Over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Over-age students, primary, female was 22.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea, 1992–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea stood at 22.2%.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea peaked at 41.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2012.
That places Eritrea 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 33.7% | — |
| 1994 | 40.5% | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 41.4% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 40.9% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 39.7% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 33.2% | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 29.9% | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 23.6% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 23.2% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 21.8% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 17.9% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 16.6% | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 35.4% | +267.6% |
| 2014 | 18.3% | -48.4% |
| 2015 | 19.0% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 22.2% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.2% | 33.2% | 41.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 21.1% | 15.8% | 29.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 9.6% | 35.4% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 12 Vanuatu 24.0% compare
- 13 Madagascar 23.9% compare
- 14 Angola 23.1% compare
- 16 Mauritania 21.3% compare
- 17 Equatorial Guinea 21.2% compare
- 18 Malawi 20.1% compare
More education data for Eritrea
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 266,829 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1168 units per person (2022)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Eritrea was 22.2% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 41.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2012.
- How does Eritrea rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Eritrea ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.