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Zambia: Over-age students, primary

13.95percent · 2017-20.4% since 2004

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2017.

19742017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201713.951
201313.575
201215.311
201116.571
201018.939
200917.856
200818.168
200718.618
200618.742
200518.211
200417.516
200215.026
200114.5
200014.42
199914.202
199814.18
19970
19960
199514.526
199414.47
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
198815.1
19870
198615.166
19850
198414.879
198314.063
198213.589
198112.9
198013.734
197913.033
197812.753
197712.031
197611.96
19750
19740
19730
197210.857
19710
19700

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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