Antigua and Barbuda: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

Since 2007 it is down 6.44 percentage points from 10.54% in 2007. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 8 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, Antigua and Barbuda had the 48th 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 Antigua and Barbuda in the 2018 ranking

• Grenada — 45th of 75: 5.4%
• Brunei Darussalam — 46th of 75: 4.38%
• Macao SAR, China — 47th of 75: 4.3%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 49th of 75: 4.09%
• Saudi Arabia — 50th of 75: 3.81%
• Seychelles — 51st of 75: 3.73%

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 10 values

Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 6.13% (2017)
• Bahamas, The — 9.87% (2018)
• Barbados — 2.38% (2018)
• Belize — 9.98% (2018)
• Bolivia — 5.71% (2018)
• Brazil — 16.14% (2017)
• British Virgin Islands — 5.93% (2017)
• Cayman Islands — 2.25% (2018)
• Chile — 7.87% (2017)

More education data for Antigua and Barbuda

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 11 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 8,720 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 112.26% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 108.73% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 115.68% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Antigua and Barbuda's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)?

4.1% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is down 6.44 percentage points from 10.54% in 2007. The highest value was 13.77% in 2010 and the lowest 4.1% in 2018.

How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?

48th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.OENR.MA.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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