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Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%) by country

Percentage of pupils in primary 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...

Countries reporting
153
Highest
71.4%
Liberia
Lowest
0.0%
San Marino
Median
3.5%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,392

What the numbers show

Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary 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 71.4% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0% in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.5%, and the mean is 9.2%.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 497.5%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).

Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liberia 71.4% 2017 down 15.8% falling
2 Kenya 44.1% 2009 down 13.9% falling
3 Madagascar 43.7% 2019 — falling
4 Eswatini 41.4% 2018 down 26.8% falling
5 Mauritania 39.4% 2019 down 16.0% falling
6 Equatorial Guinea 38.7% 2015 down 29.0% falling
7 Mozambique 38.2% 2019 down 21.8% falling
8 Central African Republic 38.2% 2012 down 18.2% falling
9 Nicaragua 38.0% 2010 up 55.3% rising
10 Malawi 36.3% 2019 down 18.6% falling
11 Nepal 35.9% 2019 down 1.7% flat
12 Eritrea 34.1% 2018 up 62.7% falling
13 Uganda 33.9% 2017 down 19.2% falling
14 Ghana 31.4% 2018 down 30.1% falling
15 Lesotho 30.3% 2017 down 43.9% falling
16 Chad 29.8% 2019 — falling
17 Gambia 29.1% 2019 up 29.9% rising
18 Burundi 29.1% 2019 down 41.7% falling
19 Zambia 27.4% 2017 down 26.1% flat
20 Comoros 27.1% 2017 down 15.0% falling
21 Namibia 26.1% 2018 down 8.3% falling
22 Vanuatu 24.8% 2005 up 89.3% rising
23 Burkina Faso 22.8% 2019 up 78.9% rising
24 Togo 22.6% 2019 down 8.0% falling
25 Ethiopia 22.2% 2015 down 47.1% falling
26 Timor-Leste 21.7% 2019 down 42.7% falling
27 Botswana 20.5% 2013 down 46.6% falling
28 Cambodia 18.4% 2019 down 46.9% falling
29 Suriname 17.8% 2019 down 32.4% falling
30 Sierra Leone 16.5% 2017 down 34.8% falling
31 Guinea 16.0% 2016 down 39.2% falling
32 Guatemala 14.8% 2019 down 44.2% falling
33 Sao Tome and Principe 14.8% 2017 down 65.2% falling
34 Cameroon 14.7% 2019 down 35.1% falling
35 Bhutan 13.8% 2017 down 67.6% falling
36 Morocco 13.7% 2019 down 34.6% falling
37 El Salvador 13.5% 2018 down 41.1% falling
38 Colombia 13.3% 2018 down 46.9% falling
39 Benin 12.2% 2019 down 20.8% falling
40 Dominican Republic 11.6% 2019 down 26.8% falling
41 Côte d'Ivoire 11.4% 2019 down 62.6% flat
42 Mali 10.7% 2018 up 6.8% falling
43 Cape Verde 9.6% 2018 down 48.1% falling
44 Samoa 9.5% 2019 down 12.1% rising
45 Yemen 9.4% 2016 down 53.1% falling
46 Honduras 9.2% 2019 down 63.0% falling
47 Aruba 9.0% 2014 down 37.6% falling
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.8% 2019 down 77.2% falling
49 Myanmar 8.7% 2010 down 29.1% falling
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.6% 2016 down 46.2% volatile
51 Lebanon 8.5% 2019 down 12.3% falling
52 South Africa 8.3% 2018 down 37.6% falling
53 Philippines 8.1% 2018 — falling
54 Belize 8.1% 2019 down 30.8% falling
55 Trinidad and Tobago 8.0% 2010 up 13.1% rising
56 Panama 7.9% 2017 down 37.2% falling
57 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.7% 2017 down 48.7% falling
58 Djibouti 7.2% 2020 down 33.9% falling
59 Brazil 7.2% 2018 down 31.8% falling
60 Senegal 6.3% 2019 down 70.4% falling
61 Tunisia 5.9% 2018 up 21.8% rising
62 Saudi Arabia 5.7% 2019 down 54.6% falling
63 Bahamas 5.6% 2018 down 28.5% falling
64 Dominica 5.2% 2016 up 360.6% rising
65 India 5.2% 2019 up 11.8% falling
66 Algeria 5.1% 2019 down 47.2% falling
67 Costa Rica 5.1% 2019 down 47.1% falling
68 Niger 4.9% 2019 down 10.6% falling
69 British Virgin Islands 4.9% 2018 down 26.6% falling
70 Syrian Arab Republic 4.9% 2013 down 41.3% falling
71 Austria 4.7% 2018 up 29.3% rising
72 Chile 4.4% 2018 down 26.3% falling
73 Peru 4.0% 2019 down 59.0% falling
74 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.7% 2018 down 80.6% falling
