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Australia: Over-age students, primary, male

4.15percent · 2017-42.5% since 2007

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Australia from 1971 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20174.153
20164.125
20154.165
20147.37
20137.391
20127.628
20117.701
20107.677
20097.064
20087.021
20077.222
20067.21
20057.065
20047.015
20036.823
20026.74
20016.533
20006.476
19996.356
19986.316
19976.291
19966.296
19956.458
19947.106
19936.947
19926.565
19916.451
19905.973
19895.949
19885.863
19876
19866.134
19856.1
19847.307
19836.877
19826.342
19816.218
19806.372
19796.356
19786.411
19776.787
19767.288
19757.531
19747.789
19737.591
19717.436

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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