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Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
183
Highest
2.63 million number
Brazil
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
6,477 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
6,470

What the numbers show

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 2.63 million number in Brazil; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,477 number, and the mean is 73,410 number.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 540.0%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 100.0%).

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 2.63 million number 1999 — rising
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 679,135 number 2015 down 10.6% rising
3 Ethiopia 603,755 number 2015 up 38.3% rising
4 Madagascar 572,807 number 2019 up 23.0% rising
5 Malawi 535,199 number 2019 up 73.8% volatile
6 Iraq 509,088 number 2007 up 136.0% rising
7 Uganda 394,962 number 2017 down 30.4% rising
8 Bangladesh 385,686 number 2018 down 63.6% falling
9 South Africa 370,769 number 2018 up 15.8% falling
10 India 369,495 number 2017 down 85.7% volatile
11 Cameroon 308,459 number 2019 up 12.5% rising
12 Burundi 304,475 number 2019 up 6.6% volatile
13 Mali 271,291 number 2017 up 70.3% rising
14 Indonesia 252,517 number 2018 down 53.7% falling
15 Mozambique 248,840 number 2019 up 27.7% rising
16 Pakistan 244,749 number 2019 down 47.4% falling
17 Morocco 232,401 number 2019 down 15.1% falling
18 Chad 226,417 number 2018 up 12.7% rising
19 Benin 190,692 number 2019 up 53.1% rising
20 Cote d'Ivoire 188,609 number 2019 down 24.2% rising
21 Afghanistan 170,003 number 2018 — volatile
22 Algeria 160,896 number 2019 down 28.3% rising
23 Nepal 154,106 number 2019 down 56.5% falling
24 Rwanda 137,229 number 2019 down 18.5% volatile
25 Yemen 136,365 number 2016 up 36.6% rising
26 Philippines 132,835 number 2018 down 32.8% rising
27 Kenya 129,912 number 2016 down 30.7% volatile
28 Haiti 127,125 number 1997 up 189.5% rising
29 Egypt 122,099 number 2019 down 45.9% rising
30 Guatemala 118,808 number 2019 down 25.7% rising
31 Tanzania 118,437 number 2019 up 14.3% volatile
32 Guinea 111,454 number 2016 up 94.3% rising
33 Burkina Faso 105,700 number 2019 down 2.3% volatile
34 Central African Republic 103,149 number 2016 up 48.3% rising
35 Mexico 89,868 number 2018 down 72.9% volatile
36 Congo 88,256 number 2012 up 29.5% rising
37 Zambia 87,864 number 2013 up 21.8% volatile
38 Tunisia 85,760 number 2017 up 71.3% falling
39 Cambodia 82,171 number 2019 down 39.3% volatile
40 Argentina 81,387 number 2017 down 53.7% falling
41 Sudan 70,562 number 2017 down 25.7% falling
42 Turkey 69,706 number 2018 down 3.6% volatile
43 Syria 66,123 number 2013 down 35.1% rising
44 Iran 64,735 number 2017 down 23.8% volatile
45 Togo 63,513 number 2019 down 56.5% rising
46 Venezuela 63,029 number 2017 down 43.0% falling
47 Papua New Guinea 60,934 number 2016 — volatile
48 Gabon 49,690 number 2003 up 41.5% rising
49 Vietnam 49,581 number 2019 up 0.2% volatile
50 Thailand 47,269 number 2018 — volatile
51 Peru 47,216 number 2019 down 65.1% falling
52 Namibia 45,866 number 2018 up 2.3% rising
53 Nicaragua 43,846 number 2010 up 77.0% rising
54 Colombia 43,051 number 2018 down 59.8% volatile
55 Spain 43,033 number 2018 up 4.8% volatile
56 Ghana 42,833 number 2018 down 67.3% volatile
57 Niger 42,578 number 2019 down 3.2% rising
58 Dominican Republic 42,369 number 2019 down 32.2% falling
59 Libya 40,894 number 1983 up 72.7% rising
60 Senegal 29,087 number 2019 down 53.2% rising
61 Chile 27,763 number 2018 down 41.8% volatile
62 Honduras 23,896 number 2019 up 29.2% falling
63 Liberia 21,538 number 2017 up 30.4% rising
64 Guinea-Bissau 20,063 number 2010 down 5.1% rising
65 Lesotho 19,802 number 2016 down 61.9% rising
66 Bolivia 18,880 number 2018 down 59.8% falling
67 Lebanon 18,802 number 2019 down 25.5% falling
68 Saudi Arabia 18,791 number 2019 down 67.1% volatile
69 Laos 18,733 number 2019 down 77.0% falling
70 Eritrea 17,416 number 2018 down 37.3% falling
71 Sierra Leone 16,583 number 2019 down 75.4% volatile
72 East Timor 15,829 number 2019 down 30.4% falling
73 El Salvador 15,533 number 2018 down 57.6% falling
74 Eswatini 14,537 number 2018 down 41.6% rising
75 Netherlands 14,253 number 1985 down 36.3% falling
76 Portugal 14,070 number 2018 — falling
77 Paraguay 12,982 number 2016 down 52.6% falling
78 Comoros 11,001 number 2018 down 23.5% falling
79 Botswana 10,744 number 2014 up 13.6% rising
80 Poland 10,107 number 2018 down 45.8% falling
81 Russia 10,061 number 2018 — volatile
82 Belgium 9,744 number 2018 down 25.7% volatile
83 Equatorial Guinea 9,303 number 2015 down 6.3% rising
84 Gambia 9,233 number 2019 up 54.7% rising
85 Sri Lanka 8,976 number 2017 up 12.5% volatile
86 Panama 8,150 number 2017 down 45.8% falling
87 Germany 7,901 number 2018 down 64.5% volatile
