Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, poorest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
27
Highest
70.7%
Ghana
Lowest
1.8%
Chile
Median
16.7%
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, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 70.7% in Ghana; the lowest is 1.8% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.7%, and the mean is 24.5%.
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 62.8%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 88.9%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 70.7% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 65.7% | 2018 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 57.4% | 2020 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 48.7% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 44.6% | 2021 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 38.0% | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 36.5% | 2019 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 33.4% | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.0% | 2022 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 30.5% | 2019 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 27.2% | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 26.1% | 2019 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 21.8% | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 16.7% | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 16.2% | 2023 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 16 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 13.0% | 2014 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 12.3% | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 11.9% | 2023 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 11.7% | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 11.7% | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 9.5% | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 21 | Uruguay | 9.5% | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 23 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.1% | 2021 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 4.0% | 2023 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2022 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 2.5% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Chile | 1.8% | 2022 | down 88.9% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release