Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male was 1.97 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.97 million number
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
11th
of 42 groups
All-time high
1.97 million number
in 2019
All-time low
763,368 number
in 1999
Years of data
21
1999–2019

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1999–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1999200920191999: 763.4k number2000: 787.4k number2001: 828.2k number2002: 843.2k number2003: 904.6k number2004: 976.7k number2005: 1.1M number2006: 1.1M number2007: 1.2M number2008: 1.3M number2009: 1.4M number2010: 1.4M number2011: 1.5M number2012: 1.6M number2013: 1.7M number2014: 1.9M number2015: 1.8M number2016: 1.9M number2017: 1.9M number2018: 1.9M number2019: 2.0M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 1.97 million number. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 1.97 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 763,368 number, in 1999.

That places Sub-Saharan Africa 11th out of 42 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year

Annual values for Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male (number) in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1999 to 2019.
Year number Change
1999 763,368 number
2000 787,371 number +3.1%
2001 828,152 number +5.2%
2002 843,249 number +1.8%
2003 904,624 number +7.3%
2004 976,656 number +8.0%
2005 1.07 million number +9.8%
2006 1.15 million number +6.9%
2007 1.18 million number +2.8%
2008 1.27 million number +7.7%
2009 1.37 million number +8.3%
2010 1.40 million number +2.2%
2011 1.49 million number +6.1%
2012 1.63 million number +9.4%
2013 1.72 million number +5.8%
2014 1.88 million number +8.9%
2015 1.80 million number -4.0%
2016 1.91 million number +5.9%
2017 1.87 million number -1.9%
2018 1.92 million number +2.4%
2019 1.97 million number +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 763,368 number 763,368 number 763,368 number 1
2000s 1.04 million number 787,371 number 1.37 million number 10
2010s 1.76 million number 1.40 million number 1.97 million number 10

Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa

  1. 8 Mali 132,312 number compare
  2. 9 Ethiopia 122,780 number compare
  3. 10 Côte d'Ivoire 113,668 number compare
  4. 11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 112,585 number compare
  5. 12 Burkina Faso 107,763 number compare
  6. 13 Benin 97,503 number compare
  7. 14 Philippines 93,540 number compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male in Sub-Saharan Africa was 1.97 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1.97 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 763,368 number in 1999.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th out of 42 groups with data for 2019.
Is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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