Over-age students, primary in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Over-age students, primary was 12.1% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Ethiopia, 1987–2015
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 12.1% for over-age students, primary in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Ethiopia peaked at 31.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2015.
Ethiopia ranks 52nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 24.7% | — |
| 1988 | 25.0% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 23.3% | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 23.3% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 24.1% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 31.7% | +31.4% |
| 1999 | 27.0% | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 23.0% | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 25.5% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 24.3% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 21.2% | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 20.3% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 19.3% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 18.5% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 17.5% | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.9% | 24.7% | 25.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 25.9% | 23.3% | 31.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 22.3% | 18.5% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 12.1% | 19.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- 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 0.0498 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Ethiopia?
- Over-age students, primary in Ethiopia was 12.1% in 2015, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 31.7% in 1998.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2015.
- How does Ethiopia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Ethiopia ranks 52nd out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.