Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
26.6%
Ghana
Lowest
0.3%
Ecuador
Median
4.1%
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, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 26.6% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.1%, and the mean is 7.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 169.8%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 88.7%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 26.6% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 25.0% | 2020 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 17.6% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 15.3% | 2019 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 5 | Senegal | 14.1% | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 13.7% | 2021 | up 88.4% | flat |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.7% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 8 | Guatemala | 11.6% | 2023 | up 169.8% | rising |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.0% | 2022 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Honduras | 7.5% | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 11 | El Salvador | 4.6% | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 4.1% | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 4.1% | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 14 | Panama | 3.4% | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2023 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.6% | 2021 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 2.3% | 2019 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Uruguay | 1.8% | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 19 | Peru | 1.7% | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 1.5% | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1.5% | 2023 | down 85.3% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 1.1% | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Chile | 0.6% | 2022 | down 88.7% | flat |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release