Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad
Chad: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 81.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad stood at 81.7%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad peaked at 98.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 81.7%, in 2024.
Chad ranks 7th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.8% | 87.3% | 98.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 83.1% | 81.7% | 84.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More education data for Chad
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 88.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 54,801 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.03 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Chad was 81.7% 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.7% in 2024.
- How does Chad rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Chad ranks 7th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad 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.