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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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About this data

Indicator
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, male (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
35 places, 404 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release