Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%) by country
Number of male repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in primary...
Countries reporting
179
Highest
41.0%
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
2.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,893
What the numbers show
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 41.0% in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 5.0%.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 237.4%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.0% | 1987 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 2 | Gabon | 34.9% | 2002 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 3 | Burundi | 28.1% | 2018 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 23.5% | 2018 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 21.4% | 2016 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 7 | Congo | 20.5% | 2009 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 20.5% | 2013 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.3% | 2011 | — | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 19.3% | 2017 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 11 | Namibia | 18.9% | 2017 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 12 | Haiti | 18.7% | 1996 | up 88.1% | falling |
| 13 | Suriname | 18.5% | 2018 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 14 | Comoros | 17.4% | 2017 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 16.4% | 2018 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 15.8% | 2009 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 15.5% | 1990 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 18 | New Caledonia | 14.8% | 1989 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.8% | 2016 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 20 | Tunisia | 14.5% | 2016 | up 72.1% | falling |
| 21 | East Timor | 14.4% | 2018 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea | 13.9% | 2013 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 13.9% | 2018 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 12.5% | 2007 | up 119.2% | falling |
| 25 | Eswatini | 11.7% | 2017 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.6% | 2016 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 27 | Rwanda | 10.9% | 2018 | down 30.4% | flat |
| 28 | Lesotho | 10.7% | 2015 | down 56.1% | flat |
| 29 | Libya | 10.5% | 1980 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 10.5% | 2010 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | Morocco | 10.3% | 2018 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 32 | Cape Verde | 9.9% | 2017 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 33 | Yemen | 9.7% | 2012 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 34 | Guatemala | 9.7% | 2018 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.5% | 2014 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 37 | Iraq | 9.3% | 2003 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 38 | Uganda | 9.2% | 2016 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 39 | Eritrea | 9.2% | 2017 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 8.4% | 2018 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 41 | Aruba | 8.4% | 2013 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 42 | Bhutan | 8.3% | 2017 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 7.8% | 2017 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 44 | Nepal | 7.5% | 2016 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 45 | Cambodia | 7.4% | 2018 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.4% | 2009 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 47 | Mozambique | 7.3% | 2018 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 7.3% | 2014 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 49 | Lebanon | 7.1% | 2018 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 50 | Algeria | 7.0% | 2018 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 6.6% | 2018 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 6.4% | 2018 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 53 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% | 2017 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 54 | Tonga | 5.9% | 2005 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 55 | Zambia | 5.6% | 2012 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 56 | Botswana | 5.6% | 2012 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 57 | Gambia | 5.5% | 2018 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 5.5% | 2011 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 59 | Syria | 5.0% | 2012 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 60 | Uruguay | 5.0% | 2015 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 61 | Djibouti | 4.6% | 2019 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 62 | Laos | 4.6% | 2018 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 63 | El Salvador | 4.4% | 2017 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 4.1% | 1991 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 4.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | Dominica | 3.9% | 2014 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 68 | Panama | 3.9% | 2016 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 69 | Niger | 3.8% | 2014 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 70 | Bahamas | 3.7% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Liechtenstein | 3.7% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Venezuela | 3.6% | 2016 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 73 | Chile | 3.6% | 2017 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 3.5% | 2016 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 3.3% | 2018 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 76 | Kenya | 3.2% | 2015 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovakia | 3.2% | 2017 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 78 | Austria | 3.1% | 2017 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 3.0% | 2017 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 3.0% | 2017 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 81 | Senegal | 2.9% | 2014 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.8% | 2017 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | 2.8% | 2016 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 2.8% | 2017 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 85 | Turkey | 2.7% | 2017 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Bolivia | 2.7% | 2017 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 87 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.6% | 2014 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 2.5% | 2016 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Netherlands | 2.5% | 1984 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 90 | Belgium | 2.4% | 2017 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Tanzania | 2.3% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 92 | Jamaica | 2.1% | 2018 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 93 | Colombia | 1.9% | 2017 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Hungary | 1.9% | 2017 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 1.9% | 2017 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 96 | Thailand | 1.9% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2018 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 98 | Egypt | 1.9% | 2018 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 99 | Philippines | 1.8% | 2017 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 100 | Macao | 1.8% | 2018 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 101 | Mauritania | 1.7% | 2017 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Iran | 1.7% | 2016 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2017 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 104 | Qatar | 1.6% | 2018 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 1.6% | 2017 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 106 | Andorra | 1.5% | 2018 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 107 | Monaco | 1.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Samoa | 1.4% | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 1.3% | 2017 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 1.3% | 2016 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2017 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 112 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2017 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Vietnam | 1.2% | 2018 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2017 | up 65.3% | flat |
| 115 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2018 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Israel | 1.0% | 2017 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2016 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Denmark | 1.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2018 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2008 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Poland | 0.9% | 2017 | down 41.1% | flat |
| 122 | Albania | 0.7% | 2018 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Greece | 0.7% | 2017 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 0.7% | 2017 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.7% | 2018 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Estonia | 0.7% | 2017 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 128 | India | 0.6% | 2016 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2017 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Ecuador | 0.5% | 2017 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2018 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Germany | 0.5% | 2017 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2018 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 0.5% | 2018 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Ireland | 0.4% | 2017 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Malta | 0.4% | 2017 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2018 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2015 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Italy | 0.3% | 2017 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei | 0.3% | 2018 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2017 | up 237.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Finland | 0.3% | 2017 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 143 | Russia | 0.3% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Tuvalu | 0.3% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2018 | up 163.0% | falling |
| 146 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2009 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2014 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2017 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2017 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2017 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2018 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2018 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2016 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2018 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2017 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.5% | falling |
| 164 | China | 0.0% | 2018 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 165 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2017 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2018 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Canada | 0.0% | 2010 | — | flat |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 167 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 167 | Japan | 0.0% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 167 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 1990 | — | flat |
| 167 | Norway | 0.0% | 1992 | — | flat |
| 167 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 167 | Oman | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 1999 | — | flat |
| 167 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 167 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 167 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 1993 | — | 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 22.8%
- South Africa 9.6%
About this data
Number of male repeaters in primary education in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in primary education in the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in primary education in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in primary education in the previous school year t.