School enrollment, preprimary in High income
High income: School enrollment, preprimary was 83.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, preprimary in High income, 1970–2020
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
High income recorded 83.8% for school enrollment, preprimary in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, preprimary in High income peaked at 83.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 46.3%, in 1970.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.4% | 46.3% | 55.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.0% | 56.2% | 63.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.7% | 64.7% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.9% | 71.7% | 77.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.0% | 77.2% | 83.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.8% | 83.8% | 83.8% | 1 |
More education data for High income
- Population ages 0-14 15.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.16 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total 733.62 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 45.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9994 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 103.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, preprimary in High income?
- School enrollment, preprimary in High income was 83.8% in 2020, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, preprimary recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, preprimary recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.3% in 1970.
- Is school enrollment, preprimary rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, preprimary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.