Over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Over-age students, primary was 1.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein, 2003–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Liechtenstein recorded 1.8% for over-age students, primary in 2017.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein peaked at 2.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2015.
That places Liechtenstein 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.0% | — |
| 2004 | 2.8% | +40.1% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +27.6% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | -35.9% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +19.2% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -21.9% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +20.2% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 7 |
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More education data for Liechtenstein
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 283 (2021)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.4% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2021)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein?
- Over-age students, primary in Liechtenstein was 1.8% 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 Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2007.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2015.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for over-age students, primary?
- Liechtenstein ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liechtenstein 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.