Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, richest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
26.2%
Ghana
Lowest
0.3%
Ecuador
Median
3.8%
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, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 26.2% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3% in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.8%, and the mean is 7.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 87.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 111.1%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 87.0%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 26.2% | 2022 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 2 | Malawi | 22.0% | 2020 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 16.6% | 2019 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 15.3% | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 5 | Guatemala | 14.7% | 2023 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 13.2% | 2021 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.7% | 2024 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 11.7% | 2019 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.6% | 2022 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Honduras | 9.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.9% | 2014 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 12 | El Salvador | 4.4% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 13 | Paraguay | 3.8% | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Brazil | 3.7% | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 16 | Panama | 3.4% | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.7% | 2021 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2023 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 1.6% | 2019 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 1.6% | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 1.5% | 2022 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 1.5% | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 0.8% | 2022 | down 72.4% | flat |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release