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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, both sexes (%) 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
153
Highest
78.5%
Liberia
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
8.1%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,304

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, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 78.5% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1%, and the mean is 15.2%.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 223.2%), 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 78.5% 2017 down 12.7% falling
2 Eswatini 67.2% 2018 down 13.0% rising
3 Central African Republic 59.9% 2012 down 20.0% falling
4 Burkina Faso 59.1% 2019 up 44.6% rising
5 Madagascar 54.7% 2019 down 4.0% falling
6 Burundi 51.8% 2019 down 43.3% falling
7 Lesotho 50.1% 2017 down 23.5% falling
8 Equatorial Guinea 48.7% 2015 down 27.6% falling
9 Namibia 48.3% 2017 up 20.5% falling
10 Uganda 47.9% 2017 down 1.5% flat
11 Eritrea 47.8% 2018 up 22.2% falling
12 Nicaragua 47.4% 2010 up 42.9% rising
13 Vanuatu 47.2% 2013 up 223.2% rising
14 Mozambique 45.5% 2019 down 33.5% falling
15 Malawi 43.9% 2013 up 51.4% rising
16 Kenya 43.2% 2009 up 2.6% falling
17 Sao Tome and Principe 43.0% 2017 down 34.4% falling
18 Nepal 42.8% 2019 up 89.8% rising
19 Mauritania 42.1% 2019 down 24.8% falling
20 Chad 41.3% 2019 — falling
21 Ghana 41.2% 2019 down 28.6% falling
22 Rwanda 37.2% 2019 down 44.7% falling
23 Gambia 36.9% 2019 up 28.1% flat
24 Suriname 35.5% 2019 down 17.2% flat
25 Botswana 33.2% 2014 down 29.5% falling
26 Timor-Leste 32.4% 2019 down 45.0% falling
27 Aruba 31.3% 2014 up 0.9% falling
28 Morocco 31.1% 2019 down 16.0% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 30.8% 2019 down 2.2% falling
30 Guinea 30.0% 2016 down 39.9% falling
31 Togo 29.6% 2019 down 33.3% falling
32 Zambia 29.4% 2013 up 3.8% flat
33 Cape Verde 29.4% 2018 down 21.3% falling
34 Bhutan 27.8% 2020 down 40.2% falling
35 Ethiopia 26.3% 2015 down 20.5% falling
36 Senegal 25.7% 2014 down 34.1% falling
37 Guatemala 25.2% 2019 down 14.5% falling
38 Niger 24.0% 2019 up 3.0% falling
39 South Africa 23.7% 2018 up 5.7% falling
40 Djibouti 22.2% 2020 down 36.6% falling
41 Algeria 22.1% 2019 down 49.8% flat
42 Colombia 21.7% 2018 down 26.6% falling
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.6% 2019 down 51.4% falling
44 El Salvador 19.9% 2018 down 25.1% falling
45 Dominican Republic 19.7% 2019 down 4.2% falling
46 Costa Rica 19.5% 2019 down 41.3% falling
47 British Virgin Islands 18.8% 2018 up 9.2% falling
48 Cambodia 18.1% 2019 down 59.8% falling
49 Sierra Leone 17.7% 2018 down 58.8% falling
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.6% 2016 down 64.9% falling
51 Philippines 17.2% 2018 — falling
52 Mali 16.8% 2017 down 21.2% flat
53 Brazil 16.3% 2018 down 14.0% falling
54 Tunisia 15.9% 2018 down 4.9% falling
55 Honduras 15.8% 2019 down 51.6% falling
56 Bahamas 15.7% 2010 up 61.7% rising
57 Belize 14.8% 2019 down 39.4% falling
58 Dominica 14.4% 2016 up 72.8% falling
59 Uruguay 14.3% 2018 down 50.4% falling
60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.0% 2018 down 2.6% falling
61 Argentina 13.5% 2017 down 15.2% rising
62 Antigua and Barbuda 12.9% 2018 down 62.5% falling
63 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.9% 2017 down 32.0% falling
64 Lebanon 11.9% 2019 down 35.9% falling
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.7% 2018 down 51.8% falling
66 Yemen 11.5% 2016 down 59.9% falling
67 Panama 11.4% 2017 down 34.4% falling
68 Trinidad and Tobago 11.4% 2010 up 69.2% rising
69 Afghanistan 11.1% 2018 down 46.6% falling
70 Macao 10.6% 2019 down 60.8% falling
71 Azerbaijan 10.6% 2019 up 87.1% falling
72 Samoa 10.5% 2019 down 23.8% rising
73 Myanmar 9.4% 2018 down 31.9% falling
