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Over-age students, primary, male (% of male 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
49.9%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
6.5%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,265

What the numbers show

Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 49.9% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5%, and the mean is 9.3%.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 131,515,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 49.9% 1980 — rising
2 Haiti 47.7% 1997 up 17.2% rising
3 Liberia 47.4% 2017 down 24.8% flat
4 Solomon Islands 36.9% 2018 up 52.6% volatile
5 Guinea-Bissau 35.0% 2010 up 4.3% rising
6 Eswatini 31.0% 2017 down 9.8% rising
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 30.8% 1999 up 29.6% falling
8 Vanuatu 27.4% 2015 up 92.5% falling
9 Kenya 27.3% 2012 down 19.3% falling
10 Eritrea 26.7% 2018 up 26.8% falling
11 Pakistan 26.3% 2018 up 131,515,000.0% volatile
12 Madagascar 26.1% 2018 down 22.4% rising
13 Rwanda 25.7% 2018 down 2.7% rising
14 Nepal 24.6% 2019 down 12.3% falling
15 Equatorial Guinea 23.9% 2015 down 14.6% falling
16 Lesotho 23.4% 2017 down 28.6% falling
17 Angola 23.3% 2011 down 38.3% falling
18 Central African Republic 22.6% 2012 down 13.0% flat
19 Nicaragua 21.8% 2010 up 79.8% falling
20 Gambia 19.4% 2018 up 15.7% volatile
21 Mauritania 19.3% 2018 down 3.0% falling
22 Sudan 19.0% 2017 up 50.0% rising
23 Malawi 18.5% 2018 down 27.0% falling
24 Mozambique 18.3% 2018 down 23.3% falling
25 Namibia 18.3% 2018 down 11.2% volatile
26 Sweden 18.2% 2017 — volatile
27 Timor-Leste 18.1% 2018 down 23.3% falling
28 Comoros 17.9% 2018 down 20.3% falling
29 Burundi 17.7% 2018 down 14.0% rising
30 Suriname 17.7% 2018 down 9.3% falling
31 Togo 17.4% 2018 up 14.2% falling
32 Slovakia 17.0% 2017 up 2.4% rising
33 Colombia 16.8% 2018 down 24.1% falling
34 Brazil 16.1% 2017 down 37.5% falling
35 Congo 15.8% 2012 down 70.2% rising
36 Burkina Faso 15.5% 2018 up 86.6% rising
37 Ghana 15.5% 2018 down 42.3% falling
38 Paraguay 15.2% 2016 down 2.6% rising
39 Botswana 15.1% 2014 down 27.1% rising
40 Zimbabwe 15.0% 2013 up 5.6% volatile
41 El Salvador 15.0% 2018 down 17.1% falling
42 Morocco 14.9% 2018 down 9.8% falling
43 Zambia 14.8% 2017 down 27.1% volatile
44 Cambodia 14.8% 2018 down 29.9% volatile
45 Iraq 14.7% 2007 up 46.1% falling
46 Chad 14.5% 2016 down 26.7% falling
47 Uganda 14.5% 2013 — falling
48 Austria 14.3% 2017 up 0.5% rising
49 Sao Tome and Principe 14.2% 2017 down 45.1% falling
50 Dominican Republic 13.7% 2018 down 41.8% falling
51 Costa Rica 13.3% 2018 up 3.7% falling
52 Aruba 13.1% 2014 down 20.4% falling
53 Honduras 12.9% 2017 down 31.2% rising
54 Nigeria 12.8% 2010 down 59.1% falling
55 Germany 12.7% 2017 down 21.0% falling
56 Cameroon 12.7% 2017 up 5.4% falling
57 Ethiopia 12.7% 2015 down 47.0% falling
58 Cape Verde 12.3% 2018 down 28.8% falling
59 Libya 12.1% 1983 down 51.9% falling
60 China 12.1% 1997 down 50.6% falling
61 Bhutan 12.0% 2018 down 41.6% falling
62 Czechia 11.8% 2017 down 20.1% falling
63 Guatemala 11.6% 2018 down 23.7% falling
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.5% 2018 down 59.0% falling
65 Philippines 11.5% 2017 down 35.8% rising
66 Djibouti 11.5% 2019 down 34.9% falling
67 Guinea 11.1% 2016 down 34.8% falling
68 Bangladesh 10.8% 2010 up 201.2% volatile
69 Yemen 10.3% 2016 down 28.6% falling
70 Belize 10.0% 2018 down 21.1% falling
71 Bahamas 9.9% 2018 down 19.7% rising
72 Samoa 9.4% 2018 up 10.5% rising
73 Senegal 9.3% 2017 down 44.3% falling
74 Portugal 9.2% 2017 down 15.0% falling
75 Trinidad and Tobago 9.2% 2010 up 0.6% volatile
76 Panama 9.2% 2017 down 6.9% falling
77 Myanmar 9.0% 2018 down 1.3% volatile
78 Dominica 8.6% 2016 up 135.0% volatile
79 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.5% 2017 down 31.8% falling
80 Ukraine 8.4% 2018 down 10.8% falling
81 Benin 8.4% 2018 down 29.3% falling
82 Algeria 8.3% 2018 down 33.2% falling
83 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.0% 2018 down 13.7% falling
84 Niger 7.9% 2017 down 33.0% falling
85 Chile 7.9% 2017 up 13.2% rising
86 Côte d'Ivoire 7.7% 2018 down 60.8% falling
87 Lebanon 7.6% 2018 down 24.7% falling
88 Uruguay 7.6% 2017 down 50.7% falling
89 Andorra 7.4% 2018 — falling
90 Syrian Arab Republic 7.3% 2013 down 10.4% falling
91 Mali 7.2% 2018 down 37.4% volatile
92 Albania 7.2% 2018 down 25.1% falling
93 South Africa 7.1% 2017 — falling
94 Azerbaijan 6.7% 2018 down 27.2% falling
95 Tunisia 6.5% 2018 down 20.6% falling
