Repetition rate in Grade 4 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...
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male (%) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 41.5% in Morocco; the lowest is 0.0% in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 8.7%.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 752.7%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 92.9%).
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 41.5% | 1989 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 35.8% | 2012 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 34.5% | 2015 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 4 | Congo | 33.7% | 2009 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 5 | Niger | 30.8% | 2018 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 6 | Togo | 29.8% | 2018 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.3% | 2018 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 26.9% | 2018 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 9 | Senegal | 26.8% | 2014 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 10 | Suriname | 23.1% | 2018 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 11 | Algeria | 22.9% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 12 | Djibouti | 22.7% | 2019 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 21.4% | 2018 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Cameroon | 19.1% | 2015 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 18.9% | 2017 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 16 | Singapore | 17.5% | 1983 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 17 | New Caledonia | 17.2% | 1989 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 18 | Burundi | 14.8% | 2015 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 14.5% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 20 | Mauritania | 9.4% | 2016 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 9.4% | 1984 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 22 | Malawi | 8.2% | 2012 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 23 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.1% | 1983 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 24 | Belize | 7.3% | 2018 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 25 | Bhutan | 6.7% | 2017 | up 752.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Syria | 6.3% | 2012 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 27 | Jordan | 4.3% | 2018 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 3.8% | 2016 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 3.7% | 1994 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 30 | Germany | 3.6% | 2017 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Andorra | 3.4% | 2018 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 3.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Gambia | 3.1% | 1986 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 3.0% | 2017 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 2.9% | 2014 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 36 | France | 2.8% | 2017 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 2.3% | 2013 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 38 | Palestine, State of | 2.0% | 2018 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 39 | Monaco | 2.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 1.9% | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 41 | Fiji | 1.8% | 2015 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovakia | 1.7% | 2017 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 43 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.2% | 2018 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2018 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Albania | 1.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2017 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 47 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 0.6% | 2017 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 50 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2017 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2017 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Malta | 0.2% | 2010 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2018 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 61 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2009 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2016 | — | 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.