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Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) by country

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

Countries reporting
190
Highest
47.0%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
5.3%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,264

What the numbers show

Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 47.0% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.3%, and the mean is 8.3%.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 264,997,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 100.0%).

Over-age students, primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 47.0% 1980 — rising
2 Liberia 46.5% 2017 down 22.1% flat
3 Haiti 46.2% 1997 up 26.2% rising
4 Solomon Islands 36.0% 2018 up 56.0% volatile
5 Guinea-Bissau 33.5% 2010 up 14.7% rising
6 Nepal 31.2% 2019 down 6.8% rising
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 26.6% 1999 up 35.8% falling
8 Pakistan 26.5% 2018 up 264,997,000.0% volatile
9 Eswatini 25.3% 2017 down 10.5% rising
10 Kenya 24.6% 2012 down 17.1% falling
11 Rwanda 24.0% 2018 up 1.0% volatile
12 Vanuatu 24.0% 2015 up 79.5% falling
13 Madagascar 23.9% 2018 down 21.4% rising
14 Angola 23.1% 2011 down 34.4% falling
15 Eritrea 22.2% 2018 up 33.6% falling
16 Mauritania 21.3% 2018 up 7.0% falling
17 Equatorial Guinea 21.2% 2015 down 35.8% falling
18 Malawi 20.1% 2018 down 12.0% falling
19 Nigeria 20.1% 2010 down 31.9% falling
20 Sweden 19.7% 2017 — volatile
21 Nicaragua 19.3% 2010 up 65.1% falling
22 Central African Republic 18.9% 2012 down 13.4% rising
23 Gambia 18.7% 2018 up 19.5% volatile
24 Lesotho 18.6% 2017 down 36.5% falling
25 Togo 18.4% 2018 up 37.8% falling
26 Comoros 17.9% 2018 down 10.7% falling
27 Sudan 16.6% 2017 up 36.6% rising
28 Burundi 16.4% 2018 down 1.0% rising
29 Burkina Faso 16.1% 2018 up 111.4% rising
30 Ghana 15.3% 2018 down 39.0% falling
31 Mozambique 14.7% 2018 down 24.5% falling
32 Slovakia 14.5% 2017 up 0.6% rising
33 Congo 14.5% 2012 down 62.8% rising
34 Suriname 14.2% 2018 down 14.1% falling
35 Costa Rica 14.1% 2018 up 26.4% falling
36 Timor-Leste 13.9% 2018 down 34.7% falling
37 Colombia 13.4% 2018 down 39.1% falling
38 Uganda 13.4% 2013 — falling
39 Zambia 13.1% 2017 down 22.3% volatile
40 Chad 13.1% 2016 down 16.3% falling
41 Namibia 13.0% 2018 down 17.6% volatile
42 Cambodia 12.9% 2018 down 35.1% volatile
43 Brazil 12.6% 2017 down 37.0% falling
44 Paraguay 12.6% 2016 up 0.6% rising
45 Austria 12.5% 2017 up 2.6% rising
46 Zimbabwe 12.3% 2013 up 9.2% volatile
47 Botswana 11.5% 2014 down 40.9% rising
48 Ethiopia 11.5% 2015 down 35.6% falling
49 Senegal 11.4% 2017 down 27.9% falling
50 Sao Tome and Principe 11.4% 2017 down 52.2% falling
51 El Salvador 11.3% 2018 down 22.0% falling
52 Cameroon 11.2% 2017 up 2.8% falling
53 Djibouti 11.1% 2019 down 34.7% falling
54 Bhutan 11.1% 2018 down 42.8% falling
55 China 11.1% 1997 down 46.8% falling
56 Honduras 10.9% 2017 down 37.1% falling
57 Germany 10.9% 2017 down 23.8% falling
58 Morocco 10.8% 2018 down 9.0% falling
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.5% 2017 up 146.9% falling
