Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) - Country Ranking

Definition: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Gabon 33.66 2003
2 Madagascar 24.84 2018
3 Burundi 24.33 2018
4 Brazil 24.04 1999
5 Central African Republic 22.85 2016
6 Congo 20.92 2012
7 Mali 19.37 2017
8 Malawi 19.30 2014
9 Equatorial Guinea 17.44 2015
10 Chad 17.20 2016
11 Haiti 16.65 1997
12 Benin 14.79 2018
13 Comoros 14.46 2018
14 Iraq 14.35 2007
15 Guinea-Bissau 14.22 2010
16 Vanuatu 13.61 2013
17 Suriname 13.57 2018
18 Angola 12.93 2011
19 Namibia 12.84 2018
20 Rwanda 12.63 2018
21 Portugal 12.07 1991
22 Guinea 12.01 2016
23 New Caledonia 11.96 1990
24 Cameroon 11.92 2018
25 Timor-Leste 11.18 2018
26 France 11.08 1972
27 Eswatini 11.04 2017
28 Côte d'Ivoire 10.82 2017
29 Dem. Rep. Congo 9.98 2015
30 São Tomé and Principe 9.94 2017
31 Papua New Guinea 8.92 2016
32 Uganda 8.62 2017
33 Djibouti 8.39 2018
34 Libya 8.27 1983
35 Mozambique 8.16 2018
36 Tunisia 8.13 2017
37 Guatemala 7.76 2018
38 Morocco 7.60 2018
39 Lesotho 7.52 2016
40 Togo 7.44 2018
41 Nepal 7.34 2019
42 Liberia 7.24 2017
43 Eritrea 6.97 2018
44 South Africa 6.80 2016
45 Ethiopia 6.69 2015
46 Nicaragua 6.59 2010
47 Syrian Arab Republic 6.40 2013
48 Bhutan 6.06 2018
49 Burkina Faso 5.63 2018
50 Cabo Verde 5.51 2018
51 Zambia 5.35 2013
52 Solomon Islands 5.26 2018
53 Yemen 5.22 2016
54 Trinidad and Tobago 5.21 2010
55 Belize 5.12 2018
56 Cambodia 4.98 2018
57 Lebanon 4.89 2018
58 The Gambia 4.83 2016
59 Liechtenstein 4.46 2017
60 Botswana 4.29 2014
61 Palau 4.14 2014
62 Afghanistan 3.81 2018
63 Bangladesh 3.78 2018
64 Algeria 3.67 2018
65 New Zealand 3.52 1992
66 Senegal 3.51 2018
67 Uruguay 3.40 2016
68 Lao PDR 3.37 2018
69 Luxembourg 3.29 2017
70 Argentina 3.15 2017
71 Slovak Republic 3.13 2017
72 El Salvador 2.97 2018
73 Dominican Republic 2.81 2018
74 Kenya 2.69 2016
75 Puerto Rico 2.60 2015
76 Austria 2.60 2017
77 Niger 2.57 2016
78 Tonga 2.56 2013
79 Panama 2.54 2017
80 The Bahamas 2.52 2018
81 Peru 2.47 2018
82 Jamaica 2.36 2018
83 Turkey 2.34 2017
84 Sudan 2.33 2017
85 St. Lucia 2.21 2018
86 Dominica 2.20 2016
87 Chile 2.19 2017
88 Paraguay 2.13 2016
89 Belgium 2.13 2017
90 Spain 2.11 2017
91 Venezuela 2.11 2017
92 Kiribati 2.08 2016
93 Costa Rica 1.92 2018
94 Bolivia 1.83 2018
95 Pakistan 1.81 2018
96 Mauritania 1.78 2018
97 Netherlands 1.77 1985
98 Tanzania 1.71 2018
99 Ghana 1.69 2018
100 Zimbabwe 1.67 2013
101 Colombia 1.62 2018
102 Grenada 1.60 2018
103 Honduras 1.58 2017
104 United States 1.56 2017
105 Egypt 1.50 2018
106 Sierra Leone 1.49 2018
107 Macao SAR, China 1.29 2018
108 Hungary 1.29 2017
109 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.27 2018
110 Qatar 1.15 2017
111 Saudi Arabia 1.14 2018
112 Iran 1.13 2017
113 Jordan 1.08 2018
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.08 2016
115 Romania 1.06 2017
116 Switzerland 1.06 2017
117 Antigua and Barbuda 1.04 2018
118 Indonesia 0.99 2018
119 Sri Lanka 0.96 2017
120 Philippines 0.87 2017
121 Poland 0.85 2017
122 Samoa 0.83 2018
123 Thailand 0.81 2018
124 Denmark 0.73 2017
125 Andorra 0.72 2018
126 Greece 0.71 2017
127 Albania 0.69 2018
128 Slovenia 0.64 2017
129 Mexico 0.63 2017
130 India 0.58 2018
131 Serbia 0.54 2018
132 Vietnam 0.49 2018
133 Latvia 0.48 2017
134 Israel 0.47 2017
135 Kuwait 0.45 2018
136 Czech Republic 0.43 2017
137 Guyana 0.43 2010
138 Monaco 0.41 2019
139 Germany 0.40 2017
140 Ireland 0.40 2017
141 Ecuador 0.40 2018
142 Malta 0.39 2017
143 Fiji 0.38 2016
144 Lithuania 0.37 2017
145 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.37 2018
146 Bahrain 0.36 2018
147 Estonia 0.35 2017
148 Myanmar 0.34 2010
149 Georgia 0.33 2018
150 Armenia 0.31 2018
151 Montenegro 0.31 2018
152 Russia 0.29 2017
153 Italy 0.28 2017
154 Cuba 0.26 2018
155 Nauru 0.23 2016
156 Finland 0.17 2017
157 Tuvalu 0.16 2018
158 United Arab Emirates 0.15 2015
159 Singapore 0.14 2017
160 Cyprus 0.13 2017
161 Azerbaijan 0.13 2018
162 Croatia 0.10 2017
163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.09 2018
164 Tajikistan 0.07 2017
165 Bulgaria 0.07 2017
166 Ukraine 0.06 2018
167 Brunei 0.05 2018
168 Mongolia 0.05 2018
169 Belarus 0.04 2018
170 Kazakhstan 0.03 2019
171 Kyrgyz Republic 0.01 2018
172 Mauritius 0.01 2018
173 China 0.01 2018
174 Korea 0.00 2017
175 Uzbekistan 0.00 2018
176 North Macedonia 0.00 2017
176 Moldova 0.00 2018
176 Malaysia 0.00 1991
176 San Marino 0.00 2018
176 Sweden 0.00 2015
176 Oman 0.00 2018
176 Norway 0.00 1993
176 Canada 0.00 2011
176 United Kingdom 0.00 2012
176 Seychelles 0.00 1994
176 Somalia 0.00 1975
176 Cayman Islands 0.00 2018
176 Iceland 0.00 2012
176 Japan 0.00 2015

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Development Relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources.

Limitations and Exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual