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Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male (number) by country

Number of male pupils in lower secondary education who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
347,361 number
Algeria
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
4,065 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,182

What the numbers show

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 347,361 number in Algeria; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,065 number, and the mean is 24,257 number.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 1,148.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.7%).

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 347,361 number 2019 up 12.9% volatile
2 Morocco 233,909 number 2019 up 67.9% rising
3 Iraq 221,734 number 2007 up 39.8% rising
4 Argentina 166,068 number 2017 up 7.2% rising
5 South Africa 158,705 number 2018 up 25.4% rising
6 Egypt 154,559 number 2019 down 15.7% falling
7 India 135,512 number 2017 down 90.6% volatile
8 Mali 132,312 number 2017 up 221.1% volatile
9 Ethiopia 122,780 number 2017 down 37.9% volatile
10 Cote d'Ivoire 113,668 number 2019 up 110.3% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 112,585 number 2014 — volatile
12 Burkina Faso 107,763 number 2019 up 104.3% volatile
13 Benin 97,503 number 2016 up 152.5% volatile
14 Philippines 93,540 number 2018 down 21.5% rising
15 Spain 87,654 number 2018 down 39.8% falling
16 Niger 86,041 number 2019 up 220.1% volatile
17 Bangladesh 78,649 number 2016 down 61.2% falling
18 Cameroon 68,853 number 2016 up 93.5% volatile
19 Germany 68,607 number 2018 down 20.5% falling
20 Togo 67,765 number 2019 up 27.8% volatile
21 Madagascar 65,452 number 2019 up 28.2% volatile
22 Afghanistan 61,895 number 2018 — volatile
23 Pakistan 57,727 number 2019 down 46.7% falling
24 Senegal 56,336 number 2019 up 49.8% volatile
25 Tunisia 55,610 number 2018 down 15.8% rising
26 Guinea 54,309 number 2016 up 69.8% volatile
27 Thailand 54,203 number 2018 — rising
28 Syria 52,133 number 2013 down 28.2% rising
29 Mozambique 45,641 number 2019 up 42.9% rising
30 Venezuela 44,847 number 2017 down 8.8% rising
31 Malawi 43,856 number 2012 up 129.2% rising
32 Colombia 42,570 number 2018 down 34.3% volatile
33 Chad 42,039 number 2018 up 18.1% volatile
34 Burundi 41,795 number 2019 up 28.2% volatile
35 Mexico 39,197 number 2018 down 17.6% falling
36 Nepal 37,936 number 2019 down 36.0% falling
37 Turkey 36,177 number 2018 down 46.5% volatile
38 Kenya 33,979 number 2016 — rising
39 Peru 33,614 number 2019 down 49.2% flat
40 Yemen 32,520 number 2016 down 10.8% falling
41 Eswatini 31,557 number 2018 up 1,148.3% volatile
42 Vietnam 28,480 number 2019 down 35.4% falling
43 Italy 26,381 number 2018 down 25.1% volatile
44 Zambia 25,585 number 2013 up 196.1% rising
45 Iran 25,448 number 2017 down 89.1% volatile
46 Indonesia 23,158 number 2017 down 20.2% falling
47 Guatemala 22,951 number 2019 up 112.8% volatile
48 Dominican Republic 22,077 number 2019 up 31.6% volatile
49 France 21,653 number 2018 down 76.9% volatile
50 Congo 20,849 number 2012 down 8.2% volatile
51 Bolivia 20,465 number 2018 up 508.0% volatile
52 Libya 20,217 number 1983 up 195.0% volatile
53 Saudi Arabia 19,825 number 2019 down 38.8% volatile
54 Uruguay 18,769 number 2013 up 41.6% rising
55 Eritrea 18,025 number 2018 up 52.1% rising
56 Romania 17,334 number 2018 up 6.6% volatile
57 Namibia 17,319 number 2017 up 99.2% rising
58 Central African Republic 15,532 number 2016 up 95.5% volatile
59 Honduras 14,769 number 2019 up 81.8% rising
60 Ghana 13,496 number 2019 down 52.7% volatile
61 Myanmar 13,453 number 2017 down 18.0% volatile
62 Ecuador 13,322 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
63 Russia 13,186 number 2018 — volatile
64 Nicaragua 13,079 number 2010 up 59.4% rising
65 Tanzania 13,025 number 2018 up 16.5% volatile
66 Sudan 12,431 number 2017 down 22.8% flat
67 Cambodia 10,809 number 2019 up 20.6% falling
68 Poland 10,598 number 2018 down 56.7% falling
69 Jordan 10,278 number 2019 up 104.5% rising
70 Chile 10,074 number 2018 down 51.0% falling
71 Belgium 9,957 number 2018 up 3.9% volatile
72 Uganda 8,982 number 2017 down 27.5% rising
73 Netherlands 8,747 number 1999 down 73.0% falling
74 Rwanda 8,681 number 2019 down 3.1% volatile
75 Lebanon 8,339 number 2019 down 30.1% falling
76 Oman 7,889 number 2019 up 229.3% volatile
77 El Salvador 7,527 number 2018 down 23.5% volatile
78 China 7,079 number 2016 down 87.8% volatile
79 Lesotho 6,860 number 2017 up 62.9% rising
80 Greece 6,801 number 2018 down 20.5% falling
81 Gabon 6,622 number 1995 up 73.4% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 6,335 number 2017 down 21.0% volatile
83 Haiti 5,911 number 1997 up 9.7% rising
84 Austria 5,503 number 2018 — volatile
85 Mauritania 5,205 number 2019 up 36.6% rising
