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% | ... |
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