Over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Over-age students, primary, male was 1.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of, 1999–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of male enrollment.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 1.6% for over-age students, primary, male in 2018.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of peaked at 4.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2009.
Palestine, State of ranks 156th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of male enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.7% | — |
| 2000 | 3.2% | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 3.9% | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -17.2% |
| 2003 | 2.7% | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -40.1% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | +175.2% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -48.5% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -40.7% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +65.5% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -26.9% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -4.8% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 1.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12.9%, 13% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 1.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.4%, 36% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +175.2% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
- 153 Maldives 1.7% compare
- 154 Switzerland 1.6% compare
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- 157 Republic of Moldova 1.6% compare
- 158 North Macedonia 1.6% compare
- 159 Greece 1.5% compare
More education data for Palestine, State of
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of?
- Over-age students, primary, male in Palestine, State of was 1.6% 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2009.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for over-age students, primary, male?
- Palestine, State of ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, male rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.