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Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%) by country

Number of female repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in...

Countries reporting
171
Highest
41.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
1.8%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,892

What the numbers show

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 41.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 4.5%.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 479.2%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 41.9% 1987 up 36.7% rising
2 Gabon 33.4% 2002 down 17.3% flat
3 Burundi 25.6% 2018 down 27.8% rising
4 Central African Republic 23.7% 2011 down 10.2% falling
5 Madagascar 21.4% 2018 up 1.1% falling
6 Mali 21.0% 2016 up 12.9% falling
7 Chad 20.8% 2017 down 24.0% falling
8 Malawi 20.0% 2013 up 0.5% rising
9 Congo 19.5% 2009 down 50.9% falling
10 Haiti 18.3% 1996 up 79.2% falling
11 Equatorial Guinea 18.0% 2011 — falling
12 Benin 15.7% 2018 up 12.0% falling
13 Comoros 15.1% 2017 down 43.7% falling
14 Guinea 14.5% 2013 up 21.1% falling
15 Namibia 13.3% 2017 down 1.5% falling
16 Suriname 13.2% 2018 down 10.4% falling
17 Cameroon 13.1% 2018 down 11.5% falling
18 Vanuatu 13.0% 2009 up 25.7% flat
19 New Caledonia 11.9% 1989 down 14.8% flat
20 Cote d'Ivoire 11.4% 2016 down 46.7% falling
21 Portugal 11.4% 1990 down 23.6% falling
22 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.6% 2014 down 40.4% falling
23 Sao Tome and Principe 10.2% 2016 down 56.3% falling
24 East Timor 10.2% 2018 down 43.1% falling
25 Bangladesh 9.8% 2010 down 9.4% falling
26 Nicaragua 9.3% 2007 up 118.0% falling
27 Rwanda 9.2% 2018 down 38.3% flat
28 Uganda 8.8% 2016 down 41.1% falling
29 Eswatini 8.4% 2017 down 45.9% rising
30 Tunisia 8.3% 2016 up 55.0% falling
31 Libya 8.2% 1980 up 74.9% rising
32 Gambia 7.8% 2018 up 43.5% falling
33 Yemen 7.7% 2012 up 92.6% rising
34 Togo 7.6% 2017 down 68.3% falling
35 Lesotho 7.5% 2015 down 57.5% falling
36 Guatemala 7.3% 2018 down 31.1% falling
37 Nepal 7.3% 2016 down 63.8% falling
38 Eritrea 7.0% 2017 down 49.1% volatile
39 Ethiopia 6.9% 2014 down 15.8% falling
40 Mozambique 6.7% 2018 down 5.1% volatile
41 Iraq 6.6% 2003 down 51.5% falling
42 Burkina Faso 6.4% 2018 down 45.2% falling
43 Aruba 6.3% 2013 down 16.4% flat
44 Morocco 6.2% 2018 down 32.6% volatile
45 Bhutan 5.9% 2017 up 4.1% volatile
46 Belize 5.7% 2018 down 16.4% falling
47 Cape Verde 5.6% 2017 down 36.6% volatile
48 South Africa 5.5% 2017 down 26.6% falling
49 Zambia 5.2% 2012 down 30.3% volatile
50 Trinidad and Tobago 5.2% 2009 down 28.0% rising
51 Solomon Islands 5.1% 2017 down 34.3% rising
52 Lebanon 4.7% 2018 down 34.9% falling
53 Cambodia 4.6% 2018 down 48.0% volatile
54 Tonga 4.3% 2005 down 36.1% falling
55 Djibouti 4.3% 2019 down 59.6% falling
56 Afghanistan 3.9% 2017 — volatile
57 Syria 3.9% 2012 down 24.5% falling
58 Luxembourg 3.6% 2017 down 0.9% falling
59 New Zealand 3.5% 1991 up 20.9% volatile
60 Algeria 3.5% 2018 down 49.0% falling
61 Paraguay 3.5% 2011 down 44.4% falling
62 Niger 3.4% 2014 down 43.7% falling
63 Uruguay 3.4% 2015 down 41.2% falling
64 Botswana 3.3% 2012 down 7.2% falling
65 Argentina 3.2% 2016 down 35.4% falling
66 Laos 3.1% 2018 down 79.2% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 3.0% 2018 down 39.9% falling
68 Slovakia 3.0% 2017 up 13.0% rising
69 El Salvador 2.9% 2017 down 36.1% falling
70 Kenya 2.7% 2015 down 53.2% volatile
71 Senegal 2.7% 2014 down 78.2% falling
72 Panama 2.6% 2016 down 42.2% falling
73 Turkey 2.6% 2017 up 17.6% volatile
74 Austria 2.5% 2017 up 17.6% falling
75 Liechtenstein 2.5% 2017 — volatile
76 Peru 2.5% 2017 down 61.6% volatile
77 Sudan 2.4% 2016 down 41.7% falling
78 Saint Lucia 2.4% 2018 up 49.0% falling
79 Belgium 2.2% 2017 down 33.6% volatile
80 Spain 2.1% 2017 down 8.6% falling
81 Bahamas 2.1% 2012 — volatile
82 Chile 2.1% 2017 down 43.1% volatile
83 Venezuela 2.0% 2016 down 45.2% falling
84 Tanzania 1.9% 2018 down 13.0% volatile
85 Mauritania 1.9% 2017 down 46.2% volatile
86 Bolivia 1.8% 2017 down 62.9% falling
