Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%) by country
Number of repeaters in lower secondary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in lower secondary education in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in lower...
Countries reporting
151
Highest
79.3%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,040
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 79.3% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2%, and the mean is 6.0%.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,093.5%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.4%).
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 79.3% | 2017 | up 778.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Mali | 36.3% | 2016 | up 97.6% | rising |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.3% | 2016 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 25.6% | 2015 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 25.5% | 2018 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 6 | Namibia | 23.6% | 2012 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 7 | Niger | 23.4% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 22.0% | 2018 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 21.8% | 2018 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 10 | Senegal | 21.6% | 2014 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 21.2% | 2018 | up 44.9% | flat |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 21.1% | 2017 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 13 | Uruguay | 20.4% | 2009 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 14 | Eritrea | 19.3% | 2017 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea | 19.1% | 2015 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 16 | Chad | 19.0% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 17 | Congo | 18.4% | 2011 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 18 | Tunisia | 18.4% | 2017 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 19 | Algeria | 17.9% | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.5% | 2017 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 15.9% | 2016 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 22 | Suriname | 15.2% | 2018 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 23 | Malawi | 13.7% | 2011 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.4% | 2018 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 13.3% | 2017 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 12.6% | 2018 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 12.1% | 2016 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 11.3% | 2015 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 29 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2013 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 30 | Madagascar | 10.9% | 2018 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 10.6% | 2012 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 9.7% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 9.5% | 2007 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 34 | Bhutan | 8.9% | 2017 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 8.2% | 2018 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 36 | Djibouti | 8.1% | 2019 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 7.6% | 2014 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 38 | Dominica | 7.4% | 2015 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 39 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.7% | 2017 | up 384.0% | rising |
| 40 | Mauritania | 6.2% | 2018 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 41 | Macau, China | 6.1% | 2018 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 5.9% | 2018 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 5.9% | 2017 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 44 | Egypt | 5.4% | 2018 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 45 | Mauritius | 5.0% | 2018 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 46 | British Virgin Islands | 5.0% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 47 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.9% | 2016 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 48 | Belize | 4.5% | 2018 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 4.4% | 2016 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 4.4% | 2018 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 4.3% | 2016 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2018 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 53 | Gambia | 3.9% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 3.7% | 2017 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 55 | Romania | 3.7% | 2017 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 56 | Grenada | 3.7% | 2017 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 57 | El Salvador | 3.6% | 2017 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.5% | 2012 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 59 | Oman | 3.5% | 2018 | up 58.2% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 3.4% | 2017 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 61 | Hong Kong, China | 3.4% | 2018 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 3.3% | 2018 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 63 | Timor-Leste | 2.8% | 2018 | up 52.2% | flat |
| 64 | Jordan | 2.8% | 2018 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 2.8% | 2018 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Austria | 2.7% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.7% | 2014 | up 315.1% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 2.6% | 2017 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 69 | Qatar | 2.6% | 2018 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Cambodia | 2.5% | 2018 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 2.4% | 2017 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 2.4% | 2017 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 2.3% | 2018 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Italy | 2.3% | 2017 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.3% | 2015 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 2.2% | 2017 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2017 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 78 | Sudan | 2.1% | 2016 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 79 | Estonia | 2.0% | 2017 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 2.0% | 2017 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Hungary | 1.9% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2018 | down 85.5% | falling |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.8% | 2018 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Andorra | 1.8% | 2018 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 85 | Kuwait | 1.6% | 2018 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 86 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.6% | 2017 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 87 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2018 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 1.6% | 2017 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 89 | Palestine, State of | 1.5% | 2018 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 90 | Poland | 1.5% | 2017 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 91 | Cyprus | 1.4% | 2017 | up 55.4% | falling |
| 92 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2018 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 1.4% | 2018 | up 645.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahamas | 1.4% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2016 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3% | 2013 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 97 | Israel | 1.3% | 2017 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 1.2% | 2017 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 99 | Latvia | 1.2% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.2% | 2018 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 101 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2011 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 102 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.1% | 2016 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 103 | France | 1.1% | 2017 | down 79.3% | falling |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2017 | down 90.5% | falling |
| 105 | Denmark | 1.0% | 2017 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 106 | Türkiye | 1.0% | 2017 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2018 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 108 | Fiji | 1.0% | 2015 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2018 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | 0.9% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Georgia | 0.9% | 2018 | up 590.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2017 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 0.9% | 2017 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 0.9% | 2018 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2017 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Czechia | 0.8% | 2017 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 117 | Serbia | 0.8% | 2018 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 0.8% | 2018 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.8% | 2016 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 120 | Monaco | 0.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 121 | San Marino | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2016 | down 54.6% | flat |
| 123 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2018 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2017 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 125 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 1,093.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 127 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Botswana | 0.4% | 2013 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 129 | Russian Federation | 0.3% | 2017 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 130 | Finland | 0.3% | 2017 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 131 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2018 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2018 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 0.3% | 2018 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 135 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2009 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 137 | Malta | 0.2% | 2017 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 139 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2018 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 143 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 180.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of repeaters in lower secondary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in lower secondary education in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in lower secondary education in the previous school year t.