Cabo Verde: Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.92 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.33 percentage points in 1988. 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 0.66 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 9 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, Cabo Verde had the 27th highest value of the 77 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 Cabo Verde in the 2018 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 23rd of 77: 11.11%
• Lao PDR — 24th of 77: 10.61%
• Guatemala — 25th of 77: 10.31%
• Myanmar — 27th of 77: 8.75%
• Belize — 28th of 77: 8.66%
• Samoa — 29th of 77: 8.53%

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 29 values

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

• Benin — 7.87% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 15.78% (2018)
• Burundi — 17.06% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12% (2017)
• Chad — 13.89% (2016)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 7.98% (2018)
• Equatorial Guinea — 22.58% (2015)
• Eritrea — 24.69% (2018)
• Eswatini — 28.27% (2017)
• Ethiopia — 12.12% (2015)

More education data for Cabo Verde

• 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) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 61,167 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 102.97% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 103.89% (2022)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,031 (2022)
• Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)?

10.2% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 8.8 percentage points from 18.99% in 1981. The highest value was 19.91% in 1982 and the lowest 8.63% in 2016.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

27th highest of 77 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.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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