Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in Lithuania
Lithuania: Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) was 0.9% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Lithuania, 1998–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.9% for over-age students, primary in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 65.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Lithuania peaked at 4.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2017.
That places Lithuania 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.2% | — |
| 1999 | 4.5% | +100.5% |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 4.2% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 4.3% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -13.5% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +100.5% | 2.2% | 4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.87 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27,048 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 337 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,487 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 14,458 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 244,656 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 120,897 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4914 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Lithuania?
- Over-age students, primary in Lithuania was 0.9% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
- How does Lithuania rank for over-age students, primary?
- Lithuania ranks 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.