Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%) by country
Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the...
Countries reporting
165
Highest
82.0%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
1.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,110
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 82.0% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 5.8%.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 9,275.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 82.0% | 2017 | up 803.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.7% | 1984 | up 210.2% | rising |
| 3 | Mali | 34.4% | 2016 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 4 | Namibia | 29.7% | 2012 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 29.0% | 2018 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 6 | Iraq | 28.0% | 1999 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 7 | Benin | 25.0% | 2015 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 23.1% | 1985 | up 9,275.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Chad | 22.0% | 2017 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 20.9% | 2018 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 11 | Niger | 20.5% | 2018 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 20.4% | 2014 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 13 | Congo | 19.5% | 2011 | down 51.3% | flat |
| 14 | Uruguay | 18.9% | 2009 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 18.7% | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 16 | Tunisia | 17.8% | 2017 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Libya | 17.2% | 1980 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 18 | New Caledonia | 14.7% | 1989 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 14.5% | 2011 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 20 | Eritrea | 14.2% | 2017 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 21 | Cape Verde | 14.0% | 2017 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 14.0% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 23 | Suriname | 13.6% | 2018 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 24 | Guinea | 13.5% | 2013 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 25 | Morocco | 12.7% | 2018 | up 221.0% | falling |
| 26 | Lesotho | 12.5% | 2016 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.0% | 2016 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 28 | Algeria | 11.3% | 2018 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 29 | Lebanon | 10.7% | 2018 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 30 | Barbados | 10.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique | 10.1% | 2018 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 9.8% | 2017 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 33 | Aruba | 9.4% | 2013 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 8.9% | 2009 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.7% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 8.6% | 2007 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 37 | Bhutan | 8.4% | 2017 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Haiti | 8.2% | 1990 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.7% | 2018 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 40 | Madagascar | 7.6% | 2018 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 7.6% | 2017 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 42 | Cameroon | 7.3% | 2015 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 43 | Argentina | 7.2% | 2016 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 44 | Panama | 6.8% | 2011 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 6.7% | 2018 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 6.3% | 2014 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 47 | Zambia | 6.1% | 2012 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 5.8% | 2018 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominica | 5.5% | 2014 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 5.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Macao | 5.3% | 2018 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.7% | 2016 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 4.7% | 2018 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 54 | Belize | 4.6% | 2018 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 55 | Greece | 4.6% | 2017 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 56 | Kiribati | 4.6% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2016 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 58 | Mauritania | 4.2% | 2018 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 59 | Kenya | 4.1% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 60 | Gambia | 4.1% | 2018 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 4.0% | 2016 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 62 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.9% | 2017 | up 218.6% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 3.9% | 2018 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 64 | Sudan | 3.8% | 2015 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 3.8% | 2017 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 66 | El Salvador | 3.6% | 2017 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.4% | 2017 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Romania | 3.3% | 2017 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 70 | British Virgin Islands | 3.0% | 2017 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Grenada | 2.9% | 2016 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Oman | 2.9% | 2018 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Hong Kong | 2.8% | 2018 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 2.5% | 2018 | up 107.4% | falling |
| 75 | Qatar | 2.4% | 2018 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 2.4% | 2018 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovakia | 2.4% | 2017 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 2.3% | 2017 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 2.3% | 2017 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 80 | Belgium | 2.2% | 2017 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Ecuador | 2.1% | 2017 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2018 | down 48.9% | rising |
| 83 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2018 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 1.9% | 2018 | down 85.3% | rising |
| 85 | Djibouti | 1.9% | 2019 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 86 | Italy | 1.8% | 2017 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 87 | Kuwait | 1.8% | 2018 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2018 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 89 | Mauritius | 1.6% | 2018 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.6% | 2013 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Cambodia | 1.6% | 2018 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 92 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2018 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Austria | 1.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Hungary | 1.5% | 2017 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 95 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 96 | Palestine, State of | 1.3% | 2018 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 97 | Netherlands | 1.3% | 2009 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 98 | Germany | 1.3% | 2017 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 99 | Serbia | 1.2% | 2018 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.1% | 2018 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Syria | 1.1% | 2012 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Paraguay | 1.1% | 2011 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 103 | Cuba | 1.0% | 2018 | up 578.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 106 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2017 | up 96.6% | falling |
| 107 | Andorra | 0.9% | 2018 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 0.8% | 2017 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Türkiye | 0.8% | 2017 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Albania | 0.8% | 2018 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2017 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 113 | Bahamas | 0.8% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 2017 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7% | 2018 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Poland | 0.7% | 2017 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 117 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7% | 2016 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2017 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2016 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2017 | up 1,161.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0.6% | 2018 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 122 | France | 0.6% | 2017 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Georgia | 0.5% | 2018 | up 1,193.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Liechtenstein | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2013 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.5% | 2016 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2017 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0.5% | 2017 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Mexico | 0.5% | 2017 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 131 | Israel | 0.5% | 2017 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 132 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2018 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 133 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 2018 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 134 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2017 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2016 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 138 | Samoa | 0.3% | 2018 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2017 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Fiji | 0.3% | 2015 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2016 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2017 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 145 | Finland | 0.1% | 2017 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 146 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2013 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2017 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2018 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 0.1% | 2017 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 152 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 517.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.