Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
182
Highest
83.6%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Niue
Median
5.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,909
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 83.6% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 12.7%.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Naoero (up 680.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 83.6% | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 80.6% | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cape Verde | 78.1% | 2022 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 4 | Eritrea | 76.3% | 2022 | up 137.8% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 65.8% | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 59.9% | 2012 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 7 | Vanuatu | 53.3% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 50.8% | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 9 | Bhutan | 50.0% | 2024 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 10 | Burundi | 49.6% | 2020 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 48.7% | 2015 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 48.2% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 47.9% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 47.4% | 2010 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 47.0% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 16 | Eswatini | 45.1% | 2022 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 43.7% | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.0% | 2017 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 40.8% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 20 | Gambia | 36.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 35.8% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 22 | Comoros | 35.1% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 32.5% | 2024 | up 312.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 32.0% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 25 | Aruba | 31.3% | 2014 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 29.4% | 2013 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 29.3% | 2020 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 28 | Togo | 27.3% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 29 | Suriname | 26.0% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 30 | Nepal | 25.4% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 25.1% | 2022 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 32 | Morocco | 23.7% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 33 | Kenya | 23.0% | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 22.7% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea | 22.0% | 2020 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 36 | Cameroon | 20.9% | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 20.7% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 20.4% | 2022 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.1% | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 19.0% | 2022 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 41 | Algeria | 18.0% | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 17.5% | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 43 | Tunisia | 17.5% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 16.5% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 45 | Djibouti | 16.4% | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 16.3% | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 47 | Cambodia | 16.0% | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 48 | Bahamas | 15.7% | 2010 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 15.6% | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 50 | Chad | 15.2% | 2024 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 51 | Niger | 14.9% | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 14.1% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 14.1% | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 54 | Senegal | 13.4% | 2024 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 55 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 13.4% | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 56 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 13.2% | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Marshall Islands | 13.1% | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.3% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 60 | El Salvador | 12.2% | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.7% | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 62 | Dominica | 11.7% | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 63 | Yemen | 11.5% | 2016 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 10.7% | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 65 | Samoa | 10.1% | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 66 | British Virgin Islands | 9.7% | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 67 | Austria | 9.6% | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 68 | Ghana | 9.5% | 2024 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 9.4% | 2024 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 70 | Myanmar | 9.4% | 2018 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 71 | Mali | 9.1% | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 72 | Brazil | 9.0% | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.9% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 8.8% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 75 | Palau | 8.7% | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 76 | Lebanon | 8.4% | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 77 | Paraguay | 7.8% | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 78 | Philippines | 7.8% | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 79 | Switzerland | 7.7% | 2024 | up 671.0% | rising |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 7.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 81 | Panama | 7.1% | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 82 | Portugal | 7.0% | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 6.8% | 2023 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 84 | Kiribati | 6.6% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 85 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.6% | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 86 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.5% | 2025 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 87 | Chile | 6.5% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 88 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.3% | 2024 | up 230.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Macau, China | 5.7% | 2024 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 90 | Hong Kong, China | 5.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 91 | Czechia | 5.1% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 4.9% | 2024 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 93 | Romania | 4.9% | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 94 | Grenada | 4.9% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 95 | Greece | 4.6% | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 96 | Spain | 4.5% | 2024 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 4.2% | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 4.1% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 99 | United States of America | 4.1% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 100 | Barbados | 3.9% | 2024 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Fiji | 3.8% | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 3.6% | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 103 | India | 3.4% | 2025 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 104 | Jamaica | 3.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 105 | Andorra | 3.2% | 2024 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 106 | Qatar | 3.1% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Estonia | 3.1% | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 109 | Kuwait | 3.0% | 2021 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Ecuador | 2.9% | 2024 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 111 | Albania | 2.8% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 2.8% | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 113 | Belgium | 2.7% | 2023 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 114 | Poland | 2.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 115 | Hungary | 2.6% | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 116 | Türkiye | 2.5% | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 117 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.4% | 2024 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 118 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Naoero | 2.3% | 2025 | up 680.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 1.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 121 | Tokelau | 1.8% | 2025 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2025 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 123 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.6% | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 1.6% | 2025 | up 135.8% | rising |
| 125 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 126 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2024 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 127 | Ukraine | 1.5% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 128 | Belarus | 1.5% | 2024 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 129 | Bahrain | 1.4% | 2024 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 130 | Maldives | 1.2% | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Montenegro | 1.2% | 2023 | up 204.6% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 133 | Oman | 1.1% | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 0.9% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Tonga | 0.9% | 2024 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2024 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 140 | Anguilla | 0.8% | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8% | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 0.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 143 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 145 | Viet Nam | 0.7% | 2024 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Italy | 0.7% | 2023 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Lithuania | 0.7% | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Liechtenstein | 0.6% | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 150 | Palestine, State of | 0.6% | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.6% | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5% | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 153 | Montserrat | 0.5% | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 156 | Cayman Islands | 0.4% | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 157 | France | 0.4% | 2024 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 158 | Australia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2024 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 160 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2025 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 162 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 164 | Republic of Moldova | 0.3% | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 0.3% | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Malta | 0.2% | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Cook Islands | 0.2% | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Monaco | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | San Marino | 0.2% | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Republic of Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 171 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 173 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 176 | Norway | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 51.6%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 47.3%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 44.8%
- MDG: Oceania 44.8%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 44.8%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 38.4%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 38.1%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 38.1%
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 37.7%
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 34.4%
- WB: Other Small States 34.2%
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 33.4%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 32.7%
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 32.7%
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 32.6%
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 32.3%
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 32.3%
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 32.2%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 32.1%
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 31.5%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 31.4%
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 31.1%
- UNESCO: Sids 30.9%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 30.8%
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 30.7%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 30.5%
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 30.4%
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 30.4%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 30.2%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 30.2%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 30.2%
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 30.2%
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 30.2%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 30.1%
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 29.8%
- WB: Small States 29.7%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 29.5%
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 29.4%
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 29.0%
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 28.2%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release