Percentage of repeaters (%), secondary - Secondary - Education Statistics

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Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school.
Percentage of repeaters (%), secondary - Secondary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Sao Tome and Principe (2008)33.42
2Guinea (2008)25.95
3Burkina Faso (2008)25.7
4Togo (2007)25.38
5Republic of the Congo (2008)24.2
6Gabon (2002)21.7
7Burundi (2007)21.67
8Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1985)21.15
9Brazil (2005)21.08
10Central African Republic (2005)20.55
11Niger (2009)20.1
12Cape Verde (2008)18.67
13Chad (2006)18.53
14Tunisia (2008)17.32
15Comoros (2008)17.26
16Mali (2008)17.23
17Benin (2006)16.78
18Antigua and Barbuda (2008)16.19
19Morocco (2008)15.74
20Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)15.69
21Cameroon (2008)15.67
22Equatorial Guinea (2000)15.06
23Dominica (2008)14.76
24Senegal (2008)14.45
25New Caledonia (1985)14.2
26South Africa (2004)14.16
27Argentina (2007)13.76
28Guinea-Bissau (2006)13.5
29Uruguay (2007)13.21
30Algeria (2007)12.83
31Libya (1980)12.73
32Mauritania (2007)12.64
33Lesotho (2007)12.58
34Suriname (1975)12.44
35Mauritius (2008)11.85
36Madagascar (2008)11.71
37Malawi (2008)11.68
38Guyana (2008)11.68
39Mozambique (2008)11.59
40French Polynesia (1992)11.49
41Andorra (2008)11.42
42Ivory Coast (2008)11.32
43Eritrea (2008)11.06
44Aruba (2008)10.93
45Macau (2008)10.91
46Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2002)10.5
47Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (1993)10.37
48Thailand (2007)9.79
49Iran (1993)9.7
50Luxembourg (2008)9.54
51Lebanon (2008)9.54
52Spain (1993)9.43
53Costa Rica (2008)9.02
54Brunei Darussalam (2008)8.9
55Portugal (1975)8.89
56Tonga (2006)8.77
57Ethiopia (2008)8.65
58Ecuador (2008)8.59
59Namibia (2004)8.58
60Bangladesh (2007)8.55
61Iraq (2005)8.47
62St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)8.26
63Haiti (1985)8.07
64Nicaragua (2008)7.9
65Swaziland (2007)7.69
66Rwanda (2008)7.61
67Kuwait (2008)7.59
68Palau (2004)7.52
69Nepal (2008)7.48
70Maldives (2006)7.43
71Belgium (2008)7.37
72Egypt (2004)7.3
73France (2008)6.73
74Belize (2005)6.7
75Sierra Leone (2007)6.55
76Syria (2008)6.29
77Afghanistan (1993)5.99
78Panama (2008)5.92
79Peru (2008)5.86
80Djibouti (2008)5.85
81Yemen (2008)5.82
82Zambia (2008)5.58
83Turkey (2008)5.57
84Honduras (2007)5.46
85Grenada (2008)5.24
86Low income (2003)5.1
87Euro area (2000)4.86
88United Arab Emirates (2007)4.85
89Latvia (2008)4.78
90El Salvador (2008)4.74
91South Asia (2004)4.73
92Hong Kong (2008)4.73
93Netherlands (2008)4.71
94India (2006)4.68
95Bahrain (2008)4.53
96Bhutan (2009)4.32
97Saudi Arabia (2008)4.24
98Gambia (2008)4.01
99Estonia (2008)3.8
100Bolivia (2007)3.48
101Western Samoa (2004)3.36
102Albania (2004)3.26
103Tanzania (2006)3.24
104St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)3.21
105Chile (2007)3.18
106Marshall Islands (2002)3.15
107Middle income (1993)3.07
108Guatemala (2008)3.06
109Qatar (2008)2.99
110Venezuela (2008)2.97
111Italy (2007)2.96
112Hungary (2008)2.91
113Philippines (2007)2.83
114Colombia (2008)2.79
115Burma (2007)2.78
116Ghana (2002)2.77
117Greece (2007)2.74
118Germany (2008)2.73
119Fiji (2005)2.72
120Low & middle income (2004)2.7
121Sudan (2008)2.61
122Switzerland (2008)2.42
123Poland (2007)2.4
124Uganda (2008)2.39
125Cambodia (2008)2.23
126Austria (1999)2.07
127Pakistan (2004)2.06
128West Bank and Gaza (2008)2.01
129Malta (2007)1.97
130Upper middle income (2004)1.93
131Romania (2008)1.93
132Bulgaria (2008)1.9
133Vanuatu (2006)1.77
134Oman (2008)1.75
135Slovakia (2008)1.69
136Mexico (2008)1.68
137Laos (2008)1.64
138Singapore (2008)1.59
139Israel (2008)1.55
140Lower middle income (2004)1.47
141Jordan (2008)1.35
142Lithuania (2008)1.32
143Dominican Republic (2008)1.28
144Ireland (2008)1.2
145Liberia (2000)1.17
146Timor-Leste (2008)1.1
147Cyprus (2008)1.06
148Jamaica (2008)1.06
149Slovenia (2008)1.05
150Denmark (2006)1.01
151Serbia (2008)1.01
152Vietnam (2005)0.96
153Czech Republic (2008)0.9
154Paraguay (2007)0.89
155Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2004)0.87
156New Zealand (1995)0.8
157Trinidad and Tobago (2008)0.77
158San Marino (1995)0.75
159Sri Lanka (2006)0.71
160Azerbaijan (2008)0.67
161Cuba (2008)0.56
162Kiribati (1992)0.51
163Botswana (2006)0.48
164Croatia (2007)0.47
165Indonesia (2008)0.46
166East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2004)0.46
167Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)0.45
168Tajikistan (2008)0.44
169Russia (2008)0.37
170Macedonia (2008)0.36
171Finland (2008)0.33
172China (2008)0.33
173Georgia (2008)0.3
174Solomon Islands (1980)0.25
175St. Lucia (2008)0.22
176Kyrgyzstan (2008)0.12
177Kazakhstan (2009)0.11
178Malaysia (1999)0.1
179Armenia (2008)0.09
180Moldova (2007)0.07
181Seychelles (2000)0.04
182Mongolia (2008)0.03
183Belarus (2007)0.03
184Uzbekistan (2008)0.02
185Ukraine (2008)0.02
186South Korea (2008)0.01
187North Korea (2008)0.01
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