96 United States of America 6.5% 2017 down 8.9% flat
97 Jamaica 6.2% 2018 up 3.1% falling
98 Argentina 6.1% 2017 down 49.7% flat
99 Italy 5.9% 2017 up 415.7% volatile
100 British Virgin Islands 5.9% 2017 down 35.4% falling
101 Peru 5.8% 2018 down 52.3% falling
102 Netherlands 5.8% 2017 down 30.4% falling
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.7% 2018 down 60.8% falling
104 Belarus 5.5% 2018 up 31.1% falling
105 Grenada 5.4% 2018 down 36.8% volatile
106 Belgium 4.9% 2017 up 4.8% falling
107 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.9% 2017 down 20.0% volatile
108 Spain 4.8% 2017 up 35.8% falling
109 Brunei Darussalam 4.4% 2018 up 34.2% volatile
110 Macau, China 4.3% 2018 down 70.9% falling
111 Australia 4.2% 2017 down 42.5% falling
112 Antigua and Barbuda 4.1% 2018 down 63.1% falling
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.1% 2018 down 79.7% volatile
114 Puerto Rico 4.1% 2016 down 34.1% falling
115 United Arab Emirates 4.0% 2017 up 14.8% volatile
116 Estonia 4.0% 2017 up 39.4% falling
117 Romania 3.8% 2017 down 26.0% falling
118 Saudi Arabia 3.8% 2018 down 70.7% falling
119 Luxembourg 3.7% 2017 down 20.5% volatile
120 Seychelles 3.7% 2018 down 45.7% falling
121 Kiribati 3.7% 2017 — falling
122 Russian Federation 3.6% 2017 — volatile
123 Cuba 3.4% 2018 down 10.5% volatile
124 France 3.4% 2017 down 38.2% falling
125 Fiji 3.4% 2016 down 47.6% rising
126 Hungary 3.4% 2017 down 25.3% falling
127 Ecuador 3.4% 2018 down 67.7% falling
128 Saint Lucia 3.3% 2018 down 29.5% volatile
129 Qatar 3.2% 2018 down 14.9% volatile
130 Denmark 3.1% 2017 down 12.3% rising
131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.1% 2018 down 48.3% volatile
132 Latvia 3.0% 2017 down 58.0% falling
133 Israel 3.0% 2017 up 14.1% rising
134 Egypt 3.0% 2018 down 46.7% falling
135 Kuwait 2.9% 2018 up 7.1% volatile
136 Mauritius 2.9% 2018 down 58.2% volatile
137 Hong Kong, China 2.8% 2018 down 21.1% volatile
138 Montenegro 2.6% 2018 up 242.1% rising
139 Mexico 2.6% 2017 down 63.1% volatile
140 Bahrain 2.4% 2018 down 63.7% volatile
141 Barbados 2.4% 2018 down 45.6% volatile
142 Cayman Islands 2.3% 2018 down 67.0% volatile
143 Slovenia 2.2% 2017 up 388.9% falling
144 Mongolia 2.1% 2018 down 44.4% volatile
145 Türkiye 2.1% 2017 down 21.1% volatile
146 Cyprus 2.0% 2017 down 0.0% volatile
147 Armenia 2.0% 2018 up 32.8% falling
148 Liechtenstein 2.0% 2017 down 40.0% falling
149 Bulgaria 1.9% 2017 down 62.6% falling
150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.9% 2016 up 0.3% volatile
151 India 1.9% 2013 down 69.5% falling
152 Monaco 1.7% 2019 down 57.0% volatile
153 Maldives 1.7% 2017 down 86.8% volatile
154 Switzerland 1.6% 2017 down 32.8% falling
155 Finland 1.6% 2017 up 1.4% rising
156 Palestine, State of 1.6% 2018 down 32.6% falling
157 Republic of Moldova 1.6% 2018 down 61.8% falling
158 North Macedonia 1.6% 2017 up 37.3% falling
159 Greece 1.5% 2017 down 7.7% volatile
160 Georgia 1.5% 2018 down 72.0% volatile
161 Viet Nam 1.5% 2018 — falling
162 Thailand 1.4% 2009 — volatile
163 Guyana 1.3% 2012 down 23.6% volatile
164 Poland 1.2% 2017 down 34.2% falling
165 Kyrgyzstan 1.2% 2018 down 56.6% falling
166 Lithuania 1.1% 2017 down 65.8% falling
167 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.1% 2017 down 23.5% volatile
168 Indonesia 1.1% 2018 down 66.5% volatile
169 Tonga 1.1% 2015 down 88.3% volatile
170 Croatia 1.0% 2017 up 1.0% falling
171 Malta 1.0% 2017 up 6.8% volatile
172 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2018 down 55.6% volatile
173 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 18.4% volatile
174 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 down 45.1% volatile
175 Jordan 0.8% 2018 down 71.8% volatile
176 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2019 down 54.8% volatile
177 Oman 0.7% 2018 down 76.1% volatile
178 San Marino 0.7% 2012 down 24.2% volatile
179 Ireland 0.7% 2017 down 50.2% volatile
180 Singapore 0.6% 2017 down 65.7% volatile
181 Bermuda 0.6% 2012 up 1,199.2% volatile
182 Uzbekistan 0.5% 2017 down 60.3% falling
183 New Zealand 0.4% 2017 — falling
184 Malaysia 0.3% 2017 up 149.9% volatile
185 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2018 down 98.6% falling
186 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 82.2% volatile
187 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 37.8% 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, male (% of male enrollment)
Unit
% of male 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, 4,265 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.