86 Palestine 4,743 number 2019 down 39.5% falling
87 Panama 4,650 number 2017 down 6.6% rising
88 Hungary 4,451 number 2018 down 25.9% falling
89 Cape Verde 4,284 number 2018 up 1.7% rising
90 Guyana 4,065 number 2010 up 63.2% falling
91 Laos 3,955 number 2019 up 9.7% rising
92 Israel 3,761 number 2018 unchanged falling
93 Cuba 3,737 number 2019 up 577.0% volatile
94 Sierra Leone 3,680 number 2019 down 75.3% volatile
95 Liberia 3,657 number 2017 up 3.3% rising
96 Hong Kong 3,520 number 2019 down 29.8% volatile
97 Bhutan 3,514 number 2020 up 312.9% volatile
98 Comoros 3,232 number 2017 up 27.8% rising
99 Bulgaria 3,200 number 2018 down 27.7% volatile
100 Slovakia 2,706 number 2018 down 28.4% falling
101 Sao Tome and Principe 2,261 number 2017 up 79.6% rising
102 United Arab Emirates 2,218 number 2014 down 56.7% volatile
103 Costa Rica 2,127 number 2019 down 85.3% rising
104 Kuwait 2,080 number 2019 down 56.0% falling
105 Djibouti 2,065 number 2020 up 97.8% volatile
106 Czechia 1,928 number 2018 down 34.6% falling
107 East Timor 1,780 number 2019 up 237.8% rising
108 Gambia 1,759 number 2019 up 54.0% volatile
109 Switzerland 1,749 number 2018 down 34.3% falling
110 Paraguay 1,737 number 2016 down 18.1% falling
111 Suriname 1,734 number 2019 up 10.4% rising
112 Denmark 1,366 number 2018 up 4.3% rising
113 Mauritius 1,361 number 2019 down 14.2% volatile
114 Serbia 1,328 number 2019 down 50.7% falling
115 Equatorial Guinea 1,172 number 2015 down 41.0% rising
116 Qatar 1,011 number 2019 up 627.3% volatile
117 Georgia 939 number 2019 up 433.5% rising
118 Azerbaijan 937 number 2019 down 66.4% volatile
119 New Caledonia 903 number 1990 up 24.4% rising
120 Albania 896 number 2019 down 59.6% volatile
121 Jamaica 857 number 2019 up 12.5% volatile
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 826 number 2018 up 450.7% rising
123 Belize 811 number 2019 up 9.3% flat
124 Tajikistan 622 number 2017 down 76.1% volatile
125 Lithuania 589 number 2018 down 73.4% volatile
126 Macao 498 number 2019 down 76.3% falling
127 Croatia 447 number 2018 down 42.0% volatile
128 Estonia 445 number 2018 down 63.2% volatile
129 Latvia 436 number 2018 down 51.8% falling
130 Tonga 398 number 2004 down 62.4% volatile
131 Bahrain 369 number 2019 down 73.0% falling
132 Fiji 360 number 2016 down 32.7% volatile
133 Finland 351 number 2018 down 42.5% volatile
134 Singapore 340 number 2018 down 23.3% volatile
135 Mongolia 310 number 2018 up 434.5% volatile
136 Slovenia 305 number 2018 up 22.5% volatile
137 Antigua and Barbuda 297 number 2018 down 58.4% falling
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 279 number 2019 down 40.8% falling
139 Cyprus 275 number 2018 up 18.0% volatile
140 Aruba 219 number 2014 down 1.4% rising
141 Botswana 205 number 2014 down 14.6% rising
142 Kiribati 198 number 2016 — volatile
143 Dominica 181 number 2016 down 53.0% flat
144 Armenia 179 number 2019 down 13.5% falling
145 Brunei 177 number 2019 down 71.0% volatile
146 Ireland 174 number 2018 down 29.3% falling
147 Bahamas 167 number 2010 — volatile
148 Solomon Islands 166 number 2018 down 27.2% volatile
149 North Macedonia 143 number 2018 down 42.6% falling
150 Grenada 132 number 2018 down 72.4% falling
151 Luxembourg 129 number 2018 down 88.5% rising
152 Ukraine 117 number 2019 down 37.1% volatile
153 Kazakhstan 110 number 2019 down 89.6% volatile
154 Montenegro 69 number 2019 down 42.0% falling
155 Trinidad and Tobago 67 number 2010 down 71.7% volatile
156 Belarus 51 number 2018 up 96.2% volatile
157 British Virgin Islands 47 number 2018 down 44.7% falling
158 Kyrgyzstan 42 number 2019 down 86.6% volatile
159 Samoa 37 number 2019 up 23.3% volatile
160 Andorra 35 number 2019 down 71.8% falling
161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32 number 2016 up 14.3% rising
162 South Korea 29 number 2018 down 50.8% volatile
163 Uzbekistan 14 number 2019 down 94.9% volatile
164 Malta 13 number 2018 down 77.2% volatile
165 Liechtenstein 11 number 2018 — volatile
166 Monaco 9 number 2020 — volatile
167 Turks and Caicos Islands 7 number 2018 up 600.0% volatile
168 San Marino 6 number 2019 — volatile
169 Maldives 3 number 2019 down 99.7% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 2 number 2019 down 33.3% volatile
170 Tuvalu 2 number 2019 — volatile
172 Barbados 0 number 2003 — flat
172 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — flat
172 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
172 Japan 0 number 1994 — flat
172 Moldova 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 Nauru 0 number 2019 — volatile
172 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
172 Seychelles 0 number 2000 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
223 places, 4,182 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of male pupils in lower secondary education who are enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.