Over-age students, primary in Togo
Togo: Over-age students, primary was 17.9% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Togo, 1971–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary in Togo stood at 17.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Togo peaked at 31.8% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2008.
Togo ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 19.9% | — |
| 1972 | 25.0% | +25.7% |
| 1978 | 26.3% | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 28.4% | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 30.3% | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 30.3% | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 29.4% | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 29.1% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 27.9% | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 31.8% | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 25.2% | -20.7% |
| 1988 | 25.3% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 28.2% | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 28.5% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 29.6% | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 29.9% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 28.5% | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 25.3% | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 27.4% | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 23.9% | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 20.8% | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 20.2% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 18.1% | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 16.7% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 15.3% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | +33.0% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18.2% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.9% | 19.9% | 28.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 28.6% | 25.2% | 31.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 27.6% | 23.9% | 29.9% | 7 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 14.4% | 20.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Togo
- 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 36,787 (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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (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 Togo?
- Over-age students, primary in Togo was 17.9% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 31.8% in 1986.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2008.
- How does Togo rank for over-age students, primary?
- Togo ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.