Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Egypt
Egypt: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 62.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Egypt, 1999–2024
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 Egypt is 62.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Egypt peaked at 87.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 62.2%, in 2024.
That places Egypt 20th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.3% | 87.3% | 87.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 84.4% | 79.8% | 86.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 67.1% | 65.0% | 73.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 65.1% | 62.2% | 68.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.73 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Egypt?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Egypt was 62.2% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 87.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.2% in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Egypt ranks 20th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.