Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male (%) by country
Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous...
Countries reporting
159
Highest
33.8%
Iraq
Lowest
0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
2.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,796
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male (%) is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 33.8% in Iraq; the lowest is 0.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 6.3%.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 670.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq | 33.8% | 1999 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.9% | 2016 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.8% | 1984 | up 152.2% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea | 27.9% | 2013 | up 138.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 24.4% | 2016 | up 63.2% | falling |
| 6 | Namibia | 23.6% | 2012 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 7 | Lesotho | 22.4% | 2016 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 8 | Burundi | 22.2% | 2018 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 22.2% | 2018 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 10 | Algeria | 22.0% | 2018 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | Cape Verde | 20.7% | 2017 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 20.2% | 2009 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 20.1% | 2018 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 14 | Tunisia | 20.0% | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 17.9% | 2018 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 17.4% | 1980 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 17.4% | 2014 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 18 | Eswatini | 17.3% | 2016 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 16.9% | 2016 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 20 | Congo | 16.7% | 2011 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 21 | Chad | 16.4% | 2017 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 16.3% | 2018 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 16.1% | 2012 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 15.9% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 15.9% | 2009 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 26 | Benin | 15.9% | 2015 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 15.8% | 2017 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 15.7% | 2018 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 29 | New Caledonia | 15.5% | 1989 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.3% | 2014 | up 355.3% | rising |
| 31 | Eritrea | 13.8% | 2017 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 32 | Grenada | 13.5% | 2016 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 11.9% | 2007 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 34 | Mozambique | 11.8% | 2018 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 35 | Dominica | 11.8% | 2014 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium | 11.4% | 2017 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 37 | Bhutan | 11.4% | 2017 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Aruba | 11.0% | 2013 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 39 | Spain | 10.7% | 2017 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 9.0% | 2014 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 41 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.5% | 2017 | up 475.6% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.4% | 2018 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 43 | Macao | 8.2% | 2018 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 44 | Panama | 7.9% | 2011 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 7.9% | 2018 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 46 | Madagascar | 7.4% | 2018 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 7.2% | 2015 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 48 | British Virgin Islands | 6.9% | 2017 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 49 | Haiti | 6.6% | 1990 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 6.4% | 2018 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 5.6% | 2018 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 52 | Rwanda | 5.3% | 2018 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 5.3% | 2016 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 54 | Kiribati | 5.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.1% | 2016 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritania | 5.1% | 2016 | down 55.2% | rising |
| 57 | Djibouti | 5.0% | 2019 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 58 | El Salvador | 4.7% | 2017 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 4.6% | 2018 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 4.6% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Netherlands | 4.5% | 2009 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 62 | Oman | 4.4% | 2018 | up 75.1% | falling |
| 63 | Egypt | 4.4% | 2018 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 64 | Peru | 4.2% | 2018 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 65 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.2% | 2017 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 4.2% | 2017 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 4.1% | 2016 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 4.1% | 2018 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 4.0% | 2018 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 3.9% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 71 | Mauritius | 3.7% | 2018 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 72 | Andorra | 3.4% | 2018 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 73 | Greece | 3.4% | 2017 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 3.2% | 2017 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 75 | Jordan | 3.1% | 2018 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Qatar | 3.1% | 2018 | up 331.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 3.1% | 2017 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 78 | Sudan | 3.0% | 2015 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 79 | Cyprus | 3.0% | 2017 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 2.9% | 2017 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 81 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2017 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Philippines | 2.8% | 2017 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 2.8% | 2017 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 84 | Poland | 2.8% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 2.7% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | 2.6% | 2018 | up 670.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Hungary | 2.5% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 89 | Ecuador | 2.5% | 2017 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Cambodia | 2.5% | 2018 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 91 | Estonia | 2.3% | 2017 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Germany | 2.2% | 2017 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Ghana | 2.2% | 2018 | down 68.8% | rising |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 2.1% | 2018 | down 86.4% | flat |
| 95 | San Marino | 2.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 2.0% | 2018 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Palestine, State of | 1.9% | 2018 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 1.9% | 2015 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.7% | 2018 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 100 | Slovenia | 1.7% | 2017 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 101 | Paraguay | 1.7% | 2011 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 102 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2012 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Israel | 1.6% | 2017 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 104 | Syria | 1.6% | 2012 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 1.5% | 2017 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5% | 2013 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 1.5% | 2013 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Türkiye | 1.4% | 2017 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Bahrain | 1.4% | 2018 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2017 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 111 | Monaco | 1.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 1.3% | 2018 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 113 | Latvia | 1.3% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 114 | Czechia | 1.2% | 2017 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 115 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.2% | 2016 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Georgia | 1.2% | 2018 | up 419.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 1.1% | 2018 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Jamaica | 1.1% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 1.1% | 2018 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 120 | Singapore | 1.0% | 2017 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Samoa | 1.0% | 2018 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2017 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.8% | 2016 | up 107.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2017 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.7% | 2015 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 0.6% | 2017 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 129 | France | 0.6% | 2017 | down 83.9% | falling |
| 130 | Belize | 0.6% | 2018 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Uganda | 0.5% | 2016 | down 80.4% | falling |
| 132 | Indonesia | 0.5% | 2016 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 133 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2018 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2017 | up 217.2% | volatile |
| 136 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Finland | 0.4% | 2017 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2018 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 139 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2017 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 143 | Malta | 0.2% | 2017 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2016 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2013 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 147 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 492.7% | volatile |
| 150 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2008 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.