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Korea, Republic of: Over-age students, primary

0.76percent · 2017-42.9% 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 Korea, Republic of from 1971 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20170.757
20160.779
20150.758
20142.469
20132.647
20122.358
20111.956
20101.465
20092.11
20081.733
20071.326
20061.215
20051.315
20041.945
20031.266
20021.105
20011.009
20001.362
19991.103
19980.822
19971.862
19962.017
19952.085
19942.052
19931.592
19921.402
19911.218
19901.326
19891.255
19881.832
19872.142
19862.639
19853.265
19843.952
19833.817
19824.439
19815.077
19804.865
19795.753
19786.176
19776.45
19766.909
19757.357
19748.422
19738.993
19728.417
19718.662

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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