Over-age students, primary in Bhutan
Bhutan: Over-age students, primary was 11.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Bhutan, 1978–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 11.5% for over-age students, primary in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.7% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Bhutan peaked at 25.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2018.
That places Bhutan 57th 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 18 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 24.5% | — |
| 1979 | 25.0% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 24.4% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 25.1% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 24.4% | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 22.5% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 21.5% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 20.0% | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 18.6% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 18.9% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 18.3% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 14.8% | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.7% | 24.5% | 25.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.8% | 24.4% | 25.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 18.6% | 24.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 11.5% | 18.9% | 8 |
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More education data for Bhutan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,372 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Bhutan?
- Over-age students, primary in Bhutan was 11.5% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 25.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2018.
- How does Bhutan rank for over-age students, primary?
- Bhutan ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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 (% of 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.