Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia
Gambia: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 37.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia, 2007–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia stood at 37.3%. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia peaked at 67.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 37.3%, in 2025.
That places Gambia 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.8% | 67.8% | 67.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 49.5% | 42.7% | 58.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 42.1% | 37.3% | 44.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More education data for Gambia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 13,495 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.91 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 108.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Gambia was 37.3% in 2025, 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 67.8% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.3% in 2025.
- How does Gambia rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Gambia ranks 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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.