Percentage of repeaters (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics

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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.
Percentage of repeaters (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1992)46.6
2Gabon (2003)34.41
3Burundi (2008)33.75
4Angola (1998)29.49
5Central African Republic (2008)25.62
6Comoros (2008)24.43
7Equatorial Guinea (2007)24.27
8Sao Tome and Principe (2008)24.22
9Togo (2007)23.73
10Republic of the Congo (2008)22.4
11Chad (2007)21.8
12Lesotho (2007)20.99
13Malawi (2008)20.07
14Madagascar (2008)19.66
15Guinea-Bissau (2006)18.7
16Brazil (2005)18.67
17Namibia (2008)18.11
18Ivory Coast (2008)18.04
19Swaziland (2007)18.04
20Rwanda (2008)17.7
21Suriname (2008)17.21
22New Caledonia (1985)17.09
23Laos (2008)16.82
24Cameroon (2008)16.8
25Nepal (2008)16.75
26Afghanistan (2005)16.26
27Guinea (2008)15.44
28Eritrea (2008)15.41
29Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)15.34
30Benin (2008)14.3
31Mali (2008)14.22
32Vanuatu (2007)13.56
33Bangladesh (2008)13.15
34Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2004)12.92
35Haiti (1991)12.69
36Netherlands Antilles (2003)12.63
37Guatemala (2008)12.45
38Timor-Leste (2008)12.45
39Morocco (2008)11.89
40Cape Verde (2008)11.59
41Cambodia (2008)11.25
42Nicaragua (2008)11.05
43Uganda (2008)10.95
44Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2004)10.92
45Djibouti (2008)10.57
46Burkina Faso (2008)10.52
47Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2003)10.2
48Portugal (2005)10.19
49Sierra Leone (2007)9.94
50Thailand (2007)9.21
51Libya (1980)9.19
52Lebanon (2008)8.77
53Solomon Islands (1994)8.66
54Tunisia (2008)8.46
55Belize (2008)8.22
56Iraq (2005)7.97
57South Africa (2007)7.96
58Algeria (2008)7.8
59Senegal (2008)7.68
60Syria (2008)7.46
61Aruba (2008)7.44
62Peru (2008)7.17
63Costa Rica (2008)7.04
64Uruguay (2007)6.96
65Liberia (2008)6.67
66Bhutan (2009)6.6
67Trinidad and Tobago (2008)6.59
68Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2004)6.53
69Ghana (2008)6.51
70Low income (2004)6.39
71Macau (2008)6.17
72Argentina (2007)6.13
73El Salvador (2008)6.1
74Monaco (1991)5.98
75Zambia (2008)5.88
76Kenya (2005)5.83
77Yemen (2008)5.72
78Antigua and Barbuda (2008)5.61
79Mozambique (2008)5.51
80Gambia (2008)5.42
81Honduras (2008)5.3
82Panama (2008)5.29
83Tonga (2006)5.18
84Niger (2009)5.05
85Ethiopia (2008)4.96
86Palau (2004)4.69
87Botswana (2006)4.67
88St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)4.56
89Pakistan (2008)4.42
90Low & middle income (2004)4.39
91Maldives (2008)4.33
92Tanzania (2007)4.22
93France (2000)4.17
94South Asia (2004)4.1
95Paraguay (2007)4.06
96Middle income (2002)4.05
97Mauritius (2008)4
98Dominica (2008)3.87
99Luxembourg (2008)3.82
100New Zealand (1992)3.79
101Upper middle income (2004)3.73
102Sudan (2009)3.68
103Mexico (2008)3.6
104Colombia (2008)3.47
105Dominican Republic (2008)3.45
106India (2007)3.45
107Belgium (2008)3.39
108Venezuela (2008)3.37
109Latvia (2008)3.31
110Saudi Arabia (2008)3.31
111Egypt (2007)3.1
112Jamaica (2008)3.05
113Slovakia (2008)2.96
114Indonesia (2008)2.91
115Nigeria (2007)2.89
116Grenada (2008)2.88
117Andorra (2008)2.83
118Netherlands (1980)2.53
119Bolivia (2007)2.49
120Spain (2007)2.49
121Ecuador (2008)2.47
122St. Lucia (2008)2.4
123Chile (2007)2.39
124Philippines (2007)2.31
125Lower middle income (2004)2.21
126Euro area (2000)2.21
127Albania (2004)2.15
128Turkey (2008)2.13
129Mauritania (2008)1.99
130Bahrain (2008)1.95
131United Arab Emirates (2007)1.88
132Bulgaria (2008)1.82
133Iran (2008)1.8
134Hungary (2008)1.73
135Romania (2008)1.71
136Fiji (2008)1.69
137St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)1.54
138Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2004)1.51
139Switzerland (2008)1.48
140Israel (2008)1.48
141Germany (2008)1.27
142Austria (2004)1.24
143Western Samoa (2007)1.23
144East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2004)1.16
145Seychelles (1975)1.14
146Oman (2008)1.11
147Vietnam (2006)1.03
148Hong Kong (2008)0.92
149Kuwait (2007)0.92
150Estonia (2008)0.89
151Brunei Darussalam (2008)0.82
152Sri Lanka (2008)0.82
153Malta (2007)0.82
154Guyana (2008)0.73
155Poland (2007)0.71
156Ireland (2008)0.69
157Greece (2007)0.67
158Lithuania (2008)0.67
159Czech Republic (2008)0.63
160Qatar (2008)0.63
161Serbia (2008)0.62
162Jordan (2008)0.59
163Slovenia (2008)0.57
164Cuba (2008)0.54
165West Bank and Gaza (2008)0.46
166Burma (2008)0.45
167Cyprus (2008)0.44
168Russia (2008)0.43
169Finland (2008)0.41
170Singapore (2008)0.31
171Azerbaijan (2008)0.3
172Georgia (2008)0.3
173China (2008)0.29
174Croatia (2007)0.29
175Tajikistan (2008)0.25
176Italy (2007)0.24
177Kiribati (1997)0.24
178Cayman Islands (2005)0.22
179Mongolia (2008)0.18
180Armenia (2007)0.17
181Ukraine (2008)0.12
182Kyrgyzstan (2008)0.1
183Macedonia (2007)0.1
184San Marino (1996)0.09
185Moldova (2008)0.08
186Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)0.08
187Kazakhstan (2009)0.07
188Belarus (2008)0.04
189Uzbekistan (2008)0.01
190South Korea (2008)0
191North Korea (2008)0
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