Over-age students, primary in Iraq
Iraq: Over-age students, primary was 12.8% in 2007. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Iraq, 1971–2007
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 12.8% for over-age students, primary in 2007.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.7% on the previous year and up 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Iraq peaked at 19.5% in 1971 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2000.
Iraq ranks 50th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Iraq, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 19.5% | — |
| 1972 | 18.4% | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 16.9% | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 15.6% | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 17.5% | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 15.8% | -9.4% |
| 1977 | 17.6% | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 16.3% | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 14.0% | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 13.7% | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 13.0% | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 13.3% | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 14.3% | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 13.5% | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 12.9% | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 12.2% | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 12.4% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 11.4% | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 8.8% | -23.0% |
| 1999 | 8.4% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | +30.2% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.8% | +17.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.8% | 14.0% | 19.5% | 9 |
| 1980s | 13.2% | 12.2% | 14.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 9.5% | 8.4% | 11.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 10.8% | 8.4% | 12.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More education data for Iraq
- 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 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 286,890 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.0% (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 Iraq?
- Over-age students, primary in Iraq was 12.8% in 2007, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 19.5% in 1971.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for over-age students, primary?
- Iraq ranks 50th out of 191 countries with data for 2007.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.