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
179
Highest
41.9%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
1.6%
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 179 countries. The highest value is 41.9% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 4.1%.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 126 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Canada | 0.0% | 2010 | — | flat |
| 166 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 166 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 166 | Japan | 0.0% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 166 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 1990 | — | flat |
| 166 | Norway | 0.0% | 1992 | — | flat |
| 166 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 1999 | — | flat |
| 166 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 166 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 166 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 23.7%
- South Africa 5.5%
About this data
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.