Repetition rate in Grade 2 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
159
Highest
46.6%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
2.0%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,796
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 46.6% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 5.4%.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 12,906.9%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 98.8%).
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.6% | 1984 | up 167.5% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 33.8% | 2013 | up 137.7% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 28.8% | 2016 | up 66.5% | falling |
| 4 | Iraq | 25.3% | 1999 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 24.2% | 2012 | up 76.6% | falling |
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.7% | 2016 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 7 | Burundi | 23.6% | 2018 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 8 | Namibia | 23.5% | 2012 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 23.1% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 10 | Lesotho | 20.4% | 2016 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 18.9% | 2017 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 18.4% | 2018 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 13 | Congo | 18.3% | 2011 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 14 | Senegal | 17.4% | 2014 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 17.3% | 2009 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 16 | Benin | 17.2% | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 17 | New Caledonia | 15.8% | 1989 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 14.8% | 2012 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 14.7% | 2018 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 20 | Eswatini | 14.5% | 2016 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 14.0% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 22 | Tunisia | 13.6% | 2017 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 13.1% | 2017 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 24 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2016 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 25 | Libya | 12.9% | 1980 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 26 | Suriname | 12.5% | 2018 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 11.2% | 2009 | up 64.8% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.0% | 2014 | up 371.5% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 10.7% | 2018 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 10.6% | 2018 | up 132.5% | falling |
| 31 | Mozambique | 10.2% | 2018 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 9.9% | 2017 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Bhutan | 9.5% | 2017 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Aruba | 8.8% | 2013 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 8.8% | 2017 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 8.5% | 2014 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Belgium | 8.2% | 2017 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 7.9% | 2007 | up 34.9% | flat |
| 39 | Lebanon | 7.8% | 2018 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 40 | Haiti | 7.8% | 1990 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 7.6% | 2017 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.2% | 2018 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 43 | Grenada | 6.7% | 2016 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Cameroon | 6.4% | 2015 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 45 | Madagascar | 6.2% | 2018 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 5.8% | 2014 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 5.5% | 2016 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 48 | Panama | 5.3% | 2011 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 49 | Macao | 4.7% | 2018 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 50 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.7% | 2017 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Mauritania | 4.7% | 2016 | down 61.4% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia | 4.6% | 2018 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 53 | British Virgin Islands | 4.5% | 2017 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 4.3% | 2018 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 4.3% | 2016 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 56 | Kiribati | 4.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.8% | 2017 | up 229.4% | falling |
| 58 | Mauritius | 3.6% | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 59 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.6% | 2016 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 3.6% | 2018 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 3.6% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Egypt | 3.5% | 2018 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 63 | Djibouti | 3.0% | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 64 | Sudan | 2.8% | 2015 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 2.8% | 2018 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands | 2.8% | 2009 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 2.7% | 2018 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Romania | 2.6% | 2017 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 69 | El Salvador | 2.6% | 2017 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Hong Kong | 2.6% | 2018 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 71 | Chile | 2.5% | 2017 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 72 | Ghana | 2.2% | 2018 | up 523.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2015 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 74 | Colombia | 2.2% | 2017 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2017 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.2% | 2013 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Thailand | 2.1% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 2.0% | 2017 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 79 | Oman | 2.0% | 2018 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 80 | Andorra | 2.0% | 2018 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Jordan | 1.9% | 2018 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 1.9% | 2017 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 83 | Austria | 1.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 1.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 1.5% | 2017 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Italy | 1.5% | 2017 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 87 | Timor-Leste | 1.5% | 2018 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 1.5% | 2018 | down 88.4% | falling |
| 89 | Estonia | 1.4% | 2017 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 90 | Poland | 1.4% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 91 | Palestine, State of | 1.4% | 2018 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 92 | Qatar | 1.4% | 2018 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Germany | 1.3% | 2017 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 94 | Pakistan | 1.3% | 2018 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 1.1% | 2012 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 1.1% | 2017 | up 201.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.0% | 2018 | up 684.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2018 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2018 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 100 | Cuba | 1.0% | 2018 | up 604.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Monaco | 0.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2017 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovenia | 0.8% | 2017 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 0.8% | 2017 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 0.8% | 2017 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2017 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 108 | San Marino | 0.8% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 110 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2017 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 0.7% | 2018 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0.7% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 113 | Türkiye | 0.7% | 2017 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Israel | 0.6% | 2017 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 115 | Paraguay | 0.6% | 2011 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 0.6% | 2016 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Singapore | 0.6% | 2017 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Georgia | 0.6% | 2018 | up 736.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Uganda | 0.6% | 2016 | down 80.8% | falling |
| 120 | Albania | 0.5% | 2018 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.5% | 2018 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2017 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 0.5% | 2018 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahrain | 0.5% | 2018 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Iran | 0.5% | 2016 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 12,906.9% | volatile |
| 127 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2013 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 129 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2016 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 0.4% | 2018 | up 561.5% | volatile |
| 132 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 133 | France | 0.3% | 2017 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Finland | 0.3% | 2017 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2017 | up 331.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | up 973.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2013 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 140 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2018 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 143 | Malta | 0.1% | 2017 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2017 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 147 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2018 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 414.7% | volatile |
| 150 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2008 | — | 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.