Over-age students, primary in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Over-age students, primary was 25.8% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary in Vanuatu, 1981–2015
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for over-age students, primary in Vanuatu is 25.8%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 86.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Vanuatu peaked at 25.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1994.
That places Vanuatu 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21.6% | — |
| 1989 | 23.6% | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 2.6% | -89.2% |
| 1998 | 14.9% | +482.9% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14.7% | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17.9% | +22.0% |
| 2004 | 17.9% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 25.8% | +86.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.6% | 21.6% | 23.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.9% | 2.6% | 15.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.7% | 13.8% | 17.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 25.8% | 25.8% | 25.8% | 1 |
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More education data for Vanuatu
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,892 (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 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 112.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Vanuatu?
- Over-age students, primary in Vanuatu was 25.8% in 2015, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1994.
- How does Vanuatu rank for over-age students, primary?
- Vanuatu ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.