Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, poorest quintile, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
26
Highest
67.4%
Ghana
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
16.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
343
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, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 67.4% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.4%, and the mean is 22.4%.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 83.8%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 100.0%).
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 67.4% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 66.3% | 2018 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 3 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 49.8% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 4 | Malawi | 49.5% | 2020 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 39.5% | 2021 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 33.4% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 7 | Guatemala | 32.5% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 29.7% | 2019 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.6% | 2022 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 28.6% | 2019 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 26.9% | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 19.3% | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 17.2% | 2019 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 15.5% | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 14.8% | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 16 | El Salvador | 13.2% | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 9.8% | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 9.4% | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 19 | Paraguay | 9.2% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 6.1% | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.8% | 2021 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 4.2% | 2023 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 23 | Ecuador | 3.0% | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 1.7% | 2022 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 1.2% | 2022 | down 88.9% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release