Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
86.8%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.8%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,631
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 86.8% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.8%, and the mean is 6.8%.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,204.5%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 86.8% | 2017 | up 793.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.6% | 1984 | up 319.0% | rising |
| 3 | Iraq | 34.8% | 1999 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 4 | Namibia | 31.1% | 2012 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 30.7% | 2016 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 6 | Burundi | 29.4% | 2018 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Benin | 23.9% | 2015 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 8 | Gabon | 23.8% | 1987 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 23.8% | 2017 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 22.8% | 2009 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 21.2% | 2017 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 12 | Algeria | 21.1% | 2018 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 13 | Cape Verde | 21.0% | 2017 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 20.8% | 2018 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 15 | Senegal | 20.5% | 2014 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 20.4% | 1980 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 17 | Morocco | 20.4% | 2018 | up 153.1% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 20.2% | 1990 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Niger | 20.1% | 2018 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 20 | Congo | 19.5% | 2011 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 21 | Togo | 19.4% | 2018 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 22 | Eritrea | 17.7% | 2017 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 15.8% | 2010 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 15.6% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 25 | Suriname | 15.4% | 2018 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 26 | Guinea | 14.9% | 2013 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.7% | 2016 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 28 | Malawi | 14.6% | 2011 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.6% | 2017 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 14.2% | 1989 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 13.8% | 2017 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 13.8% | 2016 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 33 | Guyana | 13.4% | 2009 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 34 | Comoros | 13.0% | 2013 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 35 | Aruba | 12.3% | 2013 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 10.9% | 2018 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 37 | Lebanon | 10.7% | 2018 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 10.5% | 2007 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 39 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.4% | 2013 | — | rising |
| 40 | Grenada | 9.9% | 2016 | up 86.8% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 9.7% | 2017 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 42 | Bhutan | 9.5% | 2017 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 9.1% | 2011 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 44 | Dominica | 8.6% | 2014 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 8.4% | 2016 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 46 | Madagascar | 8.3% | 2018 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.1% | 2017 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.9% | 2018 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 7.9% | 2015 | down 35.3% | flat |
| 50 | Egypt | 7.8% | 2018 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 51 | Haiti | 7.6% | 1996 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 52 | Barbados | 7.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.2% | 2017 | up 394.5% | rising |
| 54 | Macau, China | 7.1% | 2018 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 6.8% | 2014 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 56 | Honduras | 6.4% | 2016 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 6.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 6.2% | 2016 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 59 | Belize | 6.0% | 2018 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 5.8% | 2017 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 61 | Zambia | 5.8% | 2012 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 5.7% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 63 | British Virgin Islands | 5.5% | 2017 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 64 | El Salvador | 5.4% | 2017 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 5.4% | 2018 | up 27.8% | flat |
| 66 | Rwanda | 5.3% | 2018 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 5.1% | 2018 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Romania | 4.6% | 2017 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritania | 4.6% | 2018 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 70 | Chile | 4.4% | 2017 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 71 | Kiribati | 4.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Kenya | 4.4% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 73 | Nepal | 4.4% | 2016 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 4.2% | 2018 | up 198.4% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 4.1% | 2018 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Gambia | 3.9% | 2018 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Hong Kong, China | 3.7% | 2018 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.4% | 2015 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 3.2% | 2018 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 80 | Qatar | 3.2% | 2018 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Djibouti | 3.2% | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 3.2% | 2017 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 83 | Belgium | 3.1% | 2017 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Colombia | 3.0% | 2017 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 2.8% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 86 | Italy | 2.8% | 2017 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 87 | Ecuador | 2.8% | 2017 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 2.7% | 2017 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 2.7% | 2018 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 2.7% | 2018 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 2.4% | 2018 | down 83.1% | rising |
| 92 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2016 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 2.2% | 2017 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 94 | Cuba | 2.2% | 2018 | up 767.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 2.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 2.1% | 2018 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2018 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 98 | Philippines | 1.9% | 2017 | down 48.9% | rising |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 1.9% | 2018 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 100 | Netherlands | 1.8% | 2009 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 101 | Pakistan | 1.8% | 2018 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.8% | 2018 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.7% | 2016 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Paraguay | 1.7% | 2011 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 105 | Germany | 1.6% | 2017 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 106 | Bahamas | 1.6% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.5% | 2018 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Palestine, State of | 1.5% | 2018 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 109 | Mauritius | 1.5% | 2018 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 1.5% | 2018 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 111 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.4% | 2012 | down 87.0% | falling |
| 112 | Türkiye | 1.3% | 2017 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 1.2% | 2017 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2% | 2013 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Viet Nam | 1.2% | 2015 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2017 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 1.2% | 2017 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 118 | Czechia | 1.1% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 119 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2017 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 1.0% | 2018 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2018 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2017 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2017 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2017 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Andorra | 0.8% | 2018 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | 0.8% | 2017 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2018 | up 732.5% | rising |
| 131 | Jamaica | 0.7% | 2018 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 132 | France | 0.7% | 2017 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2016 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 0.7% | 2017 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6% | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2017 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 1,204.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 139 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Liechtenstein | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2018 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 142 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2017 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 143 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2018 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 146 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2016 | down 84.3% | falling |
| 147 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2016 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2017 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2016 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2017 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2016 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2013 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0.1% | 2017 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2018 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 87.4% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 161 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 430.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.