Chad's over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) was 13.89% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 13.11 percentage points from 27% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13.89% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 27% | 2011 |
| Highest | 27% | 2011 |
| Lowest | 8.76% | 2013 |
| Average since 2011 | 15.43% | 2011–2016 |
| First recorded | 23.1% | 1975 |
Over five years it is down 13.11 percentage points from 27% in 2011. Since 1975 it is down 9.21 percentage points from 23.1% in 1975. The World Bank has no value for 27 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 1.81 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.25 percentage points in 1997. 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.
Closest to Chad in the 2016 ranking
- Paraguay — 1st of 8: 13.94%
- Guinea — 3rd of 8: 10.48%
- Yemen, Rep. — 4th of 8: 9.88%
- Dominica — 5th of 8: 6.66%
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 15 values
| Year | Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 13.89 |
| 2015 | 12.08 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 8.76 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 27 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 |
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in nearby economies
- Benin — 7.87% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 15.78% (2018)
- Burundi — 17.06% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 10.2% (2018)
- Cameroon — 12% (2017)
- 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 Chad
- 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 — 3.05 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 88.46% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 81.83% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.93% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.8 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils (% female) — 43.36% (2016)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Chad's over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)?
- 13.89% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 9.21 percentage points from 23.1% in 1975. The highest value was 27% in 2011 and the lowest 8.76% in 2013.
- 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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