Côte d'Ivoire: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 12.33 percentage points from 20.02% in 2013. Since 1977 it is down 17.78 percentage points from 25.48% in 1977. The World Bank has no value for 28 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.36 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.99 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Côte d'Ivoire had the 35th 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 Côte d'Ivoire in the 2018 ranking

• Benin — 32nd of 75: 8.42%
• Algeria — 33rd of 75: 8.26%
• Turks and Caicos Islands — 34th of 75: 7.96%
• Lebanon — 36th of 75: 7.63%
• Mali — 37th of 75: 7.21%
• Albania — 38th of 75: 7.16%

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 14 values

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

• Benin — 8.42% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 15.51% (2018)
• Burundi — 17.72% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 12.33% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12.72% (2017)
• Chad — 14.53% (2016)
• Equatorial Guinea — 23.94% (2015)
• Eritrea — 26.72% (2018)
• Eswatini — 31.01% (2017)
• Ethiopia

More education data for Côte d'Ivoire

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 4.82 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 93.3% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 94.38% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 92.23% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 20% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

What is Côte d'Ivoire's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)?

7.7% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1977?

It is down 17.78 percentage points from 25.48% in 1977. The highest value was 25.48% in 1977 and the lowest 5.41% in 2002.

How does Côte d'Ivoire rank?

35th 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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