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Which Country Has the Most Student Repeaters at Primary Level?

Total Repeaters, Primary Education (As % of Total Enrollment) (%), 2019 or latest

Education | December 31, 2020

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Based on a comparison of 123 countries in 2019, Madagascar ranked the highest in repeaters in pre-primary education as a percentage of total enrollment with 26.1% followed by Burundi and Mali. On the other end of the scale was Uzbekistan with 0.001%, South Korea with 0.004% and China with 0.008%.

Data for more countries are available at Total Repeaters, Primary Education (As % of Total Enrollment) indicator page.

Total Repeaters, Primary Education (As % of Total Enrollment)	Unit	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Benin	%		...							...	...		...			11.6%	11.2%	10.8%	10.7%	9.92%	...
Burundi	%	...	...													33.1%	29.0%	24.3%	22.6%	22.0%
Cameroon	%	...			...											12.3%	12.4%	12.7%	12.2%	11.8%
Comoros	%	...			...				...	...						24.6%	20.7%	17.5%	...	...
East Timor	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					17.3%	17.8%	17.7%	14.9%	16.3%
Guatemala	%	...					...									12.2%	10.5%	9.31%	9.76%	6.19%
Ivory Coast	%							...	...			...		...		19.6%	20.2%	15.0%	15.2%	12.7%		...
Madagascar	%															20.5%	22.1%	20.9%	21.0%	21.4%	...
Mali	%	...														19.2%	18.4%	20.1%	19.5%	20.9%		...
Morocco	%															7.28%	9.23%	9.55%	9.33%	9.68%
Namibia	%										...					14.9%	14.9%	15.1%	...	...
Rwanda	%	...							...		...					12.6%	12.5%	17.1%	18.8%	18.3%
Suriname	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								16.8%	16.2%	15.8%	16.6%	17.1%
Swaziland	%											...				15.5%	16.9%	15.7%	15.6%	13.9%		...
Tunisia	%	...														6.16%	7.21%	6.82%	0.031%	11.5%		...