up 172.7% volatile
112 Turks and Caicos Islands 29 number 2018 up 38.1% volatile
113 Luxembourg 24 number 2018 β€” volatile
114 Hong Kong, China 21 number 2019 up 110.0% volatile
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 number 2018 down 57.4% volatile
116 Samoa 18 number 2019 down 21.7% rising
117 Korea 16 number 2018 down 11.1% volatile
117 Saint Lucia 16 number 2019 up 6.7% volatile
119 Aruba 14 number 2014 down 51.7% falling
120 Dominica 13 number 2016 down 48.0% falling
121 Mauritius 9 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
122 Antigua and Barbuda 8 number 2018 down 87.5% volatile
123 Brunei Darussalam 6 number 2019 down 33.3% volatile
123 Malta 6 number 2018 down 66.7% volatile
125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 number 2016 down 16.7% volatile
126 Cyprus 3 number 2018 up 200.0% volatile
127 Andorra 2 number 2019 down 84.6% volatile
128 Maldives 1 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
128 British Virgin Islands 1 number 2018 down 92.9% rising
130 New Caledonia 0 number 1990 down 100.0% volatile
130 Naoero 0 number 2019 β€” volatile
130 Seychelles 0 number 1994 β€” volatile
130 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 β€” volatile

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Indicator
Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
140 places, 3,300 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.