Repetition rate in Grade 3 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
155
Highest
51.0%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Median
2.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,005
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 51.0% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2%, and the mean is 6.3%.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 758.7%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 51.0% | 2016 | up 159.0% | falling |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.8% | 2016 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.6% | 1984 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Iraq | 32.2% | 1999 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 5 | Eritrea | 28.5% | 2017 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 6 | Gabon | 28.2% | 1987 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 7 | Benin | 27.7% | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 8 | Morocco | 27.3% | 2018 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 26.8% | 2017 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 23.9% | 2013 | up 93.1% | falling |
| 11 | Togo | 23.9% | 2018 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 22.6% | 2014 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 22.2% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 14 | Burundi | 21.9% | 2018 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 19.2% | 2009 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.5% | 2017 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 18.1% | 2016 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Chad | 17.1% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 19 | Mozambique | 16.9% | 2018 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2018 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 15.8% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 22 | Congo | 15.7% | 2011 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 14.1% | 1989 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 13.8% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 13.6% | 2018 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 26 | Argentina | 13.1% | 2016 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 12.1% | 2017 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 28 | Dominica | 12.1% | 2014 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 29 | Lesotho | 11.3% | 2016 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 11.0% | 2014 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 31 | Grenada | 10.9% | 2016 | up 54.2% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 10.5% | 2017 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 33 | Brunei | 10.5% | 2008 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 34 | Mauritius | 9.9% | 2018 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 9.9% | 2015 | down 38.8% | flat |
| 36 | Namibia | 9.9% | 2012 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Netherlands | 9.8% | 1991 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 38 | Suriname | 9.4% | 2018 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 39 | Guyana | 9.1% | 2009 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Kiribati | 8.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Bhutan | 8.9% | 2017 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Comoros | 8.5% | 2013 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.0% | 2018 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 7.4% | 2007 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Madagascar | 7.1% | 2018 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 46 | Belize | 6.7% | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 47 | Haiti | 6.6% | 1996 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 48 | Eswatini | 6.3% | 2016 | up 55.7% | falling |
| 49 | Zambia | 6.0% | 1983 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritania | 5.2% | 2016 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 51 | Lebanon | 5.1% | 2018 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 52 | Macao | 4.4% | 2018 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 53 | Nepal | 4.4% | 2016 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 54 | Thailand | 4.2% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 55 | Djibouti | 3.9% | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 56 | Venezuela | 3.9% | 2016 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 57 | Egypt | 3.9% | 2018 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Syria | 3.8% | 2012 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 59 | British Virgin Islands | 3.8% | 2017 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 3.7% | 2017 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 3.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | 3.4% | 2011 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 63 | Oman | 3.3% | 2018 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 3.3% | 2018 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 65 | Jordan | 3.2% | 2018 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 3.2% | 2018 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 67 | Hong Kong | 3.0% | 2018 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | 3.0% | 2012 | up 437.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 3.0% | 2018 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 2.8% | 2018 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 71 | Estonia | 2.8% | 2017 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 72 | Singapore | 2.7% | 1983 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 73 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5% | 2015 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 2.5% | 2017 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 75 | Hungary | 2.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 76 | Germany | 2.4% | 2017 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 77 | Austria | 2.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2017 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 79 | Qatar | 2.2% | 2018 | up 224.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Colombia | 2.1% | 2017 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 1.9% | 2016 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 1.9% | 2017 | up 75.2% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 1.9% | 2017 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Italy | 1.8% | 2017 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 1.8% | 2017 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 86 | El Salvador | 1.7% | 2017 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 87 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2017 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 1.6% | 2018 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 89 | Greece | 1.6% | 2017 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Latvia | 1.5% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 91 | Kuwait | 1.5% | 2018 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 92 | East Timor | 1.4% | 2018 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 93 | Fiji | 1.4% | 2015 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Jamaica | 1.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 1.3% | 2018 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3% | 2013 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Cyprus | 1.3% | 2017 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Uganda | 1.2% | 2016 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 99 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2% | 2018 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 100 | Turkey | 1.2% | 2017 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 1.2% | 2017 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Georgia | 1.1% | 2018 | up 624.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2017 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 104 | Andorra | 1.1% | 2018 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Pakistan | 1.1% | 2018 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 1.1% | 2017 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Laos | 1.0% | 2018 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2017 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 0.9% | 2018 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2018 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Vietnam | 0.8% | 2015 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Botswana | 0.8% | 2013 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Serbia | 0.7% | 2018 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 114 | Rwanda | 0.7% | 2018 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2016 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Tanzania | 0.7% | 2017 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 117 | Iran | 0.7% | 2016 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 118 | France | 0.7% | 2017 | down 87.1% | falling |
| 119 | San Marino | 0.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2017 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.6% | 2011 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2016 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 0.5% | 2017 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Finland | 0.5% | 2017 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2017 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2017 | up 758.7% | volatile |
| 129 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Ghana | 0.4% | 2018 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2018 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2018 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2018 | up 294.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 0.3% | 2018 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 136 | Malta | 0.2% | 2017 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | up 401.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Russia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 139 | Monaco | 0.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 143 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2017 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 146 | China | 0.0% | 2010 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 151 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 153 | 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.