Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
180
Highest
82.6%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
4.2%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,556
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, female (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 82.6% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.2%, and the mean is 11.5%.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 137 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 666.8%), 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 | 82.6% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 78.7% | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 3 | Cape Verde | 75.2% | 2022 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 4 | Eritrea | 72.6% | 2022 | up 164.3% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 65.0% | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 55.3% | 2012 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 50.8% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 8 | Vanuatu | 48.4% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 9 | Bhutan | 47.4% | 2024 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 10 | Burundi | 46.9% | 2020 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 46.6% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.6% | 2015 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 43.7% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 43.5% | 2010 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 15 | Mozambique | 42.3% | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 16 | Eswatini | 40.7% | 2022 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 17 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.0% | 2017 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 18 | Malawi | 37.7% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 19 | Namibia | 35.5% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 20 | Gambia | 34.9% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 21 | Comoros | 31.9% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 30.7% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 29.5% | 2024 | up 309.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 28.6% | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 26.3% | 2013 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 27 | Aruba | 25.8% | 2014 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 25.6% | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 29 | Togo | 24.6% | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 24.1% | 2020 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 31 | Kenya | 23.8% | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 32 | Benin | 22.6% | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 19.6% | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 19.5% | 2020 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.3% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 19.2% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 17.9% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 17.0% | 2022 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 39 | Morocco | 16.6% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 40 | Chad | 16.4% | 2024 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 41 | Uruguay | 16.4% | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 42 | Djibouti | 15.1% | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 43 | Guatemala | 14.9% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 44 | Botswana | 14.7% | 2022 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 45 | Niger | 14.7% | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 14.1% | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 47 | Tunisia | 13.6% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 13.2% | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 49 | Cambodia | 13.0% | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 50 | Bahamas | 13.0% | 2010 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 51 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12.7% | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 12.6% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 53 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.4% | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 54 | Marshall Islands | 11.2% | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Algeria | 11.2% | 2025 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 10.6% | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 57 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 10.5% | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 10.0% | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 10.0% | 2023 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 9.7% | 2016 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 61 | Mali | 9.4% | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 62 | Belize | 8.7% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 63 | Lebanon | 8.7% | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 64 | Myanmar | 8.6% | 2018 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 8.6% | 2024 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 66 | Samoa | 8.3% | 2024 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 8.2% | 2024 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 8.0% | 2024 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.8% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 70 | Palau | 7.4% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.3% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 72 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.9% | 2024 | up 520.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Switzerland | 6.8% | 2024 | up 666.8% | rising |
| 74 | Brazil | 6.8% | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 6.7% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 76 | Dominica | 6.7% | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.7% | 2023 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 78 | Argentina | 6.5% | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 79 | Ghana | 6.4% | 2024 | down 83.4% | falling |
| 80 | Paraguay | 6.2% | 2024 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 81 | Panama | 6.0% | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 82 | Kiribati | 5.7% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 83 | Philippines | 5.5% | 2024 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 84 | Portugal | 5.4% | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 85 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.0% | 2025 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 86 | Chile | 4.9% | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 87 | British Virgin Islands | 4.9% | 2024 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.8% | 2024 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 89 | Hong Kong, China | 4.7% | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 90 | Peru | 4.3% | 2024 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 91 | Macau, China | 4.1% | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 4.0% | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | 3.9% | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 94 | Czechia | 3.9% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 95 | Greece | 3.8% | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 96 | United States of America | 3.6% | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 97 | Spain | 3.6% | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 3.3% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 99 | India | 3.3% | 2025 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 100 | Fiji | 3.1% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | 2.7% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 102 | Barbados | 2.7% | 2024 | up 190.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | 2.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 104 | Estonia | 2.5% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 105 | Andorra | 2.5% | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 2.5% | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 107 | Naoero | 2.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Türkiye | 2.5% | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 2.4% | 2024 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2021 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Albania | 2.2% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 113 | Qatar | 2.1% | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 114 | Hungary | 2.1% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 115 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.0% | 2024 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 2.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 117 | Latvia | 1.9% | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 118 | Thailand | 1.9% | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Tokelau | 1.9% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2025 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 121 | Grenada | 1.7% | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Ukraine | 1.5% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 123 | Cyprus | 1.5% | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 124 | Belarus | 1.5% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 126 | Egypt | 1.3% | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 127 | Anguilla | 1.2% | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2025 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 129 | Bahrain | 1.1% | 2024 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.1% | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2023 | up 296.8% | rising |
| 132 | Indonesia | 1.0% | 2025 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 134 | Armenia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 0.9% | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Tonga | 0.9% | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.8% | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 139 | Oman | 0.8% | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Singapore | 0.7% | 2023 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 142 | Georgia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 0.6% | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 144 | Israel | 0.6% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.6% | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Palestine, State of | 0.6% | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Italy | 0.6% | 2023 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 148 | Liechtenstein | 0.6% | 2021 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 0.5% | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 151 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2024 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 153 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 154 | Australia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 156 | France | 0.4% | 2024 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 0.3% | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2025 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 159 | Malta | 0.3% | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 161 | Cayman Islands | 0.3% | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 162 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 163 | Monaco | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2% | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 165 | San Marino | 0.2% | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Republic of Korea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 168 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 169 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 170 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 173 | Norway | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2023 | 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: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 47.3%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 47.1%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 43.9%
- MDG: Oceania 43.9%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 43.9%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 35.7%
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 33.6%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 33.2%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 33.2%
- WB: Other Small States 32.5%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 31.0%
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 30.5%
- UNESCO: Sids 30.3%
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 29.7%
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 29.4%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 29.3%
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 29.1%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 29.0%
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 28.6%
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 28.3%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 28.3%
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 28.2%
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 28.2%
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 27.1%
- WB: Small States 26.8%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 26.6%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 26.6%
- GPE: Region 2 26.5%
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 26.4%
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 26.1%
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 25.9%
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 25.9%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 25.8%
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 25.8%
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 25.6%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 25.6%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 25.6%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 25.6%
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 25.6%
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 25.6%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release