Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Bahamas
Bahamas: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 52.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Bahamas, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 52.8% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Bahamas peaked at 83.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 52.8%, in 2024.
That places Bahamas 28th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.5% | 83.5% | 83.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 59.1% | 55.6% | 63.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 61.6% | 52.8% | 70.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.37 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Bahamas?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Bahamas was 52.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 83.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.8% in 2024.
- How does Bahamas rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Bahamas ranks 28th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.