Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%) by country
Number of male repeaters in lower secondary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in lower secondary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in lower secondary education in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort...
Countries reporting
151
Highest
85.2%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
1,981
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 85.2% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 6.6%.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 1,623.2%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 99.6%).
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 85.2% | 2017 | up 811.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Mali | 33.7% | 2016 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.2% | 2016 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 4 | Morocco | 25.7% | 2018 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 5 | Cape Verde | 25.4% | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 6 | Benin | 24.8% | 2015 | up 29.1% | flat |
| 7 | Burundi | 24.6% | 2018 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 24.0% | 2012 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 9 | Algeria | 23.6% | 2018 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 10 | Uruguay | 23.3% | 2009 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.2% | 2017 | up 532.3% | rising |
| 12 | Niger | 23.1% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 13 | Tunisia | 22.4% | 2017 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 22.1% | 2018 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 15 | Senegal | 21.7% | 2014 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 21.1% | 2018 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 21.1% | 2017 | up 45.2% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea | 20.1% | 2015 | up 29.9% | flat |
| 19 | Chad | 18.4% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Congo | 18.2% | 2011 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 21 | Suriname | 17.2% | 2018 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 22 | Lesotho | 17.2% | 2016 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 16.7% | 2017 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.0% | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 25 | Argentina | 13.7% | 2016 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 26 | Malawi | 13.7% | 2011 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 27 | Aruba | 13.1% | 2013 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 28 | Mozambique | 13.0% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 11.7% | 2018 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 11.6% | 2015 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 11.4% | 2007 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 11.4% | 2017 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 10.7% | 2012 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 34 | Bhutan | 9.6% | 2017 | up 96.9% | falling |
| 35 | Dominica | 9.5% | 2015 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 36 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.3% | 2017 | up 493.3% | rising |
| 37 | Djibouti | 9.2% | 2019 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 38 | Lebanon | 8.3% | 2018 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 2018 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 7.9% | 2014 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 41 | Macau, China | 7.4% | 2018 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 42 | Belgium | 6.9% | 2017 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 43 | British Virgin Islands | 6.8% | 2017 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritania | 6.3% | 2018 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 6.1% | 2018 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.9% | 2016 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 47 | Belize | 5.6% | 2018 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritius | 5.3% | 2018 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 5.3% | 2018 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 50 | Grenada | 5.1% | 2017 | down 61.0% | flat |
| 51 | Panama | 5.0% | 2016 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 52 | El Salvador | 4.7% | 2017 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 53 | Oman | 4.7% | 2018 | up 87.0% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 4.5% | 2016 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 55 | Rwanda | 4.5% | 2018 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 4.4% | 2017 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 57 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.4% | 2012 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 58 | Greece | 4.2% | 2017 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 4.1% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 4.1% | 2018 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 61 | Hong Kong, China | 4.0% | 2018 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 4.0% | 2018 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 3.8% | 2018 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 3.6% | 2018 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 65 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.5% | 2014 | up 1,623.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Jordan | 3.4% | 2018 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Qatar | 3.4% | 2018 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Austria | 3.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Germany | 3.1% | 2017 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 70 | Italy | 2.9% | 2017 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 2.8% | 2017 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 2.8% | 2017 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 2.7% | 2017 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2018 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 2.5% | 2017 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.4% | 2018 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.4% | 2015 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 78 | Estonia | 2.3% | 2017 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 2.3% | 2018 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Sudan | 2.3% | 2016 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 81 | Hungary | 2.3% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 82 | Andorra | 2.3% | 2018 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 2.2% | 2018 | down 84.4% | falling |
| 84 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2017 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 85 | Kuwait | 2.1% | 2018 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 2.1% | 2015 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 2.1% | 2018 | up 703.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 2.0% | 2017 | up 44.0% | falling |
| 89 | Poland | 1.9% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 1.9% | 2013 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 91 | Bahamas | 1.9% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Palestine, State of | 1.8% | 2018 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 1.7% | 2017 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.7% | 2018 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2018 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 96 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2011 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 97 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.6% | 2016 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Latvia | 1.6% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 99 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.5% | 2017 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 100 | Liechtenstein | 1.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2018 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 1.4% | 2018 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 103 | Bahrain | 1.4% | 2018 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2016 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 105 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2017 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 106 | Türkiye | 1.3% | 2017 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 107 | France | 1.3% | 2017 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 108 | Georgia | 1.2% | 2018 | up 513.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2017 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 110 | Albania | 1.1% | 2018 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 111 | San Marino | 1.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 1.1% | 2017 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2017 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 114 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2017 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 115 | Fiji | 1.1% | 2015 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 1.0% | 2018 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 1.0% | 2017 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Monaco | 1.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Czechia | 1.0% | 2017 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 120 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2016 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2016 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.9% | 2018 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 123 | Samoa | 0.8% | 2018 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0.7% | 2017 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 125 | Croatia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 126 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2018 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2018 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 128 | India | 0.4% | 2016 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 0.4% | 2017 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2017 | up 577.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 0.4% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 132 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2016 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 133 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2013 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 0.3% | 2018 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% | 2009 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 137 | Malta | 0.2% | 2017 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2018 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 139 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2017 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 143 | China | 0.0% | 2015 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1999 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of male repeaters in lower secondary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in lower secondary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in lower secondary education in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in lower secondary education in the previous school year t.