Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) by country
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
48.8%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Tanzania
Median
5.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,461
What the numbers show
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 48.8% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Tanzania.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 8.8%.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 263,896,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 100.0%).
Over-age students, primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 48.8% | 1980 | — | rising |
| 2 | Haiti | 47.0% | 1997 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 3 | Liberia | 47.0% | 2017 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 36.5% | 2018 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.3% | 2010 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 28.8% | 1999 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 7 | Eswatini | 28.3% | 2017 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 28.0% | 2019 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 9 | Pakistan | 26.4% | 2018 | up 263,896,000.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Kenya | 26.0% | 2012 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 25.8% | 2015 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 12 | Madagascar | 25.0% | 2018 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 24.9% | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | Eritrea | 24.7% | 2018 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Angola | 23.2% | 2011 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.6% | 2015 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 17 | Lesotho | 21.1% | 2017 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 21.0% | 2012 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 20.6% | 2010 | up 72.9% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritania | 20.3% | 2018 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 21 | Malawi | 19.3% | 2018 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 22 | Gambia | 19.0% | 2018 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Sweden | 18.9% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Sudan | 17.9% | 2017 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 25 | Togo | 17.9% | 2018 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 26 | Comoros | 17.9% | 2018 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 27 | Burundi | 17.1% | 2018 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 28 | Mozambique | 16.6% | 2018 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 29 | Nigeria | 16.2% | 2010 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 30 | East Timor | 16.1% | 2018 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 31 | Suriname | 16.0% | 2018 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 32 | Slovakia | 15.8% | 2017 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 15.8% | 2018 | up 97.6% | rising |
| 34 | Namibia | 15.7% | 2018 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Ghana | 15.4% | 2018 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 15.2% | 2018 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 37 | Congo | 15.2% | 2012 | down 67.3% | rising |
| 38 | Brazil | 14.5% | 2017 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 14.0% | 2017 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 13.9% | 2016 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 13.9% | 2013 | — | falling |
| 42 | Cambodia | 13.9% | 2018 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Chad | 13.9% | 2016 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 13.7% | 2018 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 13.7% | 2013 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 13.5% | 2017 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 47 | Botswana | 13.3% | 2014 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 13.2% | 2018 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 13.0% | 2018 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 12.8% | 2007 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.8% | 2017 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 12.1% | 2015 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 53 | Cameroon | 12.0% | 2017 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 54 | Honduras | 11.9% | 2017 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 55 | Germany | 11.8% | 2017 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 56 | China | 11.6% | 1997 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 57 | Bhutan | 11.5% | 2018 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 58 | Aruba | 11.5% | 2014 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 59 | Djibouti | 11.3% | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 11.1% | 2018 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 61 | Libya | 10.9% | 1983 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 62 | Laos | 10.6% | 2018 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 63 | Czechia | 10.5% | 2017 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 64 | Guinea | 10.5% | 2016 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 10.4% | 2017 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 66 | Guatemala | 10.3% | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 10.2% | 2018 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 68 | Yemen | 9.9% | 2016 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 69 | Philippines | 9.8% | 2017 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 9.0% | 2010 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 71 | Myanmar | 8.8% | 2018 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Belize | 8.7% | 2018 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 8.6% | 2017 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 74 | Samoa | 8.5% | 2018 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 75 | Bahamas | 8.5% | 2018 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 8.5% | 2018 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 77 | Portugal | 8.1% | 2017 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.0% | 2018 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.0% | 2010 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Benin | 7.9% | 2018 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 81 | Niger | 7.9% | 2017 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 82 | Iran | 7.7% | 2017 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela | 7.6% | 2017 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 84 | Mali | 7.1% | 2018 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 7.1% | 2018 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 86 | Syria | 6.9% | 2013 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 87 | Andorra | 6.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 88 | Lebanon | 6.7% | 2018 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 89 | Dominica | 6.7% | 2016 | up 161.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Uruguay | 6.6% | 2017 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 91 | Albania | 6.6% | 2018 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 92 | Algeria | 6.6% | 2018 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 93 | Chile | 6.6% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 94 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.5% | 2018 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 95 | Argentina | 6.4% | 2017 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 96 | India | 5.9% | 2013 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | United States | 5.8% | 2017 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 98 | South Africa | 5.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 5.6% | 2018 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 100 | Belarus | 5.5% | 2018 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 101 | Bolivia | 5.4% | 2018 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 102 | Netherlands | 5.4% | 2017 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 103 | Jamaica | 5.3% | 2018 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 104 | Spain | 5.2% | 2017 | up 71.0% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 5.2% | 2018 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 106 | British Virgin Islands | 4.9% | 2017 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 107 | Belgium | 4.8% | 2017 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 108 | Italy | 4.6% | 2017 | up 351.8% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5% | 2017 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 4.4% | 2018 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 111 | Grenada | 4.1% | 2018 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Brunei | 4.1% | 2018 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Macao | 4.0% | 2018 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.9% | 2018 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Australia | 3.8% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 116 | Seychelles | 3.6% | 2018 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.6% | 2018 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 3.5% | 2017 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Estonia | 3.4% | 2017 | up 66.8% | falling |
| 120 | Romania | 3.4% | 2017 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 121 | Kiribati | 3.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Russia | 3.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 3.2% | 2016 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 124 | Ecuador | 3.0% | 2018 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 2.9% | 2016 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 126 | France | 2.9% | 2017 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 127 | Mauritius | 2.8% | 2018 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Hungary | 2.8% | 2017 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 129 | Israel | 2.8% | 2017 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 2.7% | 2018 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Bahrain | 2.7% | 2018 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Cuba | 2.6% | 2018 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Kuwait | 2.6% | 2018 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 2.6% | 2018 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Egypt | 2.5% | 2018 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 2.5% | 2018 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Latvia | 2.4% | 2017 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 138 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.4% | 2018 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Denmark | 2.4% | 2017 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 140 | Montenegro | 2.3% | 2018 | up 195.6% | rising |
| 141 | Mexico | 2.3% | 2017 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 2.1% | 2018 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 143 | Turkey | 2.0% | 2017 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Barbados | 1.9% | 2018 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Liechtenstein | 1.8% | 2017 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 146 | Mongolia | 1.8% | 2018 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | 1.8% | 2017 | up 408.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 1.8% | 2018 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Monaco | 1.8% | 2019 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% | 2016 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Cyprus | 1.7% | 2017 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Maldives | 1.6% | 2017 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 1.6% | 2017 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 154 | Palestine | 1.5% | 2018 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 1.5% | 2017 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 156 | Georgia | 1.4% | 2018 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Switzerland | 1.4% | 2017 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 158 | Moldova | 1.4% | 2018 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 159 | Greece | 1.3% | 2017 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2018 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 161 | Finland | 1.3% | 2017 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 162 | Vietnam | 1.2% | 2018 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Guyana | 1.2% | 2012 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 1.1% | 2017 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1% | 2018 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 166 | Thailand | 1.1% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2018 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2017 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 169 | Poland | 0.9% | 2017 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 170 | Tonga | 0.9% | 2015 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Serbia | 0.9% | 2018 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Croatia | 0.9% | 2017 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 173 | Malta | 0.9% | 2017 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 174 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2017 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2018 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Oman | 0.7% | 2018 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2019 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Ireland | 0.6% | 2017 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2017 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 180 | San Marino | 0.5% | 2012 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Bermuda | 0.5% | 2012 | up 1,085.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2018 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 183 | New Zealand | 0.4% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 184 | Malaysia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2018 | down 98.5% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2017 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Canada | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Japan | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 188 | Norway | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.