Pakistan: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 26.3 percentage points from 0% in 2013. Since 2003 it is up 26.3 percentage points from 0.00002% in 2003. 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

In 2018, Pakistan's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) rose 0 percentage points on 2017 (from 26.3% to 26.3%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2017), the average change was +2.63 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 26.3 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 0 percentage points in 2017. 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 upward, about 3.83 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 10 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, Pakistan had the 4th 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 Pakistan in the 2018 ranking

• Solomon Islands — 1st of 75: 36.89%
• Eritrea — 2nd of 75: 26.72%
• Madagascar — 4th of 75: 26.09%
• Rwanda — 5th of 75: 25.69%
• Gambia, The — 6th of 75: 19.41%

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

• Algeria — 8.26% (2018)
• Bahrain — 2.4% (2018)
• Djibouti — 11.45% (2019)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.95% (2018)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 4.86% (2017)
• Israel — 3.02% (2017)
• Jordan — 0.77% (2018)
• Kuwait — 2.94% (2018)
• Lebanon — 7.63% (2018)
• Malta

More education data for Pakistan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 1.95% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 25.38 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 83.73% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 82.44% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 84.96% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

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

26.3% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 26.3 percentage points from 0.00002% in 2003. The highest value was 26.3% in 2018 and the lowest 0% in 2004.

How does Pakistan rank?

4th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.

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

In 2018, Pakistan's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) rose 0 percentage points on 2017 (from 26.3% to 26.3%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2017), the average change was +2.63 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.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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