Education > Elementary school repeaters > All: Countries Compared
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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 34.41 | 2003 | ||
| 2 | Burundi | 33.75 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Angola | 29.49 | 1998 | ||
| 4 | Central African Republic | 25.62 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Comoros | 24.43 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.27 | 2007 | ||
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.22 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Togo | 23.73 | 2007 | ||
| 9 | Congo, Republic of the | 22.4 | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Chad | 21.8 | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Lesotho | 20.99 | 2007 | ||
| 12 | Malawi | 20.07 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Madagascar | 19.66 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.7 | 2006 | ||
| 15 | Brazil | 18.67 | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Namibia | 18.11 | 2008 | ||
| =17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.04 | 2008 | ||
| =17 | Swaziland | 18.04 | 2007 | ||
| 19 | Rwanda | 17.7 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Suriname | 17.21 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Haiti | 16.91 | 1997 | ||
| 22 | Laos | 16.82 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Cameroon | 16.8 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Nepal | 16.75 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Guinea | 15.44 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Eritrea | 15.41 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.34 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Benin | 14.3 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Mali | 14.22 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Vanuatu | 13.56 | 2007 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 13.24 | 2006 | |||
| 31 | Bangladesh | 13.15 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Netherlands Antilles | 12.63 | 2003 | ||
| =33 | Guatemala | 12.45 | 2008 | ||
| =33 | East Timor | 12.45 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Morocco | 11.89 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | Cape Verde | 11.59 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Cambodia | 11.25 | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Nicaragua | 11.05 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Uganda | 10.95 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Djibouti | 10.57 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 10.52 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Portugal | 10.19 | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 9.94 | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Libya | 9.58 | 1983 | ||
| 45 | Thailand | 9.21 | 2007 | ||
| 46 | Lebanon | 8.77 | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 8.66 | 1994 | ||
| 48 | Tunisia | 8.46 | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Belize | 8.22 | 2008 | ||
| 50 | Iraq | 7.97 | 2005 | ||
| 51 | South Africa | 7.96 | 2007 | ||
| 52 | Algeria | 7.8 | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Senegal | 7.68 | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Syria | 7.46 | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Aruba | 7.44 | 2008 | ||
| 56 | Bermuda | 7.4 | 1975 | ||
| 57 | Peru | 7.17 | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Costa Rica | 7.04 | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Uruguay | 6.96 | 2007 | ||
| 60 | Liberia | 6.67 | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Bhutan | 6.6 | 2009 | ||
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.59 | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Ghana | 6.51 | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 6.2 | 2007 | |||
| 64 | Argentina | 6.13 | 2007 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 6.12 | 2005 | |||
| 65 | El Salvador | 6.1 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 5.99 | 2008 | |||
| 66 | Zambia | 5.88 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Kenya | 5.83 | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.61 | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Mozambique | 5.51 | 2008 | ||
| 70 | The Gambia | 5.42 | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Honduras | 5.3 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Panama | 5.29 | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Tonga | 5.18 | 2006 | ||
| 74 | Niger | 5.05 | 2009 | ||
| 75 | Ethiopia | 4.96 | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 4.9 | 2007 | |||
| 76 | Palau | 4.69 | 2004 | ||
| 77 | Botswana | 4.67 | 2006 | ||
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.56 | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Pakistan | 4.42 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Maldives | 4.33 | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Tanzania | 4.22 | 2007 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 4.21 | 2008 | |||
| 82 | France | 4.17 | 2000 | ||
| 83 | Paraguay | 4.06 | 2007 | ||
| 84 | Mauritius | 4 | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Dominica | 3.87 | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Luxembourg | 3.82 | 2008 | ||
| 87 | New Zealand | 3.79 | 1992 | ||
| 88 | Sudan | 3.68 | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Mexico | 3.6 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Colombia | 3.47 | 2008 | ||
| =91 | Dominican Republic | 3.45 | 2008 | ||
| =91 | India | 3.45 | 2007 | ||