75 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.7% 2018 down 9.6% falling
76 United States of America 3.5% 2018 up 5.5% rising
77 Czechia 3.5% 2018 up 0.7% flat
78 Uruguay 3.2% 2018 down 56.0% falling
79 Ecuador 3.1% 2018 down 76.3% falling
80 Argentina 3.0% 2017 down 64.8% falling
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.7% 2017 down 23.1% volatile
82 Kuwait 2.5% 2019 up 61.9% volatile
83 Azerbaijan 2.4% 2019 down 21.4% falling
84 Albania 2.3% 2019 down 26.2% falling
85 Luxembourg 2.3% 2018 up 27.7% rising
86 Fiji 2.2% 2016 down 59.0% falling
87 Puerto Rico 2.1% 2018 down 60.3% falling
88 United Arab Emirates 2.0% 2017 down 30.8% falling
89 Andorra 1.9% 2019 down 34.7% falling
90 Grenada 1.9% 2018 down 42.2% falling
91 Macau, China 1.7% 2019 down 80.0% volatile
92 Antigua and Barbuda 1.7% 2018 down 62.5% volatile
93 Hong Kong, China 1.6% 2019 down 25.1% volatile
94 Naoero 1.6% 2019 — volatile
95 Hungary 1.5% 2018 down 5.4% falling
96 Greece 1.4% 2018 up 22.9% rising
97 Belarus 1.4% 2018 up 128.3% rising
98 Ukraine 1.3% 2019 down 21.4% falling
99 Montenegro 1.3% 2019 up 72.2% rising
100 North Macedonia 1.3% 2018 up 72.2% rising
101 Saint Lucia 1.2% 2019 up 11.6% falling
102 Bulgaria 1.2% 2018 down 33.9% falling
103 Mexico 1.2% 2018 down 65.9% volatile
104 Brunei Darussalam 1.1% 2019 down 17.8% falling
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1% 2018 down 55.4% volatile
106 Belgium 1.1% 2018 down 40.4% falling
107 Bahrain 1.1% 2019 down 59.4% volatile
108 Latvia 1.0% 2018 down 52.2% falling
109 Qatar 1.0% 2019 down 47.6% falling
110 Viet Nam 1.0% 2016 down 80.1% volatile
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2019 down 2.0% rising
112 Jordan 0.9% 2019 up 112.3% rising
113 Mauritius 0.9% 2019 down 36.7% falling
114 Georgia 0.7% 2019 down 67.0% falling
115 Slovenia 0.7% 2018 up 6.9% rising
116 Armenia 0.7% 2019 — volatile
117 Estonia 0.7% 2018 up 139.1% rising
118 Jamaica 0.6% 2019 down 36.5% falling
119 Mongolia 0.6% 2018 down 85.1% volatile
120 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2018 down 17.8% falling
121 Serbia 0.6% 2019 up 21.7% rising
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% 2016 up 19.6% volatile
123 Seychelles 0.4% 2019 up 497.5% volatile
124 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2019 down 48.9% flat
125 Guyana 0.4% 2012 — falling
126 Italy 0.4% 2018 down 23.7% falling
127 Israel 0.4% 2018 down 30.5% falling
128 Cuba 0.4% 2019 up 21.6% volatile
129 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2019 down 33.3% volatile
130 Lithuania 0.3% 2018 down 7.9% falling
131 Cyprus 0.3% 2018 down 60.7% falling
132 Denmark 0.3% 2018 down 22.0% falling
133 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2019 down 34.0% volatile
134 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2019 down 70.1% volatile
135 Oman 0.3% 2019 down 81.3% volatile
136 Singapore 0.3% 2018 down 84.5% volatile
137 Malta 0.3% 2018 up 186.4% rising
138 Croatia 0.2% 2018 down 53.7% falling
139 Cayman Islands 0.2% 2018 down 95.2% volatile
140 Tonga 0.2% 2015 down 95.9% volatile
141 Spain 0.2% 2018 down 8.7% falling
142 Barbados 0.2% 2019 down 71.8% volatile
143 New Zealand 0.2% 2018 down 47.8% falling
144 Australia 0.2% 2018 down 28.0% falling
145 Switzerland 0.1% 2018 down 34.4% falling
146 Sweden 0.1% 2018 — volatile
147 Maldives 0.1% 2019 down 98.4% volatile
148 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2019 down 81.9% falling
149 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 67.9% volatile
150 Ireland 0.0% 2018 down 25.5% falling
151 Monaco 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
151 Malaysia 0.0% 2017 — volatile
151 San Marino 0.0% 2019 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 primary 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
195 places, 2,392 data points, 1997–2020
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Percentage of pupils in primary 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. 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/