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Hong Kong: Over-age students, primary

2.57percent · 2018-20.5% since 2008

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Hong Kong from 1971 to 2018.

19712018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20182.566
20172.503
20162.494
20151.617
20141.843
20132.271
20122.5
20112.76
20102.982
20093.13
20083.226
20073.225
20063.236
20053.671
20044.238
20034.921
20025.323
20015.347
19962.863
19953.219
19856.609
19847.027
19837.216
19827.662
19818.28
19809.356
197917.186
197819.834
197721.324
197622.555
197522.862
197423.34
197324.102
197224.15
197124.902

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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