| 93 | Belgium | 3.39 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Venezuela | 3.37 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Latvia | 3.31 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Saudi Arabia | 3.31 | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.18 | 2007 | |||
| 97 | Jamaica | 3.05 | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Slovakia | 2.96 | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.93 | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Indonesia | 2.91 | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Nigeria | 2.89 | 2007 | ||
| 102 | Grenada | 2.88 | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Bolivia | 2.49 | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Ecuador | 2.47 | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 2.4 | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Chile | 2.39 | 2007 | ||
| 107 | Philippines | 2.31 | 2007 | ||
| 108 | Netherlands | 2.18 | 1985 | ||
| 109 | Albania | 2.15 | 2004 | ||
| 110 | Turkey | 2.13 | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Mauritania | 1.99 | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Bahrain | 1.95 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 1.88 | 2007 | ||
| 114 | Bulgaria | 1.82 | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Hungary | 1.73 | 2008 | ||
| 116 | Romania | 1.71 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Fiji | 1.69 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.54 | 2008 | ||
| =119 | Switzerland | 1.48 | 2008 | ||
| =119 | Israel | 1.48 | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 1.43 | 2006 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 1.35 | 2007 | |||
| 121 | Germany | 1.27 | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Samoa | 1.23 | 2007 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 1.11 | 2007 | |||
| 123 | Oman | 1.11 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 1.05 | 1999 | |||
| 124 | Vietnam | 1.03 | 2006 | ||
| 125 | Kuwait | 0.92 | 2007 | ||
| 126 | European Union | 0.91 | 2007 | ||
| 127 | Estonia | 0.89 | 2008 | ||
| =128 | Sri Lanka | 0.82 | 2008 | ||
| =128 | Brunei | 0.82 | 2008 | ||
| =128 | Malta | 0.82 | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Guyana | 0.73 | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Poland | 0.71 | 2007 | ||
| 133 | Ireland | 0.69 | 2008 | ||
| =134 | Lithuania | 0.67 | 2008 | ||
| =134 | Greece | 0.67 | 2007 | ||
| =136 | Czech Republic | 0.63 | 2008 | ||
| =136 | Qatar | 0.63 | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.62 | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Jordan | 0.59 | 2008 | ||
| 140 | Slovenia | 0.57 | 2008 | ||
| 141 | Cuba | 0.54 | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 0.505 | 2008 | |||
| 142 | Burma | 0.45 | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.44 | 2008 | ||
| 144 | Russia | 0.43 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Finland | 0.41 | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Singapore | 0.31 | 2008 | ||
| =147 | Azerbaijan | 0.3 | 2008 | ||
| =147 | Georgia | 0.3 | 2008 | ||
| =149 | China | 0.29 | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Croatia | 0.29 | 2007 | ||
| 151 | Tajikistan | 0.25 | 2008 | ||
| =152 | Italy | 0.24 | 2007 | ||
| =152 | Kiribati | 0.24 | 1997 | ||
| 154 | Mongolia | 0.18 | 2008 | ||
| 155 | Armenia | 0.17 | 2007 | ||
| 156 | Ukraine | 0.12 | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1 | 2008 | ||
| =158 | Moldova | 0.08 | 2008 | ||
| =158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.08 | 2008 | ||
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 0.07 | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Belarus | 0.04 | 2008 | ||
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 0.01 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Iceland | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Austria | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Sweden | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | United States | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | San Marino | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Spain | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | United Kingdom | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Norway | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Denmark | 0.0 | 2007 | ||
| =163 | Canada | 0.0 | 2006 | ||
| =163 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2004 | ||
| =163 | Japan | 0.0 | 1995 | ||
| =163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 1995 | ||
| =163 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 1994 | ||
| =163 | Tuvalu | 0.0 | 1994 | ||
| =163 | Malaysia | 0.0 | 1993 | ||
| =163 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 1992 | ||
| =163 | Somalia | 0.0 | 1975 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Education > Elementary school repeaters > All
- All of the top 5 countries by elementary school repeaters > all are Sub-Saharan African.
- 21 of the top 29 countries by elementary school repeaters > all are Hot countries.
- Seychelles has ranked last for elementary school repeaters > all since 1985.
- Central African Republic has ranked in the top 2 for elementary school repeaters > all since 1992.
- 3 of the top 4 countries by elementary school repeaters > all are Sparsely populated.
- 2 of the top 4 countries by elementary school repeaters > all are Former French colonies'.
- 2 of the top 4 countries by elementary school repeaters > all are Landlocked.
- Gabon has ranked in the top 3 for elementary school repeaters > all since 1995.
- Burundi has ranked in the top 3 for elementary school repeaters > all since 2004.
- India ranked second last for elementary school repeaters > all amongst South Asia in 2007.