60 Iraq 10.4% 2007 up 46.2% falling
61 India 10.0% 2013 up 67.3% falling
62 Aruba 9.7% 2014 down 22.3% falling
63 Guinea 9.7% 2016 down 33.2% falling
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.6% 2018 down 59.5% falling
65 Libya 9.6% 1983 down 46.4% falling
66 Yemen 9.4% 2016 down 19.5% falling
67 Czechia 9.1% 2017 down 24.4% falling
68 Guatemala 8.9% 2018 down 29.6% falling
69 Myanmar 8.5% 2018 down 8.9% volatile
70 Ukraine 8.5% 2018 down 10.8% falling
71 Côte d'Ivoire 8.3% 2018 down 53.2% falling
72 Dominican Republic 8.3% 2018 down 52.2% falling
73 Philippines 8.0% 2017 down 45.5% rising
74 Panama 7.9% 2017 up 0.2% falling
75 Cape Verde 7.9% 2018 down 43.6% falling
76 Niger 7.8% 2017 down 27.2% falling
77 Samoa 7.6% 2018 up 26.7% rising
78 Azerbaijan 7.5% 2018 down 20.6% falling
79 Bangladesh 7.3% 2010 up 110.9% rising
80 Benin 7.3% 2018 down 29.1% falling
81 Belize 7.2% 2018 down 30.1% falling
82 Bahamas 7.2% 2018 down 29.4% rising
83 Mali 6.9% 2018 down 31.2% falling
84 Portugal 6.8% 2017 down 5.4% falling
85 Argentina 6.8% 2017 down 44.6% rising
86 Trinidad and Tobago 6.7% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
87 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.6% 2017 down 32.7% falling
88 Syria 6.5% 2013 down 7.0% falling
89 Andorra 6.1% 2018 — falling
90 Albania 5.9% 2018 down 31.1% falling
91 Lebanon 5.8% 2018 down 27.5% volatile
92 Spain 5.7% 2017 up 123.0% falling
93 Uruguay 5.7% 2017 down 55.9% falling
94 Belarus 5.6% 2018 up 31.7% falling
95 Peru 5.4% 2018 down 53.0% falling
96 Chile 5.2% 2017 up 1.8% rising
97 United States of America 5.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.0% 2018 down 63.2% falling
99 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.0% 2018 down 30.9% falling
100 Saudi Arabia 5.0% 2018 down 59.7% volatile
101 United Arab Emirates 5.0% 2017 up 66.7% volatile
102 Netherlands 4.9% 2017 down 32.4% falling
103 Belgium 4.7% 2017 up 21.9% falling
104 Algeria 4.7% 2018 down 40.6% falling
105 Dominica 4.6% 2016 up 235.9% volatile
106 South Africa 4.4% 2017 — volatile
107 Jamaica 4.4% 2018 down 11.4% falling
108 Tunisia 3.9% 2018 down 26.4% falling
109 Brunei Darussalam 3.8% 2018 up 49.9% volatile
110 Macau, China 3.7% 2018 down 67.5% falling
111 British Virgin Islands 3.6% 2017 down 6.6% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.6% 2018 down 81.9% volatile
113 Seychelles 3.5% 2018 down 46.7% falling
114 Australia 3.4% 2017 down 46.0% falling
115 Luxembourg 3.4% 2017 down 9.0% volatile
116 Italy 3.2% 2017 up 259.3% volatile
117 Kiribati 3.2% 2017 — volatile
118 Antigua and Barbuda 3.0% 2018 down 63.9% falling
119 Romania 3.0% 2017 down 24.3% falling
120 Bahrain 2.9% 2018 down 44.0% volatile
121 Russian Federation 2.9% 2017 — volatile
122 Estonia 2.8% 2017 up 139.3% flat
123 Grenada 2.8% 2018 down 47.7% volatile
124 Mauritius 2.7% 2018 down 51.5% volatile
125 Ecuador 2.7% 2018 down 69.5% falling
126 Israel 2.6% 2017 down 2.8% falling
127 Fiji 2.4% 2016 down 49.6% rising
128 France 2.4% 2017 down 41.8% falling
129 Puerto Rico 2.3% 2016 down 41.3% falling
