Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 25.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kyrgyzstan, 1999–2025
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 Kyrgyzstan stood at 25.1%.
That represents a change of up 81.8% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 59.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2020.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 57th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.4% | 59.4% | 59.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 55.2% | 47.9% | 58.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 13.1% | 49.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 10.2% | 25.1% | 5 |
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More education data for Kyrgyzstan
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 26,847 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.78 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kyrgyzstan?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Kyrgyzstan was 25.1% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 59.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2020.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 57th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.