Over-age students, primary in Croatia
Croatia: Over-age students, primary was 0.9% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Croatia, 1998–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for over-age students, primary in Croatia is 0.9%, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Croatia peaked at 1.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2016.
Croatia ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.5% | — |
| 1999 | 1.5% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +21.3% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +18.3% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -25.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -25.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 8 |
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More education data for Croatia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Croatia?
- Over-age students, primary in Croatia was 0.9% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
- How does Croatia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Croatia ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia 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.