Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
27.3%
Ghana
Lowest
0.3%
Ecuador
Median
4.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
349
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, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 27.3% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 8.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 91.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 138.3%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 88.2%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 27.3% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 26.2% | 2020 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 3 | Guatemala | 19.3% | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 16.1% | 2023 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 15.9% | 2019 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 15.0% | 2019 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 7 | Nigeria | 14.4% | 2021 | up 86.8% | flat |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.7% | 2024 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 9 | Honduras | 10.9% | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.5% | 2022 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 11 | El Salvador | 6.5% | 2023 | up 51.2% | falling |
| 12 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.8% | 2014 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 4.4% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 3.0% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 16 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.7% | 2021 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 2.3% | 2023 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 2.3% | 2019 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2023 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 21 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 22 | Peru | 1.5% | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 0.6% | 2022 | down 88.2% | flat |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release