Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Madagascar
Madagascar: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 34.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Madagascar, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 34.1% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Madagascar peaked at 90.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 2024.
Madagascar ranks 46th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.9% | 89.5% | 90.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 42.8% | 73.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 38.4% | 34.1% | 46.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 132.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 138,648 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.91 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 135.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Madagascar?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Madagascar was 34.1% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 90.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 2024.
- How does Madagascar rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Madagascar ranks 46th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.