Repetition rate in Grade 4 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.
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 42.5% in Morocco; the lowest is 0.0% in Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 8.2%.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 425.1%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 93.1%).
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 42.5% | 1989 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 2 | Benin | 35.7% | 2015 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 3 | Togo | 32.1% | 2018 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 31.0% | 2018 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 5 | Gabon | 30.5% | 1987 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.9% | 2018 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 28.6% | 2018 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 27.8% | 2013 | up 74.2% | falling |
| 9 | Senegal | 26.9% | 2014 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 10 | Suriname | 21.7% | 2018 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 11 | Djibouti | 20.6% | 2019 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 12 | Madagascar | 20.4% | 2018 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 19.5% | 2017 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 14 | Algeria | 19.3% | 2018 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 18.9% | 1978 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 18.9% | 2015 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 17 | Congo | 17.8% | 2011 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 18 | New Caledonia | 17.8% | 1989 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 16.2% | 2015 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 20 | Singapore | 15.9% | 1983 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 15.8% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 14.4% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 10.1% | 1990 | — | rising |
| 24 | Mauritania | 10.0% | 2016 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 25 | Comoros | 8.3% | 2013 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 7.9% | 2012 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 27 | Brunei | 7.4% | 1993 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bhutan | 6.1% | 2017 | up 425.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Belize | 5.6% | 2018 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 5.3% | 1995 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 31 | Syria | 5.1% | 2012 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 3.7% | 2016 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 3.4% | 2018 | up 168.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Austria | 3.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Germany | 3.0% | 2017 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 2.9% | 1986 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 37 | Romania | 2.8% | 2017 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 2.5% | 2014 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 39 | Cuba | 2.4% | 1976 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Andorra | 2.4% | 2018 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 41 | France | 2.4% | 2017 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 1996 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Monaco | 1.7% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Palestine | 1.7% | 2018 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 1.7% | 2017 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 1.6% | 2017 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Fiji | 1.6% | 2015 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2013 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 0.9% | 2018 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2016 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Albania | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Kuwait | 0.7% | 2018 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2017 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 55 | Liechtenstein | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2018 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 57 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2011 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2017 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2017 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2002 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 61 | Russia | 0.3% | 2016 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 0.3% | 2010 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 66 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 69 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 33.4% | flat |
| 70 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2002 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 71 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2018 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2009 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | 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.