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Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%) by country

Percentage of pupils in each level of education (primary and lower secondary general education) who are at least 2 years above the intended age for their grade. The intended age for a given grade is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had...

Countries reporting
152
Highest
77.5%
Liberia
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
6.8%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,218

What the numbers show

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 77.5% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.8%, and the mean is 13.5%.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 228.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 100.0%).

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liberia 77.5% 2017 down 13.1% falling
2 Eswatini 61.6% 2018 down 23.7% rising
3 Burkina Faso 58.9% 2019 up 40.1% rising
4 Central African Republic 55.3% 2012 down 22.1% falling
5 Madagascar 50.6% 2019 down 4.3% falling
6 Burundi 49.5% 2019 down 44.8% falling
7 Equatorial Guinea 46.6% 2015 down 28.8% falling
8 Nepal 45.7% 2019 up 92.4% rising
9 Uganda 43.7% 2017 up 4.3% rising
10 Lesotho 43.5% 2017 down 28.2% falling
11 Nicaragua 43.5% 2010 up 41.2% rising
12 Vanuatu 43.1% 2013 up 228.0% rising
13 Mauritania 42.3% 2019 down 25.1% falling
14 Eritrea 41.7% 2018 up 25.4% falling
15 Namibia 41.7% 2017 up 22.4% falling
16 Chad 40.1% 2019 — falling
17 Kenya 40.1% 2009 up 6.3% falling
18 Malawi 39.8% 2013 up 55.8% rising
19 Ghana 39.5% 2019 down 28.8% falling
20 Sao Tome and Principe 39.0% 2017 down 39.6% falling
21 Mozambique 38.9% 2019 down 39.4% falling
22 Suriname 36.1% 2019 down 14.8% flat
23 Rwanda 34.7% 2019 down 47.6% falling
24 Gambia 34.2% 2019 up 27.3% flat
25 Cote d'Ivoire 29.9% 2019 down 4.6% falling
26 East Timor 27.0% 2019 down 50.6% falling
27 Togo 27.0% 2019 down 34.8% falling
28 Guinea 26.6% 2016 down 41.9% falling
29 Zambia 26.3% 2013 up 16.5% rising
30 Botswana 25.9% 2014 down 36.1% falling
31 Aruba 25.8% 2014 down 3.2% falling
32 Senegal 25.6% 2014 down 34.7% falling
33 Bhutan 25.1% 2020 down 41.7% falling
34 Niger 23.1% 2019 up 0.5% falling
35 Cape Verde 23.1% 2018 down 33.0% falling
36 Ethiopia 23.1% 2015 down 15.2% falling
37 Morocco 22.7% 2019 down 24.0% falling
38 Guatemala 21.6% 2019 down 19.1% falling
39 Djibouti 21.2% 2020 down 37.5% falling
40 Colombia 17.5% 2018 down 36.2% falling
41 Laos 17.2% 2019 down 52.5% falling
42 Costa Rica 16.9% 2019 down 43.2% falling
43 Sierra Leone 16.6% 2018 down 60.2% falling
44 Mali 16.2% 2017 down 22.8% flat
45 South Africa 15.5% 2018 down 13.7% falling
46 Cambodia 15.4% 2019 down 62.6% falling
47 El Salvador 15.3% 2018 down 32.1% falling
48 Algeria 15.2% 2019 down 60.0% falling
49 British Virgin Islands 14.8% 2018 up 31.1% rising
50 Dominican Republic 14.3% 2019 down 11.1% falling
51 Honduras 14.0% 2019 down 54.9% falling
52 Tanzania 13.8% 2016 down 66.6% falling
53 Argentina 13.1% 2017 down 17.8% rising
54 Bahamas 13.0% 2010 up 111.9% rising
55 Uruguay 12.9% 2018 down 51.2% falling
56 Philippines 12.8% 2018 — falling
57 Tunisia 12.5% 2018 down 5.1% falling
58 Brazil 12.3% 2018 down 17.0% falling
59 Lebanon 11.4% 2019 down 39.9% falling
60 Belize 11.0% 2019 down 47.4% falling
61 Afghanistan 10.5% 2018 down 51.8% falling
62 Azerbaijan 9.9% 2019 up 82.4% falling
63 Yemen 9.7% 2016 down 62.6% falling
64 Venezuela 9.5% 2017 down 35.3% falling
65 Panama 9.3% 2017 down 34.2% falling
66 Trinidad and Tobago 9.1% 2010 up 45.7% rising
67 Bolivia 9.1% 2018 down 59.4% falling
68 Myanmar 8.6% 2018 down 36.8% falling
69 Saudi Arabia 8.6% 2019 down 58.0% falling
70 Samoa 8.5% 2019 down 21.4% rising
71 Dominica 8.5% 2016 up 53.6% falling
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.2% 2018 down 23.9% falling
73 Luxembourg 7.7% 2018 down 4.8% flat
74 Macao 7.3% 2019 down 66.9% falling
75 Antigua and Barbuda 7.1% 2018 down 71.4% falling
76 Syria 7.1% 2013 down 6.1% rising
77 Austria 6.4% 2018 up 27.8% rising
78 Ecuador 6.4% 2018 down 50.3% falling
79 Peru 6.3% 2019 down 55.8% falling
80 Chile 6.0% 2018 down 13.6% falling
