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

Rank

Country

Value
1Burundi (2008)34.03
2Gabon (2003)33.66
3Angola (1998)29.76
4Central African Republic (2008)26.02
5Guinea-Bissau (2000)24.47
6Comoros (2008)24.4
7Togo (2007)24.01
8Equatorial Guinea (2007)23.38
9Sao Tome and Principe (2008)22.76
10Chad (2007)22.76
11Republic of the Congo (2008)21.52
12Brazil (2004)20.13
13Malawi (2008)19.64
14Madagascar (2008)18.71
15Ivory Coast (2008)18.24
16Rwanda (2008)17.8
17Lesotho (2007)17.64
18Nepal (2008)16.73
19Cameroon (2008)16.04
20Guinea (2008)15.9
21Laos (2008)15.62
22Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)15.55
23Swaziland (2007)15.31
24New Caledonia (1985)15.06
25Eritrea (2008)14.65
26Mali (2008)14.42
27Namibia (2008)14.37
28Suriname (2008)14.37
29Benin (2008)14.33
30Afghanistan (2005)13.86
31Bangladesh (2008)12.94
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2004)12.71
33Haiti (1991)12.64
34Vanuatu (2007)12.31
35Timor-Leste (2008)11.79
36Guatemala (2008)11.33
37Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2004)10.9
38Uganda (2008)10.78
39Djibouti (2008)10.49
40Burkina Faso (2008)10.45
41Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2001)10.21
42Sierra Leone (2007)10.18
43Cambodia (2008)10.13
44Netherlands Antilles (2003)9.62
45Morocco (2008)9.6
46Nicaragua (2008)9.41
47Cape Verde (2008)9.08
48Libya (1980)7.98
49Senegal (2008)7.59
50South Africa (2007)7.51
51Lebanon (2008)7.23
52Portugal (2004)7
53Belize (2008)6.95
54Liberia (2008)6.9
55Peru (2008)6.9
56Iraq (2005)6.53
57Thailand (2007)6.47
58Tunisia (2008)6.47
59Aruba (2008)6.42
60Syria (2008)6.34
61Low income (2004)6.28
62Ghana (2008)5.97
63Algeria (2008)5.86
64Costa Rica (2008)5.82
65Bhutan (2009)5.74
66Zambia (2008)5.66
67Kenya (2005)5.63
68Uruguay (2007)5.59
69Monaco (1991)5.57
70Trinidad and Tobago (2008)5.46
71Gambia (2008)5.32
72Mozambique (2008)5.26
73Niger (2009)5.14
74Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2004)5.09
75Yemen (2008)5.02
76El Salvador (2008)5.01
77Argentina (2007)4.89
78Solomon Islands (1980)4.64
79Ethiopia (2008)4.56
80Honduras (2008)4.53
81Macau (2008)4.44
82Tonga (2006)4.38
83Panama (2008)4.3
84Low & middle income (2004)4.18
85Tanzania (2007)4.18
86France (2000)4.17
87Antigua and Barbuda (2008)4.12
88South Asia (2004)4.01
89Pakistan (2008)3.94
90St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)3.89
91Luxembourg (2008)3.61
92Middle income (2002)3.59
93Botswana (2006)3.57
94Sudan (2009)3.53
95New Zealand (1992)3.52
96India (2007)3.42
97Mauritius (2008)3.34
98Belgium (2008)3.27
99Paraguay (2007)3.24
100Maldives (2008)3.21
101Saudi Arabia (2008)3.15
102Nigeria (2007)2.99
103Colombia (2008)2.96
104Mexico (2008)2.77
105Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (1993)2.75
106Slovakia (2008)2.68
107Dominican Republic (2008)2.64
108Jamaica (2008)2.64
109Venezuela (2008)2.55
110Dominica (2008)2.38
111Ecuador (2008)2.27
112Egypt (2007)2.25
113Bolivia (2007)2.22
114Turkey (2008)2.19
115Indonesia (2008)2.19
116Andorra (2008)2.17
117Euro area (2000)2.1
118Spain (2007)2.06
119Grenada (2008)1.96
120Netherlands (1980)1.95
121Vietnam (2003)1.92
122Mauritania (2008)1.91
123Latvia (2008)1.9
124Lower middle income (2004)1.89
125Bahrain (2008)1.85
126Chile (2007)1.8
127Albania (2004)1.71
128United Arab Emirates (2007)1.71
129St. Lucia (2008)1.63
130Philippines (2007)1.62
131Bulgaria (2008)1.47
132Hungary (2008)1.42
133Romania (2008)1.37
134Switzerland (2008)1.37
135Fiji (2008)1.34
136Seychelles (1975)1.33
137Germany (2008)1.2
138Iran (2008)1.2
139Oman (2008)1.12
140Austria (2004)1.07
141East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2004)1.06
142Israel (2008)1
143St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)0.93
144Western Samoa (2007)0.91
145Malta (2007)0.84
146Hong Kong (2008)0.74
147Kuwait (2007)0.71
148Sri Lanka (2008)0.66
149Ireland (2008)0.63
150Guyana (2008)0.62
151Jordan (2008)0.6
152Russia (2006)0.57
153Greece (2007)0.57
154Qatar (2008)0.57
155Czech Republic (2008)0.53
156Lithuania (2008)0.51
157Serbia (2008)0.5
158Brunei Darussalam (2008)0.47
159Estonia (2008)0.46
160West Bank and Gaza (2008)0.45
161Slovenia (2008)0.44
162Burma (2008)0.44
163Cyprus (2008)0.4
164Cuba (2008)0.36
165Poland (2007)0.32
166Singapore (2008)0.28
167Finland (2008)0.28
168Azerbaijan (2008)0.27
169China (2008)0.26
170Croatia (2007)0.24
171Georgia (2008)0.21
172Kiribati (1997)0.19
173Italy (2007)0.18
174Tajikistan (2007)0.18
175Armenia (2007)0.17
176Mongolia (2008)0.15
177Ukraine (2008)0.12
178Moldova (2008)0.07
179Kyrgyzstan (2008)0.07
180Macedonia (2007)0.07
181Cayman Islands (2005)0.06
182Belarus (2007)0.05
183Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)0.05
184Kazakhstan (2009)0.05
185North Korea (2008)0
186Uzbekistan (2008)0
187South Korea (2008)0
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