Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Gabon 35.13 2003
2 Madagascar 27.30 2018
3 Burundi 27.12 2018
4 Congo 24.78 2012
5 Central African Republic 22.48 2016
6 Mali 19.95 2017
7 Malawi 19.76 2014
8 Equatorial Guinea 19.57 2015
9 Namibia 18.40 2018
10 Comoros 17.39 2018
11 Chad 16.53 2016
12 Eswatini 15.64 2017
13 Benin 15.40 2018
14 Rwanda 14.54 2018
15 São Tomé and Principe 14.44 2017
16 Tunisia 14.11 2017
17 Guinea-Bissau 13.93 2010
18 Cameroon 12.53 2018
19 Morocco 12.43 2018
20 Guinea 11.34 2016
21 Côte d'Ivoire 11.25 2017
22 Libya 10.77 1983
23 Lesotho 10.74 2016
24 South Africa 10.66 2016
25 Cabo Verde 9.80 2018
26 Dem. Rep. Congo 9.76 2015
27 Mozambique 9.10 2018
28 Eritrea 9.07 2018
29 Uganda 8.99 2017
30 Djibouti 8.90 2018
31 Angola 8.62 2011
32 Togo 7.68 2018
33 Algeria 7.17 2018
34 Ethiopia 7.05 2015
35 Liberia 6.63 2017
36 Botswana 6.25 2014
37 Burkina Faso 5.77 2018
38 Zambia 5.70 2013
39 The Gambia 5.58 2016
40 Senegal 3.68 2018
41 Kenya 3.18 2016
42 Sudan 2.76 2017
43 Egypt 2.69 2018
44 Niger 2.47 2016
45 Zimbabwe 2.12 2013
46 Tanzania 2.04 2018
47 Ghana 1.92 2018
48 Mauritania 1.61 2018
49 Sierra Leone 1.47 2018
50 Mauritius 0.01 2018
51 Somalia 0.00 1975
51 Seychelles 0.00 1994

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Development Relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources.

Limitations and Exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual