Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, poorest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
27
Highest
66.4%
Ghana
Lowest
1.7%
Chile
Median
13.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
360
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, poorest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 66.4% in Ghana; the lowest is 1.7% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.5%, and the mean is 21.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 39.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 84.4%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 87.9%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 66.4% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 64.5% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 49.3% | 2020 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 48.8% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 39.4% | 2021 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 6 | Guatemala | 35.1% | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 33.4% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.9% | 2022 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 29.5% | 2019 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 28.6% | 2019 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 26.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 17.2% | 2019 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 14.3% | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 13.5% | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 15 | El Salvador | 11.4% | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 11.1% | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 9.4% | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 8.9% | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 8.7% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 20 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 7.7% | 2014 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 7.1% | 2023 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 22 | Uruguay | 6.1% | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.8% | 2021 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 3.6% | 2023 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 25 | Ecuador | 2.8% | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 2.0% | 2022 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Chile | 1.7% | 2022 | down 87.9% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release