Over-age students, primary in Lithuania
Lithuania: Over-age students, primary was 0.9% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Lithuania, 1998–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.9% for over-age students, primary in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 65.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Lithuania peaked at 4.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2017.
That places Lithuania 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 8,888 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.4% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.55 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 49.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Lithuania?
- Over-age students, primary in Lithuania was 0.9% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
- How does Lithuania rank for over-age students, primary?
- Lithuania ranks 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.