Over-age students, primary in Egypt
Egypt: Over-age students, primary was 2.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Egypt, 1971–2018
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 Egypt is 2.5%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Egypt peaked at 9.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2018.
That places Egypt 135th 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 22 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5.2% | — |
| 1972 | 5.9% | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 6.7% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 5.5% | -18.5% |
| 1997 | 7.0% | +27.4% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 6.5% | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | +35.4% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | +38.6% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | -37.1% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +29.0% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | -24.9% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.0% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 3 |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.5% | 7.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.5% | 5.5% | 7 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.94 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Egypt?
- Over-age students, primary in Egypt was 2.5% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2018.
- How does Egypt rank for over-age students, primary?
- Egypt ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.2%. 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 (% 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.