Duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Duration of pre-primary education was 3 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico stood at 3 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico peaked at 3 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2 years, in 1971.
Puerto Rico ranks 27th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7 years | 2 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 6 |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 15,316 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.939 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 87.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico?
- Duration of pre-primary education in Puerto Rico was 3 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest duration of pre-primary education recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 3 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest duration of pre-primary education recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 years in 1971.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for duration of pre-primary education?
- Puerto Rico ranks 27th out of 223 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of pre-primary education rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Duration of pre-primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The average number of years that a child is expected to spend in pre-primary education, defined by country's official educational regulations or laws.