130 Hong Kong, China 2.3% 2018 down 19.6% volatile
131 Armenia 2.3% 2018 up 46.7% rising
132 Hungary 2.2% 2017 down 26.7% falling
133 Kuwait 2.2% 2018 down 1.8% volatile
134 Egypt 2.1% 2018 down 47.6% falling
135 Saint Lucia 2.1% 2018 down 20.9% volatile
136 Türkiye 2.0% 2017 down 5.5% volatile
137 Mexico 1.9% 2017 down 64.7% volatile
138 Montenegro 1.9% 2018 up 142.2% rising
139 Latvia 1.8% 2017 down 55.4% falling
140 Monaco 1.8% 2019 down 51.7% volatile
141 Qatar 1.8% 2018 down 28.2% volatile
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8% 2018 down 55.9% volatile
143 Cuba 1.7% 2018 down 20.8% volatile
144 Denmark 1.6% 2017 down 26.0% rising
145 Liechtenstein 1.6% 2017 down 36.7% falling
146 Indonesia 1.6% 2018 down 50.1% falling
147 Maldives 1.5% 2017 down 83.5% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5% 2016 down 14.5% volatile
149 Mongolia 1.5% 2018 down 57.7% volatile
150 Palestine, State of 1.5% 2018 down 20.7% falling
151 North Macedonia 1.4% 2017 up 39.1% falling
152 Barbados 1.4% 2018 down 64.1% volatile
153 Cyprus 1.3% 2017 down 5.2% volatile
154 Slovenia 1.3% 2017 up 448.6% volatile
155 Georgia 1.3% 2018 down 76.1% volatile
156 Cayman Islands 1.2% 2018 down 69.4% volatile
157 Bulgaria 1.2% 2017 down 72.2% falling
158 Switzerland 1.1% 2017 down 35.1% falling
159 Republic of Moldova 1.1% 2018 down 66.3% falling
160 Greece 1.1% 2017 down 18.0% volatile
161 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.1% 2017 down 21.3% volatile
162 Guyana 1.0% 2012 down 42.8% volatile
163 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2018 down 55.0% falling
164 Finland 1.0% 2017 up 16.8% rising
165 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2018 down 44.2% volatile
166 Viet Nam 0.9% 2018 — falling
167 Serbia 0.8% 2018 up 13.7% volatile
168 Thailand 0.8% 2009 — volatile
169 Tonga 0.7% 2015 down 91.5% volatile
170 Lithuania 0.7% 2017 down 65.5% volatile
171 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2017 down 39.8% volatile
172 Malta 0.7% 2017 up 3.4% volatile
173 Croatia 0.7% 2017 down 22.1% falling
174 Jordan 0.6% 2018 down 68.2% volatile
175 Poland 0.6% 2017 down 34.9% falling
176 Oman 0.6% 2018 down 77.3% volatile
177 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2019 down 57.1% volatile
178 Singapore 0.5% 2017 down 70.5% falling
179 Bermuda 0.4% 2012 up 960.8% volatile
180 Uzbekistan 0.4% 2017 down 60.9% falling
181 Ireland 0.4% 2017 down 54.4% volatile
182 New Zealand 0.3% 2017 — falling
183 San Marino 0.3% 2012 down 16.4% falling
184 Malaysia 0.2% 2017 up 75.8% volatile
185 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2018 down 98.5% falling
186 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 86.6% volatile
187 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 59.3% volatile
188 Canada 0.0% 2017 — volatile
188 Norway 0.0% 2017 — volatile
188 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Unit
% of female 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, 4,264 data points, 1970–2019
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Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.