Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Number of pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.

Countries reporting

120

Highest

6,622 number

Argentina

Lowest

0 number

Zambia

Median

0 number

Years covered

1989–2020

Data points

1,121

What the numbers show

Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 6,622 number in Argentina; the lowest is 0 number in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 number, and the mean is 89.53 number.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 2,566.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan, Republic of (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Argentina	6,622 number	2017	—	volatile
2	Türkiye	2,999 number	2018	up 817.1%	volatile
3	Colombia	495 number	2018	—	volatile
4	Germany	192 number	2018	up 128.6%	volatile
5	Cuba	148 number	2019	down 56.3%	volatile
6	Ireland	82 number	2018	down 56.6%	volatile
7	Costa Rica	80 number	2019	up 2,566.7%	volatile
8	Slovenia	40 number	2018	up 566.7%	volatile
9	Czechia	37 number	2018	up 1,133.3%	volatile
9	Egypt, Arab Republic of	37 number	2019	—	volatile
11	Djibouti	10 number	2020	down 9.1%	volatile
12	Suriname	1 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Albania	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Andorra, Principality of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Antigua and Barbuda	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Azerbaijan, Republic of	0 number	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Burundi	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Belgium	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Benin	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Burkina Faso	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Bulgaria	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Bahrain, Kingdom of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Bahamas, The	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Belarus, Republic of	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Belize	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Bolivia	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Brazil	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Botswana	0 number	2015	—	volatile
13	Switzerland	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Chile	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	China (People’s Republic of)	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Côte d'Ivoire	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Cameroon	0 number	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Cabo Verde	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Cyprus	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Dominica	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Denmark	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Dominican Republic	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Algeria	0 number	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Ecuador	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Eritrea, The State of	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Spain	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Estonia	0 number	2018	—	volatile
13	Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of	0 number	2014	—	flat
13	Ghana	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Gambia, The	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Grenada	0 number	2018	—	volatile
13	Guatemala	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China	0 number	2012	—	flat
13	Honduras	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Croatia	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Hungary	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	India	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Jamaica	0 number	2017	—	volatile
13	Jordan	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Kazakhstan, Republic of	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Kenya	0 number	2016	—	flat
13	St. Kitts and Nevis	0 number	2015	—	flat
13	Korea	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Kuwait	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Lebanon	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	St. Lucia	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Liechtenstein	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Sri Lanka	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Lesotho, Kingdom of	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Luxembourg	0 number	2012	—	volatile
13	Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China	0 number	2012	—	volatile
13	Morocco	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Monaco	0 number	2020	—	flat
13	Moldova	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Madagascar, Republic of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Maldives	0 number	2014	—	flat
13	Mexico	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Mali	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Malta	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Montenegro	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Mongolia	0 number	2015	—	flat
13	Mozambique, Republic of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Mauritania, Islamic Republic of	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Mauritius	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Malawi	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Niger	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Oman	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Peru	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Philippines	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Poland	0 number	2014	—	volatile
13	Palestine	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Qatar	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Russia	0 number	2014	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Rwanda	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Saudi Arabia	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Sudan	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Senegal	0 number	2015	—	flat
13	Solomon Islands	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Sierra Leone	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	El Salvador	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
13	Serbia, Republic of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Slovak Republic	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Sweden	0 number	2014	—	flat
13	Eswatini, Kingdom of	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 number	2015	—	flat
13	Chad	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Togo	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Trinidad and Tobago	0 number	2008	—	flat
13	Tunisia	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Tuvalu	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Tanzania, United Republic of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Uganda	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	Ukraine	0 number	2019	—	volatile
13	Uruguay	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Uzbekistan, Republic of	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Venezuela, República Bolivariana de	0 number	2017	—	flat
13	British Virgin Islands	0 number	2018	—	volatile
13	Vietnam	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	Samoa	0 number	2019	—	flat
13	South Africa	0 number	2018	—	flat
13	Zambia	0 number	2016	—	flat

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Indicator: Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 1,121 data points, 1989–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.