Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
35
Highest
63.5%
Uganda
Lowest
1.6%
Ecuador
Median
26.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
404
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 63.5% in Uganda; the lowest is 1.6% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.9%, and the mean is 24.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 86.3%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 63.5% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Ghana | 63.3% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 56.3% | 2018 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 51.7% | 2020 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 48.9% | 2022 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 6 | Rwanda | 43.3% | 2020 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42.0% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 8 | Gambia | 32.5% | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 9 | Guatemala | 32.0% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 10 | Senegal | 31.4% | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 30.5% | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 30.3% | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 29.7% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 29.7% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.4% | 2022 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 28.8% | 2019 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.0% | 2022 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 26.9% | 2021 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Cambodia | 23.0% | 2020 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 20.4% | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 18.1% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 14.0% | 2021 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 23 | Honduras | 13.8% | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 12.2% | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 11.2% | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 26 | Mali | 10.2% | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 9.8% | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 28 | Paraguay | 9.5% | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 7.3% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 4.5% | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.5% | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 4.2% | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 33 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2022 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 1.8% | 2022 | down 86.3% | falling |
| 35 | Ecuador | 1.6% | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release