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Ireland: Over-age students, primary

0.55percent · 2017-51.9% 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 Ireland from 1971 to 2017.

19762017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20170.554
20160.548
20150.577
20140.558
20130.583
20120.591
20110.616
20100.564
20090.641
20080.639
20071.151
20061.242
20051.298
20041.374
20031.383
20021.417
20011.504
20001.533
19991.599
19981.638
199712.027
199612.286
199512.809
199412.649
199312.715
199212.052
199111.771
199011.648
198911.601
198811.407
198711.451
198611.153
198310.461
198210.175
19819.897
198010.185
197910.494
197810.751
197711.041
197611.164
197510.912
197411.141
197311.838
197212.325
197113.084

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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