Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
181
Highest
59.6%
Liberia
Lowest
0.0%
Montserrat
Median
1.9%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,746
What the numbers show
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 59.6% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0% in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 7.6%.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 644.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (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 | Liberia | 59.6% | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 2 | Rwanda | 57.2% | 2024 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 3 | Eritrea | 53.3% | 2022 | up 351.9% | falling |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 52.4% | 2022 | up 428.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Burundi | 50.4% | 2025 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 49.0% | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 39.2% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 36.5% | 2012 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 9 | Equatorial Guinea | 36.0% | 2015 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 10 | Malawi | 34.2% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 32.9% | 2017 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritania | 31.4% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 30.5% | 2022 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 14 | Gambia | 28.9% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 15 | Comoros | 28.8% | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 16 | Chad | 26.6% | 2024 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 26.2% | 2017 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 26.2% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 26.1% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 22.6% | 2024 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 22.0% | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 21.8% | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 21.0% | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 20.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 19.7% | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 26 | Eswatini | 19.0% | 2022 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 27 | Namibia | 16.6% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 15.7% | 2019 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 15.5% | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 30 | Bahamas | 15.2% | 2021 | up 156.1% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 15.0% | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 13.6% | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 12.9% | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 34 | Kenya | 12.8% | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 35 | Cambodia | 12.6% | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.0% | 2017 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 37 | Benin | 11.7% | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 11.4% | 2020 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.9% | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 10.9% | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 41 | Guatemala | 10.2% | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 42 | Colombia | 10.1% | 2022 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 43 | Honduras | 9.5% | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 9.5% | 2016 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 45 | Ghana | 9.5% | 2024 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 9.4% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 8.6% | 2010 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 48 | Botswana | 8.3% | 2022 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 49 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.8% | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 7.8% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritius | 7.6% | 2024 | up 644.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Aruba | 7.6% | 2014 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 53 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 7.5% | 2024 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 7.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 7.1% | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Morocco | 6.8% | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 6.5% | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 6.2% | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 59 | El Salvador | 6.0% | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 60 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.8% | 2024 | up 352.1% | falling |
| 61 | Belize | 5.4% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 62 | Austria | 5.2% | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.2% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 64 | Djibouti | 4.9% | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 65 | Panama | 4.4% | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 66 | Tunisia | 4.3% | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 4.0% | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Paraguay | 3.9% | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 69 | United States of America | 3.8% | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 70 | Algeria | 3.8% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Bangladesh | 3.5% | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.5% | 2025 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 3.4% | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 75 | Dominica | 3.4% | 2025 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 76 | Czechia | 3.4% | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 77 | South Africa | 3.1% | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Palau | 3.1% | 2024 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 79 | Brazil | 3.0% | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 80 | Switzerland | 3.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2024 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 82 | Suriname | 2.8% | 2024 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 83 | Romania | 2.7% | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 84 | Niue | 2.6% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Fiji | 2.5% | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Portugal | 2.5% | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 2.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.4% | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Türkiye | 2.2% | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 1.9% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 1.9% | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 92 | India | 1.7% | 2025 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 93 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 94 | Greece | 1.6% | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 95 | Ukraine | 1.6% | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 96 | Ecuador | 1.6% | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Andorra | 1.6% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 98 | Albania | 1.6% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 99 | Chile | 1.5% | 2024 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 1.5% | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Peru | 1.4% | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 103 | Mali | 1.4% | 2023 | down 84.3% | falling |
| 104 | Kuwait | 1.4% | 2021 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.4% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 106 | Tokelau | 1.4% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Argentina | 1.3% | 2023 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 108 | Kiribati | 1.3% | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 109 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.3% | 2024 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Hong Kong, China | 1.2% | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Grenada | 1.1% | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 1.0% | 2024 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 114 | Hungary | 1.0% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 115 | Niger | 1.0% | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Seychelles | 1.0% | 2024 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 1.0% | 2025 | up 492.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 119 | Montenegro | 0.9% | 2023 | up 151.2% | rising |
| 120 | Belgium | 0.9% | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 121 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 122 | Gibraltar | 0.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8% | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 124 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2025 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8% | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Poland | 0.8% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 128 | Georgia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 129 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 0.7% | 2024 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 131 | Bahrain | 0.7% | 2024 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Cyprus | 0.6% | 2024 | up 58.4% | flat |
| 134 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Estonia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 136 | Naoero | 0.6% | 2025 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 138 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 139 | Armenia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Malta | 0.5% | 2023 | up 384.2% | rising |
| 141 | Macau, China | 0.5% | 2024 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 142 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 143 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 145 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 146 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 147 | Anguilla | 0.3% | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Singapore | 0.3% | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Palestine, State of | 0.3% | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3% | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3% | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 0.3% | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Israel | 0.3% | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 157 | Maldives | 0.2% | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Oman | 0.2% | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Italy | 0.2% | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 160 | San Marino | 0.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2024 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 164 | Spain | 0.1% | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 165 | Liechtenstein | 0.1% | 2021 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 166 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 167 | Korea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 168 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2024 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 171 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 38.9%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 37.8%
- MDG: Oceania 37.8%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 37.8%
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 33.3%
- UNESCO: Sids 31.9%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 31.3%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 31.0%
- MDG: Caribbean 30.9%
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 28.3%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 28.0%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 27.7%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 27.7%
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 27.7%
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 27.1%
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 27.0%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 26.9%
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 26.5%
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 26.1%
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 25.7%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 24.8%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 24.7%
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 24.6%
- GPE: Region 1 24.5%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 24.3%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 24.1%
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 24.1%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 23.9%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 23.8%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 23.7%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 23.7%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 23.7%
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 23.7%
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 23.7%
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 23.7%
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 23.6%
- WB: Ida Total 23.6%
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 23.4%
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 23.0%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 22.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release