74 Grenada 8.9% 2018 down 61.6% falling
75 Saudi Arabia 8.4% 2019 down 66.0% falling
76 Syria 8.4% 2013 down 1.9% rising
77 Luxembourg 8.1% 2018 down 7.6% flat
78 Chile 8.1% 2018 down 11.5% falling
79 Austria 7.9% 2018 up 27.6% rising
80 Peru 7.4% 2019 down 53.5% falling
81 Ecuador 7.4% 2018 down 51.0% falling
82 Spain 7.0% 2018 — falling
83 Hong Kong 5.8% 2019 down 14.5% falling
84 Mauritius 5.4% 2019 down 42.5% falling
85 Andorra 5.4% 2019 down 60.0% falling
86 United Arab Emirates 5.0% 2017 down 29.0% falling
87 Belgium 4.9% 2018 down 35.9% falling
88 Bangladesh 4.6% 2019 down 1.3% volatile
89 Greece 4.4% 2018 down 0.4% falling
90 Puerto Rico 4.3% 2018 down 49.2% falling
91 United States of America 4.3% 2018 down 15.2% falling
92 Qatar 4.3% 2019 down 8.9% falling
93 Oman 4.1% 2019 down 7.9% volatile
94 Romania 4.0% 2018 down 7.2% falling
95 Kuwait 4.0% 2019 down 64.5% falling
96 Estonia 3.5% 2018 down 7.1% falling
97 Barbados 3.3% 2019 down 63.4% falling
98 Brunei Darussalam 3.2% 2019 down 57.6% volatile
99 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.0% 2018 down 78.1% volatile
100 Latvia 3.0% 2018 down 60.8% falling
101 Hungary 2.9% 2018 down 21.4% falling
102 Bahrain 2.9% 2019 down 59.5% falling
103 Jamaica 2.8% 2019 up 14.8% rising
104 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.5% 2017 down 69.4% falling
105 Albania 2.5% 2019 down 49.7% falling
106 Viet Nam 2.4% 2012 down 81.9% volatile
107 Fiji 2.4% 2019 down 61.5% falling
108 Tonga 2.4% 2015 down 92.3% volatile
109 Mexico 2.4% 2018 down 46.5% falling
110 Türkiye 2.3% 2018 down 55.9% falling
111 Saint Lucia 2.1% 2019 down 50.0% volatile
112 Jordan 2.1% 2019 up 102.7% rising
113 Mongolia 2.0% 2018 down 50.3% rising
114 Thailand 2.0% 2019 down 43.5% flat
115 Cyprus 1.9% 2018 up 5.8% flat
116 Italy 1.8% 2018 down 39.8% falling
117 Australia 1.8% 2018 down 42.1% falling
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.7% 2016 down 10.4% falling
119 Belarus 1.3% 2018 down 9.4% falling
120 Armenia 1.2% 2019 — volatile
121 Ukraine 1.2% 2019 down 67.3% falling
122 Georgia 1.2% 2019 down 57.6% falling
123 Maldives 1.1% 2019 down 95.8% volatile
124 Sri Lanka 1.1% 2018 down 25.8% falling
125 Cuba 1.1% 2019 up 17.1% volatile
126 Montenegro 1.0% 2019 up 7.9% rising
127 Slovenia 1.0% 2018 up 25.7% rising
128 Denmark 0.9% 2018 down 0.8% rising
129 Israel 0.9% 2018 down 0.5% flat
130 Singapore 0.8% 2018 down 83.6% falling
131 Switzerland 0.8% 2018 down 28.5% falling
132 Lithuania 0.7% 2018 down 77.0% falling
133 France 0.7% 2018 down 49.3% falling
134 Serbia 0.7% 2019 up 55.9% rising
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 down 29.5% rising
136 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2019 down 42.9% falling
137 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2019 down 69.6% volatile
138 Malta 0.5% 2018 down 87.6% volatile
139 San Marino 0.5% 2019 down 7.9% flat
140 Republic of Moldova 0.5% 2019 down 64.0% falling
141 Seychelles 0.5% 2019 — volatile
142 Cayman Islands 0.4% 2018 down 88.6% volatile
143 Croatia 0.4% 2018 down 6.2% volatile
144 Sweden 0.3% 2018 — volatile
145 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2019 down 65.8% falling
146 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2018 down 38.6% falling
147 New Zealand 0.3% 2018 up 12.0% rising
148 Ireland 0.2% 2018 — flat
149 Monaco 0.2% 2020 down 91.4% volatile
150 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2019 down 84.1% falling
151 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 74.1% volatile
152 Iceland 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
152 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, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 2,304 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

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/