Albania's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) was 5.93% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.68 percentage points from 8.61% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.93% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 7.16% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 8.61% | 2008 |
| Highest | 8.99% | 2001 |
| Lowest | 5.54% | 2017 |
| Average since 2009 | 6.68% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 8.34% | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Albania's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) rose 0.4 percentage points on 2017 (from 5.54% to 5.93%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2017), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.65 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.25 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.24 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 83% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Albania had the 36th highest value of the 75 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Albania in the 2018 ranking
What this measures
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.
All 16 values
| Year | Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5.93 |
| 2017 | 5.54 |
| 2016 | 5.9 |
| 2015 | 6.35 |
| 2014 | 5.98 |
| 2013 | 7.16 |
| 2012 | 7.37 |
| 2011 | 7.64 |
| 2010 | 7.35 |
| 2009 | 7.58 |
| 2008 |
Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) in nearby economies
- Armenia — 2.32% (2018)
- Austria — 12.55% (2017)
- Azerbaijan — 7.48% (2018)
- Belarus — 5.56% (2018)
- Belgium — 4.73% (2017)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3.59% (2018)
- Bulgaria — 1.18% (2017)
- Croatia — 0.67% (2017)
- Cyprus — 1.35% (2017)
More education data for Albania
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 141,089 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 111.51% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 111.43% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 111.59% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 208,738 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 108.36% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Albania's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment)?
- 5.93% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is down 2.41 percentage points from 8.34% in 1999. The highest value was 8.99% in 2001 and the lowest 5.54% in 2017.
- How does Albania rank?
- 36th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) unusual for Albania?
- In 2018, Albania's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) rose 0.4 percentage points on 2017 (from 5.54% to 5.93%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2017), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.OENR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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