Over-age students, primary, female in Togo
Togo: Over-age students, primary, female was 18.4% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, female in Togo, 1971–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
Togo recorded 18.4% for over-age students, primary, female in 2018.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Togo peaked at 29.0% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2008.
Togo ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 18.1% | — |
| 1972 | 21.2% | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 22.8% | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 25.5% | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 27.9% | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 29.0% | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 26.5% | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 27.1% | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 24.7% | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 28.3% | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 22.0% | -22.4% |
| 1988 | 22.0% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 25.0% | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 25.2% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 25.7% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 26.7% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 24.9% | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 22.4% | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 25.1% | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 21.6% | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 18.7% | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 17.0% | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 16.6% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 14.3% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 14.5% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | +46.7% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 18.4% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.9% | 18.1% | 25.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 25.8% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 21.6% | 26.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 15.6% | 13.4% | 18.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 18.4% | 19.6% | 4 |
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More education data for Togo
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 51,488 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 40,377 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 113,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 116,788 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 915,214 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4127 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1972 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Togo?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Togo was 18.4% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 1982.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2008.
- How does Togo rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Togo ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.