81 Spain 5.6% 2018 — falling
82 Mauritius 4.8% 2019 down 44.5% falling
83 Hong Kong 4.7% 2019 down 21.3% falling
84 Bangladesh 4.5% 2019 down 6.2% volatile
85 Belgium 4.3% 2018 down 36.5% falling
86 Kuwait 4.1% 2019 down 58.8% falling
87 Grenada 4.0% 2018 down 77.4% volatile
88 United Arab Emirates 3.8% 2017 down 25.0% falling
89 United States 3.7% 2018 down 15.0% falling
90 Andorra 3.6% 2019 down 69.2% falling
91 Greece 3.3% 2018 up 4.9% flat
92 Qatar 3.3% 2019 down 22.7% falling
93 Romania 3.1% 2018 down 3.0% falling
94 Puerto Rico 3.0% 2018 down 49.0% falling
95 Estonia 2.7% 2018 down 5.6% falling
96 Oman 2.7% 2019 down 36.7% volatile
97 Bahrain 2.6% 2019 down 55.4% falling
98 Hungary 2.3% 2018 down 17.3% falling
99 Turkey 2.3% 2018 down 59.8% falling
100 Tonga 2.1% 2015 down 91.6% volatile
101 Iran 2.1% 2017 down 63.1% falling
102 Brunei 2.1% 2019 down 55.8% volatile
103 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.0% 2018 down 78.3% volatile
104 Albania 1.9% 2019 down 51.3% falling
105 Latvia 1.9% 2018 down 62.7% falling
106 Fiji 1.9% 2019 down 58.7% falling
107 Jordan 1.9% 2019 up 56.2% rising
108 Mongolia 1.9% 2018 down 51.6% rising
109 Barbados 1.8% 2019 down 74.2% volatile
110 Jamaica 1.8% 2019 down 2.7% flat
111 Mexico 1.8% 2018 down 45.0% falling
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.7% 2016 up 1.7% falling
113 Thailand 1.7% 2019 down 32.9% rising
114 Australia 1.5% 2018 down 40.9% falling
115 Cyprus 1.5% 2018 up 7.0% rising
116 Maldives 1.4% 2019 down 94.3% volatile
117 Italy 1.3% 2018 down 40.5% falling
118 Belarus 1.3% 2018 up 26.1% rising
119 Ukraine 1.2% 2019 down 67.5% falling
120 Armenia 1.2% 2019 — volatile
121 Saint Lucia 1.0% 2019 down 64.4% volatile
122 Georgia 0.9% 2019 down 65.7% falling
123 Montenegro 0.8% 2019 down 2.5% rising
124 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2018 down 29.0% falling
125 Switzerland 0.7% 2018 down 30.5% falling
126 Singapore 0.7% 2018 down 84.1% falling
127 Cuba 0.7% 2019 up 16.3% volatile
128 Denmark 0.7% 2018 up 1.3% rising
129 Slovenia 0.7% 2018 up 7.5% rising
130 Israel 0.6% 2018 down 11.5% falling
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 down 23.3% volatile
132 France 0.6% 2018 down 52.0% falling
133 Palestine 0.6% 2019 down 70.0% volatile
134 Serbia 0.6% 2019 up 79.7% rising
135 Malta 0.5% 2018 down 84.1% volatile
136 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2019 down 40.6% falling
137 Lithuania 0.5% 2018 down 78.6% falling
138 San Marino 0.4% 2019 down 8.0% falling
139 Moldova 0.4% 2019 down 67.4% volatile
140 Seychelles 0.3% 2019 — volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2019 down 60.0% falling
142 Croatia 0.3% 2018 up 2.1% falling
143 Sweden 0.3% 2018 — volatile
144 New Zealand 0.2% 2018 up 20.3% rising
145 South Korea 0.2% 2018 down 36.0% falling
146 Ireland 0.2% 2018 — rising
147 Monaco 0.1% 2020 down 95.3% volatile
148 Cayman Islands 0.1% 2018 down 95.8% volatile
149 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2019 down 84.7% volatile
150 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 78.8% volatile
151 Iceland 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
151 Norway 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
194 places, 2,218 data points, 1997–2020
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Percentage of pupils in each level of education (primary and lower secondary general education) who are at least 2 years above the intended age for their grade. The intended age for a given grade is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. The value is calculated as the sum of enrolments across all grades in the given level of education which are 2 or more years older than the intended age for the given grade is expressed as a percentage of the total enrolment in the given level of education. A low value of this indicator will show that the majority of students start school on time and progress with minimum levels of grade repetition. Late school entry and significant grade repetition exacerbate over-age progression and should be discouraged as both are associated with lower levels of student learning achievement. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/