Repetition rate in Grade 2 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
166
Highest
32.7%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
2.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,327
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 32.7% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 6.0%.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 2,869.7%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.7% | 1984 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 2 | Iraq | 30.5% | 1999 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 3 | Guinea | 30.1% | 2013 | up 140.6% | falling |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.3% | 2016 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 26.3% | 2016 | up 66.0% | falling |
| 6 | Gabon | 25.2% | 1987 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 23.6% | 2012 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 8 | Burundi | 23.0% | 2018 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 22.6% | 2018 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 10 | Lesotho | 21.3% | 2016 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 18.6% | 2009 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.2% | 2017 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 18.2% | 2018 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 14 | Congo | 17.5% | 2011 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Senegal | 17.4% | 2014 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 16 | Chad | 17.3% | 2017 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 17 | Tunisia | 16.8% | 2017 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 18 | Cape Verde | 16.7% | 2017 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 16.5% | 2018 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Benin | 16.4% | 2015 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Eswatini | 15.9% | 2016 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 15.8% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 15.6% | 1989 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 15.6% | 2018 | up 98.7% | falling |
| 25 | Libya | 15.6% | 1980 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 26 | Togo | 15.6% | 2018 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 15.5% | 2012 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 15.2% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 29 | Argentina | 15.0% | 2016 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 30 | Suriname | 13.8% | 2018 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 31 | Guyana | 13.6% | 2009 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2017 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 12.0% | 2012 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Eritrea | 11.5% | 2017 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 11.0% | 2018 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 36 | Bhutan | 10.4% | 2017 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.3% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 38 | Grenada | 10.3% | 2016 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Aruba | 9.9% | 2013 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 9.9% | 2017 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 9.8% | 2007 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 9.2% | 2017 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 43 | Dominica | 8.9% | 2014 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 8.8% | 2014 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Comoros | 8.6% | 2013 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.9% | 2018 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 47 | Lebanon | 7.8% | 2018 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 6.8% | 2015 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 49 | Madagascar | 6.8% | 2018 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 50 | Panama | 6.6% | 2011 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 51 | Macao | 6.6% | 2018 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 52 | Haiti | 6.5% | 1996 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia | 6.2% | 2017 | up 373.1% | rising |
| 54 | British Virgin Islands | 5.7% | 2017 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 5.3% | 2016 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritania | 5.2% | 2017 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 57 | Rwanda | 4.8% | 2018 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 58 | Kiribati | 4.7% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Guatemala | 4.6% | 2018 | up 82.8% | flat |
| 60 | Gambia | 4.6% | 2018 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2018 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Tanzania | 4.5% | 2017 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela | 4.3% | 2016 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 4.2% | 2016 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 4.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Djibouti | 4.0% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 67 | Egypt | 4.0% | 2018 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 68 | Mauritius | 3.7% | 2018 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 69 | El Salvador | 3.7% | 2017 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2009 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 71 | Peru | 3.5% | 2018 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 72 | Romania | 3.4% | 2017 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 73 | Hong Kong | 3.3% | 2018 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 74 | Oman | 3.3% | 2018 | up 47.9% | falling |
| 75 | Thailand | 3.0% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 76 | Chile | 2.9% | 2017 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 77 | Andorra | 2.8% | 2018 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 78 | East Timor | 2.8% | 2018 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 2.7% | 2017 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 80 | Jordan | 2.5% | 2018 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Colombia | 2.5% | 2017 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 2.5% | 2017 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 2.5% | 2017 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 84 | Austria | 2.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Italy | 2.3% | 2017 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 86 | Qatar | 2.2% | 2018 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 2.2% | 2018 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 2.1% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 89 | Poland | 2.1% | 2017 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Cyprus | 2.0% | 2017 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Liechtenstein | 2.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Ecuador | 2.0% | 2017 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Estonia | 1.9% | 2017 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 1.9% | 2018 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Germany | 1.8% | 2017 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 96 | Brunei | 1.8% | 2018 | up 2,869.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Cuba | 1.8% | 2018 | up 650.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 1.8% | 2017 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2018 | down 87.3% | falling |
| 100 | Sudan | 1.7% | 2016 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 1.7% | 2018 | up 26.1% | flat |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 1.7% | 2018 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine | 1.6% | 2018 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 104 | San Marino | 1.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Kuwait | 1.5% | 2018 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Syria | 1.4% | 2012 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Pakistan | 1.3% | 2018 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 108 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2017 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 109 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2017 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 110 | Laos | 1.1% | 2018 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Paraguay | 1.1% | 2011 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 112 | Israel | 1.1% | 2017 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 113 | Monaco | 1.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 1.1% | 2017 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 115 | Turkey | 1.1% | 2017 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 117 | Czechia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0% | 2013 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2018 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Serbia | 0.9% | 2018 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.9% | 2018 | up 494.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Vietnam | 0.9% | 2015 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.9% | 2018 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Iran | 0.9% | 2016 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 0.8% | 2017 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 92.0% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 128 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2017 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 0.8% | 2016 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.7% | 2018 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Belize | 0.7% | 2018 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7% | 2015 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.6% | 2017 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 134 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2016 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Uganda | 0.5% | 2016 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2015 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 578.6% | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 139 | France | 0.4% | 2017 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 140 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Finland | 0.4% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 142 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2016 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2018 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 144 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2018 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 146 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2017 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 149 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2018 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 0.2% | 2017 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2013 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Russia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2018 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 453.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 159 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 162 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2008 | down 100.0% | 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.