Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Preprimary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 5 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income peaked at 5 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 2001.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5 years | 3.5 years | 3.5 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.05 years | 3 years | 3.5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5 years | 3 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
More education data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.53 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female 42.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9927 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 96.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income?
- Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 2001.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.