Which has higher over-age students, primary, Jordan or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Jordan as of 2017.

What is the difference in over-age students, primary between Jordan and Republic of Korea?

0.1%, with Republic of Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Republic of Korea?

29 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Jordan vs Republic of Korea: Over-age students, primary

Jordan

0.7%

in 2018

Republic of Korea

0.8%

in 2017

Jordan rank

175th

Republic of Korea rank

174th

Over-age students, primary over time

Jordan
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Jordan, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Jordan ahead.

Jordan ranks 175th and Republic of Korea ranks 174th of 191 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 4 and Republic of Korea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	9.7%	7.3%	2.4%	Jordan
1980s	7.1%	4.2%	2.8%	Jordan
1990s	2.0%	1.1%	0.9%	Jordan
2000s	2.1%	1.4%	0.7%	Jordan
2010s	1.3%	1.7%	0.4%	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher over-age students, primary, Jordan or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Jordan as of 2017.
What is the difference in over-age students, primary between Jordan and Republic of Korea?: 0.1%, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Republic of Korea?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2017.
How do Jordan and Republic of Korea rank globally for over-age students, primary?: Jordan ranks 175th and Republic of Korea ranks 174th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)
Unit: % of enrollment
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,461 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.