Over-age students, primary in Tunisia
Tunisia: Over-age students, primary was 5.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Tunisia, 1971–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 5.2% for over-age students, primary in 2018.
The figure is up 10.0% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Tunisia peaked at 24.2% in 1971 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2016.
Tunisia ranks 105th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 24.2% | — |
| 1975 | 19.0% | -21.5% |
| 1978 | 21.4% | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 20.0% | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 19.3% | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 18.0% | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 16.9% | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 17.0% | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 16.1% | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 16.5% | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 16.6% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 17.8% | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 17.6% | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 15.8% | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 16.9% | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 16.4% | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 15.9% | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 14.9% | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 15.6% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 15.2% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 14.9% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 14.6% | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 15.8% | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 15.3% | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 13.7% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | -21.9% |
| 2008 | 6.8% | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 4.8% | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.1% | 19.0% | 24.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 17.2% | 15.8% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.6% | 14.6% | 16.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 6.1% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 6.0% | 9 |
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More education data for Tunisia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 84,596 (2023)
- 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 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (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 Tunisia?
- Over-age students, primary in Tunisia was 5.2% 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2% in 1971.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2016.
- How does Tunisia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Tunisia ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.