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Belgium: Over-age students, primary

4.81percent · 2017+12.4% 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 Belgium from 1977 to 2017.

19772017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20174.812
20164.708
20154.789
20145.062
20135.728
20124.288
20114.299
20104.381
20094.353
20084.298
20074.283
20064.43
20054.495
20044.439
20034.274
20024.107
20014.013
20003.934
19993.981
19964.166
19954.397
19944.471
19934.435
19923.57
19913.471
19883.923
19873.982
19864.235
19854.853
19844.989
19835.305
19825.114
19815.8
19805.216
19795.905
19777.932

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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