Repetition rate in Grade 4 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...
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, female (%) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 43.9% in Morocco; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 8.3%.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 994.0%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 95.0%).
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 43.9% | 1989 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 2 | Congo | 38.5% | 2009 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 37.2% | 2015 | up 39.2% | flat |
| 4 | Togo | 35.1% | 2018 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 33.5% | 2012 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 31.2% | 2018 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 30.3% | 2018 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.4% | 2018 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 9 | Senegal | 26.9% | 2014 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 10 | Suriname | 20.9% | 2018 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 20.6% | 2017 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 19.4% | 2018 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 13 | Cameroon | 18.5% | 2015 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 14 | Djibouti | 18.3% | 2019 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 15 | New Caledonia | 18.2% | 1989 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 16 | Burundi | 17.8% | 2015 | down 60.7% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 16.2% | 2018 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 18 | Singapore | 14.3% | 1983 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 14.3% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 20 | Mauritania | 10.6% | 2016 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 7.6% | 1984 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 22 | Malawi | 7.6% | 2012 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 23 | Bhutan | 5.6% | 2017 | up 994.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.1% | 1983 | up 618.9% | rising |
| 25 | Belize | 4.0% | 2018 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 26 | Syria | 3.9% | 2012 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 3.6% | 2016 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 2.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 2.6% | 2017 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 30 | Jordan | 2.5% | 2018 | up 175.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 2.4% | 2017 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 2.3% | 1986 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 2.0% | 2014 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 34 | France | 2.0% | 2017 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 1.9% | 1994 | up 161.6% | rising |
| 36 | Slovakia | 1.6% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 1.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Monaco | 1.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Fiji | 1.4% | 2015 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 1.4% | 2017 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 41 | Andorra | 1.4% | 2018 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Palestine, State of | 1.3% | 2018 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9% | 2013 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 44 | Hungary | 0.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.6% | 2018 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 0.5% | 2016 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2017 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 0.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2018 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2017 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2017 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 52 | Malta | 0.3% | 2010 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | 0.2% | 2017 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2017 | up 154.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2017 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 61 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2009 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | 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.