Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, richest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
26
Highest
30.1%
Malawi
Lowest
0.2%
Ecuador
Median
5.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
354
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, richest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 30.1% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.2% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.4%, and the mean is 9.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 150.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 189.2%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 94.4%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 30.1% | 2020 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 2 | Ghana | 28.6% | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 3 | Guatemala | 24.0% | 2023 | up 189.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 18.3% | 2019 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 5 | Senegal | 17.0% | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 15.5% | 2021 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 15.1% | 2019 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 14.4% | 2021 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Honduras | 12.8% | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.7% | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.3% | 2022 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 12 | El Salvador | 8.2% | 2023 | up 134.3% | falling |
| 13 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.8% | 2014 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 14 | Brazil | 5.1% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 3.9% | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 3.5% | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2019 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 2.7% | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.7% | 2021 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 2.1% | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 21 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 1.5% | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2022 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 25 | Chile | 0.4% | 2022 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release