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Ghana: Over-age students, primary

15.43percent · 2018-43.3% 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 Ghana from 1999 to 2018.

19992018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201815.427
201716.771
201616.566
201516.975
201415.927
201319.084
201224.458
201121.208
200926.704
200826.039
200727.196
200628.756
200523.88
200320.729
200224.154
200122.405
200021.281
199921.276

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

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