Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
28.6%
Malawi
Lowest
0.3%
Ecuador
Median
4.0%
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, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 28.6% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.3% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 7.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 135.0%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 93.2%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 28.6% | 2020 | up 61.2% | flat |
| 2 | Ghana | 27.6% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 21.2% | 2019 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 15.4% | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 14.8% | 2021 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 14.4% | 2019 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.8% | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 8 | Guatemala | 12.4% | 2023 | up 129.6% | flat |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.0% | 2022 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Brazil | 5.3% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 11 | El Salvador | 4.5% | 2023 | up 60.7% | falling |
| 11 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.0% | 2021 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Colombia | 3.9% | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 3.7% | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 2.8% | 2019 | up 135.0% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 2.0% | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 1.9% | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 1.4% | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 0.9% | 2023 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0.7% | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Chile | 0.5% | 2022 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release