Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia
Cambodia: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 27.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia is 27.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 29.3% on the previous year and down 52.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia peaked at 88.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.8%, in 2020.
Cambodia ranks 54th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.5% | 72.8% | 88.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 56.6% | 46.5% | 64.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 38.5% | 27.8% | 54.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 51 Palestine 31.4% compare
- 52 Jordan 30.6% compare
- 53 Bahrain 29.8% compare
- 55 Montserrat 27.1% compare
- 56 Kazakhstan 25.9% compare
- 57 Kyrgyzstan 25.1% compare
More education data for Cambodia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,016 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.55 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Cambodia was 27.8% 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 88.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.8% in 2020.
- How does Cambodia rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Cambodia ranks 54th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.