Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Slovakia
Slovakia: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 7.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Slovakia, 2001–2024
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 Slovakia stood at 7.0%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Slovakia peaked at 22.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2024.
Slovakia ranks 108th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.3% | 15.0% | 18.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 14.3% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 7.0% | 13.7% | 5 |
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More education data for Slovakia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,530 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Slovakia?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Slovakia was 7.0% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2024.
- How does Slovakia rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Slovakia ranks 108th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.