Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, poorest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
26
Highest
70.6%
Ghana
Lowest
2.0%
Chile
Median
22.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
344
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, poorest quintile, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 70.6% in Ghana; the lowest is 2.0% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 25.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 61.9%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 87.6%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 70.6% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 66.1% | 2018 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 57.3% | 2020 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 49.1% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 43.7% | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 37.9% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 36.3% | 2019 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.6% | 2022 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 33.5% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 30.7% | 2019 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 26.7% | 2023 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 26.5% | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 26.1% | 2019 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 19.0% | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 16.9% | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 15.1% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 15.0% | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 18 | Paraguay | 14.1% | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 12.6% | 2023 | up 53.7% | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 11.5% | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 9.1% | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 22 | Peru | 6.1% | 2023 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 3.9% | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.7% | 2021 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 2.7% | 2023 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Chile | 2.0% | 2022 | down 87.6% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release