St. Kitts and Nevis: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.68 percentage points from 2.59% in 2011. Since 1984 it is down 5.63 percentage points from 7.55% in 1984. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2016, St. Kitts and Nevis' over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2015 (from 1.93% to 1.92%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 1.46 percentage points in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.55 percentage points in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to St. Kitts and Nevis in the 2016 ranking

• Guinea — 3rd of 7: 11.15%
• Dominica — 4th of 7: 8.63%
• Fiji — 5th of 7: 3.39%
• Tanzania — 7th of 7: 0%

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 22 values

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

• Antigua and Barbuda — 4.1% (2018)
• Argentina — 6.13% (2017)
• Bahamas, The — 9.87% (2018)
• Barbados — 2.38% (2018)
• Belize — 9.98% (2018)
• Bolivia — 5.71% (2018)
• Brazil — 16.14% (2017)
• British Virgin Islands — 5.93% (2017)
• Cayman Islands — 2.25% (2018)

More education data for St. Kitts and Nevis

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5,110 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 117.03% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 125.28% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Kitts and Nevis's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)?

1.92% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1984?

It is down 5.63 percentage points from 7.55% in 1984. The highest value was 9.01% in 1985 and the lowest 1.88% in 2004.

Is the latest change in over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) unusual for St. Kitts and Nevis?

In 2016, St. Kitts and Nevis' over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2015 (from 1.93% to 1.92%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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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