Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
42.9%
Ghana
Lowest
1.0%
Chile
Median
15.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
433
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 42.9% in Ghana; the lowest is 1.0% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.3%, and the mean is 14.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 76.1%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 88.5%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 42.9% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 41.6% | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 3 | Gambia | 27.4% | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 27.4% | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 5 | Nepal | 25.1% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 24.3% | 2018 | up 29.6% | flat |
| 7 | Malawi | 23.4% | 2020 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 21.7% | 2024 | up 65.5% | falling |
| 9 | Nigeria | 21.0% | 2024 | up 46.9% | flat |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.4% | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 19.6% | 2019 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 19.6% | 2019 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 13 | Senegal | 19.5% | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 19.2% | 2020 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 15 | Guatemala | 18.3% | 2023 | up 39.7% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 16.5% | 2021 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.6% | 2022 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cambodia | 15.4% | 2020 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Honduras | 15.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Togo | 8.5% | 2021 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 21 | Colombia | 8.0% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 7.2% | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 6.2% | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 24 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.9% | 2022 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Paraguay | 5.4% | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 5.2% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 27 | Mali | 4.4% | 2021 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 28 | Uruguay | 3.8% | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 3.8% | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 3.4% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 3.0% | 2019 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.7% | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 2.7% | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 34 | Mexico | 2.0% | 2022 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 1.0% | 2022 | down 88.5% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release