Over-age students, primary, male in Egypt
Egypt: Over-age students, primary, male was 3.0% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, male in Egypt, 1971–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of male enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary, male in Egypt stood at 3.0%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, male in Egypt peaked at 7.8% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2018.
That places Egypt 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, male in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of male enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5.6% | — |
| 1972 | 6.2% | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 7.0% | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 6.0% | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 7.8% | +30.6% |
| 1999 | 7.6% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 7.3% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 5.1% | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.3% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 7.1% | 6.0% | 7.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 5.1% | 5 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1322 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, male in Egypt?
- Over-age students, primary, male in Egypt was 3.0% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 1997.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2018.
- How does Egypt rank for over-age students, primary, male?
- Egypt ranks 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, male rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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, male (% of male 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.