Over-Age Students in Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Pakistan Over-Age Students in Primary Education increased 10.3points in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Eritrea Over-Age Students in Primary Education jumped by 3.7points year on year totalising 24.63 Percent of Enrollment.
- In 2015 South Sudan was ranked number 1 in Over-Age Students in Primary Education.
- In 2015 South Sudan was ranked number 1 in Over-Age Students in Primary Education attaining 48.64 Percent of Enrollment, from 152 in 2014.
Top Countries in Over-Age Students in Primary Education
| # | 167 Countries | Percent of Enrollment | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
South Sudan
|
48.64 % | 2015 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Liberia
|
46.96 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Solomon Islands
|
36.40 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Pakistan
|
29.11 % | 2019 | +10.3 % | NA | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Nepal
|
27.96 % | 2019 | NA | -0.1 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Swaziland
|
27.77 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Vanuatu
|
25.79 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Madagascar
|
24.98 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Rwanda
|
24.86 % | 2018 | -5.6 % | NA | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Eritrea
|
24.63 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +3.7 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Equatorial Guinea
|
22.58 % | 2015 | NA | -5.6 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Sweden
|
21.48 % | 2019 | +5.7 % | +5.3 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Lesotho
|
19.77 % | 2019 | -3.2 % | -3.7 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Mauritania
|
19.66 % | 2019 | -3.3 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Malawi
|
19.45 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Sudan
|
19.10 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Gambia
|
18.63 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Togo
|
17.89 % | 2018 | -1.7 % | NA | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Comoros
|
17.87 % | 2018 | +7.5 % | NA | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Burundi
|
17.06 % | 2018 | -1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Suriname
|
16.17 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -1.9 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Mozambique
|
16.06 % | 2019 | -3.2 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
East Timor
|
16.04 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -4.5 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Slovakia
|
15.95 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Burkina Faso
|
15.87 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -5.5 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Ghana
|
15.08 % | 2019 | -2.3 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Colombia
|
14.74 % | 2019 | -3.0 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Zambia
|
13.95 % | 2017 | NA | -1.8 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Paraguay
|
13.94 % | 2016 | NA | +1.6 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Cambodia
|
13.76 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | -4.8 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Austria
|
13.51 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Botswana
|
13.35 % | 2014 | -9.3 % | -7.6 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
El Salvador
|
13.17 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -3.9 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Morocco
|
13.12 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Sao Tome and Principe
|
12.79 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Brazil
|
12.61 % | 2019 | -5.4 % | -4.3 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Costa Rica
|
12.59 % | 2019 | -7.9 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Cameroon
|
12.19 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +4.1 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Honduras
|
11.52 % | 2019 | -2.6 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Aruba
|
11.45 % | 2014 | -0.0 % | +4.2 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Bhutan
|
11.30 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Djibouti
|
11.29 % | 2019 | -5.2 % | -2.9 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Germany
|
11.26 % | 2019 | -2.2 % | -2.1 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Dominican Republic
|
11.02 % | 2019 | -0.8 % | -6.7 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Guatemala
|
10.24 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | -3.9 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Chad
|
10.09 % | 2019 | -7.8 % | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Czech Republic
|
10.07 % | 2019 | -1.5 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Senegal
|
10.06 % | 2019 | -1.3 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Laos
|
9.90 % | 2019 | -6.7 % | -11.5 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Marshall Islands
|
9.89 % | 2016 | +1.1 % | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Yemen
|
9.88 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Philippines
|
9.82 % | 2017 | -28.6 % | NA | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Ethiopia
|
9.53 % | 2019 | -6.8 % | -6.5 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Cape Verde
|
9.42 % | 2019 | -7.6 % | -2.3 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Guinea
|
8.96 % | 2019 | -4.4 % | -2.2 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Myanmar
|
8.75 % | 2018 | -15.9 % | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Panama
|
8.49 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Belize
|
8.39 % | 2019 | -3.1 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Iran
|
8.25 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Samoa
|
8.18 % | 2019 | -4.0 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Bahamas
|
8.16 % | 2019 | -4.3 % | -2.3 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Ukraine
|
8.14 % | 2019 | -3.6 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Portugal
|
7.98 % | 2019 | -1.3 % | -2.2 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Niger
|
7.91 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Ivory Coast
|
7.87 % | 2019 | -1.3 % | -10.0 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Benin
|
7.87 % | 2018 | -14.8 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Azerbaijan
|
7.39 % | 2019 | +4.8 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Mali
|
7.39 % | 2019 | +4.3 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Venezuela
|
7.03 % | 2019 | -3.3 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Andorra
|
6.98 % | 2019 | +2.7 % | -2.9 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Dominica
|
6.68 % | 2019 | +2.6 % | +5.6 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Chile
|
6.66 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -2.1 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
6.52 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Lebanon
|
6.35 % | 2019 | -5.6 % | -8.2 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Algeria
|
6.30 % | 2019 | -4.1 % | -2.6 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Albania
|
6.28 % | 2019 | -4.6 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Argentina
|
6.08 % | 2019 | -4.7 % | -6.4 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Uruguay
|
6.03 % | 2019 | -5.9 % | -13.1 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
South Africa
|
5.79 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 80 |
#80
United States
|
5.70 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Spain
