Over-age students, primary in Eswatini
Eswatini: Over-age students, primary was 28.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary in Eswatini, 1970–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 28.3% for over-age students, primary in 2017.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Eswatini peaked at 31.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 1992.
Eswatini ranks 7th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 26.4% | — |
| 1971 | 27.0% | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 26.9% | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 25.4% | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 25.7% | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 23.6% | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 22.7% | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 21.5% | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 21.0% | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 20.5% | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 19.9% | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 19.6% | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 20.6% | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 22.0% | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 21.6% | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 20.5% | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 20.7% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 20.2% | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 19.8% | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 19.7% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 19.1% | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 19.0% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 18.8% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 20.6% | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 20.4% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 20.5% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 21.3% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 31.5% | +47.7% |
| 2010 | 29.5% | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 28.1% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 28.4% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 30.5% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 29.2% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 29.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27.6% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.1% | 20.5% | 27.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.4% | 19.6% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.0% | 18.8% | 21.3% | 7 |
| 2000s | 31.5% | 31.5% | 31.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 28.9% | 27.6% | 30.5% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 4 Solomon Islands 36.5% compare
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 34.3% compare
- 6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.8% compare
- 8 Nepal 28.0% compare
- 9 Pakistan 26.4% compare
- 10 Kenya 26.0% compare
More education data for Eswatini
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0994 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,880 (2023)
- 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 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Eswatini?
- Over-age students, primary in Eswatini was 28.3% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 31.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 1992.
- How does Eswatini rank for over-age students, primary?
- Eswatini ranks 7th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.