Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
25.7%
Ghana
Lowest
0.3%
Argentina
Median
4.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
363
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 25.7% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3% in Argentina.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.3%, and the mean is 7.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 86.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 279.3%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 85.5%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 25.7% | 2022 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 2 | Malawi | 20.8% | 2020 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 16.0% | 2019 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 13.9% | 2019 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 5 | Senegal | 12.9% | 2023 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 12.7% | 2021 | up 62.6% | falling |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.6% | 2024 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 8 | Guatemala | 11.0% | 2023 | up 279.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Honduras | 10.5% | 2023 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2022 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 11 | El Salvador | 4.8% | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Paraguay | 4.7% | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 4.3% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 14 | Panama | 3.1% | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Brazil | 2.9% | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 2.3% | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Uruguay | 2.0% | 2023 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Peru | 2.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 1.7% | 2019 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.0% | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 0.7% | 2022 | down 78.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release