|
5.55 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Netherlands
|
5.36 % | 2017 | -7.2 % | -5.0 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Jamaica
|
5.35 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Bolivia
|
5.33 % | 2019 | -0.8 % | -11.6 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Belarus
|
5.27 % | 2019 | -4.9 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Peru
|
5.11 % | 2019 | -9.2 % | -8.6 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Belgium
|
4.86 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Tunisia
|
4.72 % | 2019 | -10.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
United Arab Emirates
|
4.61 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +7.0 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Grenada
|
4.51 % | 2019 | +9.4 % | +13.6 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
British Virgin Islands
|
4.39 % | 2019 | -5.2 % | -8.1 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Brunei
|
4.19 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | +6.2 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Italy
|
4.10 % | 2019 | +6.0 % | +13.1 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Fiji
|
3.87 % | 2019 | -4.1 % | NA | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Saudi Arabia
|
3.85 % | 2019 | -12.5 % | -19.4 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Estonia
|
3.72 % | 2019 | +3.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Seychelles
|
3.58 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Luxembourg
|
3.44 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Romania
|
3.43 % | 2017 | +6.5 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Kiribati
|
3.41 % | 2017 | -34.3 % | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Australia
|
3.28 % | 2019 | -6.9 % | -13.9 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Antigua and Barbuda
|
3.08 % | 2019 | -14.0 % | -19.9 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Mauritius
|
2.99 % | 2019 | +5.9 % | -11.3 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Puerto Rico
|
2.93 % | 2019 | -3.5 % | -8.5 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2.91 % | 2019 | -24.4 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Israel
|
2.80 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Russia
|
2.73 % | 2019 | +9.2 % | +232.8 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Bahrain
|
2.69 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | -2.6 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Hungary
|
2.68 % | 2019 | -2.0 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
France
|
2.68 % | 2019 | -5.0 % | -5.2 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Cuba
|
2.63 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | -2.4 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Ecuador
|
2.63 % | 2019 | -13.7 % | -17.0 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Saint Lucia
|
2.60 % | 2019 | -4.0 % | -4.8 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Kuwait
|
2.58 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +7.2 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Denmark
|
2.48 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Qatar
|
2.39 % | 2019 | -5.6 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Egypt
|
2.29 % | 2019 | -10.2 % | -7.9 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Montenegro
|
2.28 % | 2018 | +4.7 % | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
2.17 % | 2019 | -10.6 % | -5.3 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Armenia
|
2.08 % | 2019 | -3.0 % | -8.2 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Latvia
|
2.03 % | 2019 | -8.6 % | -8.6 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Turkey
|
1.95 % | 2019 | -10.6 % | -16.4 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Barbados
|
1.85 % | 2019 | -2.7 % | -3.5 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Mongolia
|
1.79 % | 2018 | -25.8 % | -31.3 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Cayman Islands
|
1.77 % | 2018 | NA | -0.9 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Slovenia
|
1.77 % | 2019 | +1.2 % | +3.3 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Monaco
|
1.76 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Mexico
|
1.74 % | 2019 | -14.8 % | -14.4 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Cyprus
|
1.68 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -4.7 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Liechtenstein
|
1.67 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | -1.7 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
1.57 % | 2019 | -3.1 % | -7.4 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Palestine
|
1.49 % | 2019 | -3.3 % | -5.2 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Macedonia
|
1.40 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +4.3 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Nauru
|
1.38 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Finland
|
1.33 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +2.9 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Switzerland
|
1.31 % | 2019 | -3.1 % | -1.9 % | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Georgia
|
1.30 % | 2019 | -9.0 % | -15.4 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Greece
|
1.30 % | 2019 | -1.7 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Moldova
|
1.26 % | 2019 | -7.2 % | -8.5 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Bulgaria
|
1.24 % | 2019 | -12.4 % | -10.4 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
United Kingdom
|
1.15 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Indonesia
|
1.05 % | 2019 | -20.4 % | -18.5 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Kyrgyzstan
|
1.01 % | 2019 | -9.0 % | -9.1 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Vietnam
|
0.95 % | 2019 | -21.9 % | -13.1 % | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Poland
|
0.94 % | 2017 | NA | -6.3 % | View data |
| 146 |
#146
Tonga
|
0.90 % | 2015 | -86.1 % | NA | View data |
| 147 |
#147
Serbia
|
0.90 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 148 |
#148
Malta
|
0.88 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Maldives
|
0.88 % | 2018 | -44.2 % | -30.6 % | View data |
| 150 |
#150
Sri Lanka
|
0.79 % | 2019 | -16.7 % | -7.3 % | View data |
| 151 |
#151
Croatia
|
0.78 % | 2019 | -3.5 % | -4.7 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Jordan
|
0.70 % | 2018 | -9.2 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Lithuania
|
0.69 % | 2019 | -13.6 % | -8.7 % | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Oman
|
0.67 % | 2018 | -63.9 % | -34.4 % | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Kazakhstan
|
0.66 % | 2019 | -4.4 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
South Korea
|
0.58 % | 2019 | -14.3 % | -25.1 % | View data |
| 157 |
#157
Singapore
|
0.53 % | 2017 | -1.6 % | NA | View data |
| 158 |
#158
New Zealand
|
0.39 % | 2019 | +2.9 % | +13.7 % | View data |
| 159 |
#159
Uzbekistan
|
0.39 % | 2019 | -3.5 % | -20.6 % | View data |
| 160 |
#160
Ireland
|
0.38 % | 2018 | -32.1 % | -8.4 % | View data |
| 161 |
#161
Malaysia
|
0.25 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -8.8 % | View data |
| 162 |
#162
North Korea
|
0.21 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 163 |
#163
Sierra Leone
|
0.19 % | 2018 | -97.8 % | -53.5 % | View data |
| 164 |
#164
Tuvalu
|
0.15 % | 2016 | +12.4 % | NA | View data |
| 165 |
#165
Tajikistan
|
0.07 % | 2018 | -13.5 % | NA | View data |
| 166 |
#166
Iceland
|
0.03 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | +5.3 % | View data |
| 167 |
#167
Federated States of Micronesia
|
0.00 % | 2015 | -100.0 % | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank