Djibouti: Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Djibouti's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) fell 0.78 percentage points on 2018 (from 11.87% to 11.09%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2018), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.74 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.76 percentage points in 2005. 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 Djibouti in the 2019 ranking

• Nepal — 1st of 3: 31.2%
• Kazakhstan — 3rd of 3: 0.56%

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, female (% of female enrollment) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 4.71% (2018)
• Bahrain — 2.94% (2018)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.12% (2018)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10.45% (2017)
• Israel — 2.58% (2017)
• Jordan — 0.62% (2018)
• Kuwait — 2.22% (2018)
• Lebanon — 5.76% (2018)
• Malta — 0.68% (2017)

More education data for Djibouti

• 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 — 69,705 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 13.69% (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 69,362 (2023)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 60,822 (2019)
• Secondary education, vocational pupils — 4,677 (2019)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

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

11.09% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1985?

It is down 9.28 percentage points from 20.37% in 1985. The highest value was 20.37% in 1985 and the lowest 11.09% in 2019.

Is the latest change in over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) unusual for Djibouti?

In 2019, Djibouti's over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) fell 0.78 percentage points on 2018 (from 11.87% to 11.09%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2018), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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