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India: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes

3.10Mcount · 2025-16.0% since 2012

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator 21516. Annual figures for India from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20253,097,121
20242,324,399
20231,529,952
2022555,741
2021622,633
2017701,221
2016665,341
2015962,734
20141,671,895
20132,826,857
20123,685,305
20116,911,538
20084,928,801
20074,839,749
20034,510,988
20024,203,806
20014,195,615
20004,736,873

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-21516 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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