87 Pakistan 1.8% 2018 down 57.4% falling
88 Netherlands 1.7% 1984 down 22.2% falling
89 Ghana 1.7% 2017 down 58.0% rising
90 Dominica 1.6% 2014 down 28.1% rising
91 Grenada 1.6% 2017 down 42.0% volatile
92 Honduras 1.6% 2016 down 77.3% volatile
93 Sierra Leone 1.4% 2017 down 90.4% volatile
94 Colombia 1.4% 2017 down 54.0% volatile
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.3% 2014 up 33.1% volatile
96 Andorra 1.3% 2018 down 32.5% falling
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.3% 2017 down 56.4% volatile
98 Hungary 1.3% 2017 down 7.7% falling
99 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2016 down 59.5% falling
100 Iran 1.2% 2016 down 47.0% volatile
101 Macao 1.1% 2018 down 72.6% falling
102 Jamaica 1.1% 2018 down 62.3% falling
103 Egypt 1.1% 2018 down 56.6% volatile
104 Switzerland 1.1% 2017 down 19.1% falling
105 Romania 1.1% 2017 down 18.4% falling
106 Indonesia 1.0% 2017 down 54.8% volatile
107 Qatar 1.0% 2018 up 61.8% volatile
108 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2016 up 36.9% volatile
109 Mexico 0.8% 2017 down 70.4% volatile
110 Thailand 0.8% 2017 — volatile
111 Philippines 0.8% 2017 down 48.7% falling
112 Samoa 0.8% 2018 up 3.3% rising
113 Jordan 0.7% 2018 down 32.9% volatile
114 Greece 0.7% 2017 up 28.5% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.7% 2017 up 64.8% flat
116 Guyana 0.7% 2008 down 66.8% volatile
117 Denmark 0.7% 2017 — volatile
118 Costa Rica 0.7% 2018 down 84.3% falling
119 Vietnam 0.6% 2018 down 20.8% volatile
120 India 0.5% 2016 down 84.9% volatile
121 Albania 0.5% 2018 down 61.3% volatile
122 Serbia 0.5% 2018 down 10.5% rising
123 Poland 0.5% 2017 down 40.3% rising
124 Czechia 0.5% 2017 down 11.9% falling
125 Germany 0.5% 2017 down 61.4% falling
126 Israel 0.4% 2017 down 47.6% falling
127 Bahrain 0.4% 2018 down 53.9% volatile
128 Cuba 0.4% 2018 up 78.8% volatile
129 Monaco 0.4% 2018 — volatile
130 Ecuador 0.4% 2017 down 67.9% volatile
131 Kuwait 0.4% 2018 down 33.5% volatile
132 Hong Kong 0.4% 2018 down 41.9% volatile
133 Latvia 0.4% 2017 down 78.9% falling
134 Fiji 0.4% 2015 down 74.9% volatile
135 Ireland 0.4% 2017 down 40.7% volatile
136 Estonia 0.4% 2017 down 18.6% volatile
137 Lithuania 0.4% 2017 down 26.8% falling
138 Myanmar 0.3% 2009 down 37.3% volatile
139 Montenegro 0.3% 2017 up 479.2% volatile
140 Malta 0.3% 2017 down 81.5% volatile
141 Russia 0.3% 2017 — volatile
142 Italy 0.2% 2017 up 24.3% volatile
143 Georgia 0.2% 2018 up 164.1% rising
144 Finland 0.2% 2017 down 33.5% flat
145 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2014 down 89.1% volatile
146 Brunei 0.2% 2018 down 44.5% volatile
147 Singapore 0.2% 2017 down 45.9% volatile
148 Croatia 0.1% 2017 down 46.4% falling
149 Armenia 0.1% 2018 down 36.0% volatile
150 Cyprus 0.1% 2017 down 68.0% volatile
151 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2018 down 50.3% falling
152 Bulgaria 0.1% 2017 down 92.5% volatile
153 Tajikistan 0.1% 2016 down 73.9% volatile
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2018 up 45.4% rising
155 Mongolia 0.1% 2017 down 65.8% volatile
156 Belarus 0.0% 2017 up 2.6% volatile
157 Ukraine 0.0% 2018 down 59.1% volatile
158 Palestine 0.0% 2018 — volatile
159 Maldives 0.0% 2018 down 99.0% volatile
160 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 44.3% volatile
161 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2018 down 60.5% volatile
162 Mauritius 0.0% 2018 down 99.6% volatile
163 China 0.0% 2018 down 97.3% volatile
164 South Korea 0.0% 2017 up 73.9% volatile
165 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2018 down 87.7% volatile
166 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
166 Moldova 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 North Macedonia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
166 Oman 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
166 Seychelles 0.0% 1993 — volatile
166 Tuvalu 0.0% 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 3,892 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of female repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in primary education in the previous school year t.