Over-age students, primary in Seychelles
Seychelles: Over-age students, primary was 3.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Seychelles, 1979–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 3.6% for over-age students, primary in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Seychelles peaked at 15.5% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2018.
That places Seychelles 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 15.5% | — |
| 1993 | 12.3% | -20.5% |
| 1994 | 10.9% | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 10.8% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 10.3% | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 8.1% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 6.7% | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -38.5% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.3% | 8.3% | 12.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 113 Macau, China 4.0% compare
- 114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.9% compare
- 115 Australia 3.8% compare
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 3.6% compare
- 118 Luxembourg 3.5% compare
- 119 Estonia 3.4% compare
More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- 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 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Seychelles?
- Over-age students, primary in Seychelles was 3.6% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5% in 1979.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2018.
- How does Seychelles rank for over-age students, primary?
- Seychelles ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.