88 Romania 7,431 number 2018 down 17.7% volatile
89 Uruguay 6,982 number 2018 down 52.3% falling
90 New Zealand 6,599 number 1992 down 0.3% volatile
91 Myanmar 6,596 number 2010 down 48.3% volatile
92 Jordan 6,477 number 2019 up 172.3% volatile
93 Suriname 6,466 number 2019 down 10.0% falling
94 Austria 5,374 number 2018 up 15.7% volatile
95 Mauritania 5,354 number 2019 down 20.0% volatile
96 Ecuador 5,314 number 2018 down 67.8% volatile
97 China 5,221 number 2019 down 96.9% volatile
98 Trinidad and Tobago 4,993 number 2010 down 30.7% rising
99 Italy 4,981 number 2018 up 1.5% volatile
100 Israel 4,836 number 2018 down 23.9% flat
101 Vanuatu 4,033 number 2013 up 128.1% rising
102 Hungary 3,870 number 2018 down 5.7% falling
103 Bhutan 3,782 number 2020 down 4.0% flat
104 Slovakia 3,680 number 2018 down 1.2% falling
105 Switzerland 3,419 number 2018 down 16.9% falling
106 Solomon Islands 3,417 number 2018 down 23.1% volatile
107 Cape Verde 3,235 number 2018 down 41.2% falling
108 Sao Tome and Principe 2,752 number 2017 down 36.9% falling
109 Cuba 2,682 number 2019 down 2.3% volatile
110 Jamaica 2,655 number 2019 down 59.2% falling
111 Greece 2,475 number 2018 down 1.2% volatile
112 Denmark 2,406 number 2018 — volatile
113 Costa Rica 2,247 number 2019 down 86.1% falling
114 Belize 2,241 number 2019 down 12.9% falling
115 Czechia 1,788 number 2018 up 3.7% falling
116 New Caledonia 1,763 number 1990 down 24.5% rising
117 Djibouti 1,701 number 2020 down 46.7% rising
118 Qatar 1,280 number 2019 up 540.0% falling
120 Hong Kong 924 number 2019 down 51.0% volatile
122 Kuwait 763 number 2019 down 10.8% volatile
123 Slovenia 727 number 2018 up 88.8% rising
124 Albania 671 number 2019 down 66.6% volatile
125 Serbia 662 number 2019 down 39.7% falling
126 Finland 607 number 2018 down 37.5% falling
127 Ukraine 595 number 2019 down 18.3% volatile
128 Bahamas 585 number 2018 — volatile
129 Latvia 456 number 2018 down 83.8% falling
130 United Arab Emirates 442 number 2015 down 85.0% falling
131 Georgia 438 number 2019 up 154.7% falling
132 Aruba 423 number 2014 down 17.2% falling
133 Azerbaijan 376 number 2019 down 50.0% falling
134 Kazakhstan 346 number 2019 down 23.3% volatile
135 Guyana 330 number 2010 down 77.0% volatile
136 Lithuania 327 number 2018 down 43.2% volatile
137 Tonga 315 number 2013 down 49.5% falling
138 Tajikistan 303 number 2017 down 70.0% volatile
139 Estonia 289 number 2018 down 42.2% volatile
140 Macao 279 number 2019 down 75.8% volatile
141 Saint Lucia 265 number 2019 down 19.5% volatile
142 Samoa 235 number 2019 up 39.1% rising
143 Grenada 215 number 2018 down 20.1% volatile
144 Bahrain 212 number 2019 down 63.6% volatile
145 Fiji 206 number 2016 down 86.6% volatile
146 Singapore 189 number 2018 down 63.8% volatile
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 189 number 2018 down 55.2% volatile
148 Kiribati 175 number 2016 — volatile
149 Bulgaria 174 number 2018 down 94.0% volatile
150 Croatia 151 number 2018 down 47.4% volatile
151 Dominica 132 number 2016 down 37.1% falling
152 Palestine 129 number 2019 — volatile
153 Armenia 117 number 2019 down 18.8% volatile
154 Mongolia 112 number 2018 down 55.0% volatile
155 Belarus 96 number 2018 up 18.5% volatile
156 Antigua and Barbuda 87 number 2018 down 79.2% volatile
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 number 2019 up 14.3% rising
158 Brunei 70 number 2019 down 60.7% volatile
159 Kyrgyzstan 66 number 2019 down 65.8% volatile
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57 number 2016 down 30.5% rising
162 Cyprus 45 number 2018 down 67.4% volatile
163 South Korea 43 number 2018 down 12.2% volatile
163 Turks and Caicos Islands 43 number 2018 up 10.3% volatile
166 Andorra 33 number 2019 down 52.2% volatile
167 Montenegro 28 number 2019 up 55.6% volatile
168 British Virgin Islands 25 number 2018 down 74.0% falling
169 Nauru 16 number 2019 — volatile
170 Uzbekistan 14 number 2019 down 73.1% volatile
171 Mauritius 9 number 2019 down 99.6% volatile
172 Monaco 8 number 2020 — volatile
173 Maldives 6 number 2019 down 99.3% volatile
174 Tuvalu 2 number 2019 — volatile
175 Canada 0 number 2011 — flat
175 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile
175 United Kingdom 0 number 2012 — flat
175 Iceland 0 number 2018 — flat
175 Japan 0 number 2015 — flat
175 Moldova 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
175 North Macedonia 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
175 Malaysia 0 number 1991 — flat
175 Norway 0 number 1993 — flat
175 Oman 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
175 San Marino 0 number 2019 — volatile
175 Sweden 0 number 2015 — flat
175 Seychelles 0 number 1994 — 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 primary education, all grades, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 6,470 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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