Official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao
Curaçao: Official entrance age to pre primary education was 3 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao, 1999–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao is 3, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao peaked at 4 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2019.
Curaçao ranks 56th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | — |
| 2000 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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More education data for Curaçao
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.07 (2024)
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility 1.07 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao?
- Official entrance age to pre primary education in Curaçao was 3 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest official entrance age to pre primary education recorded in Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 1999.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to pre primary education recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2019.
- How does Curaçao rank for official entrance age to pre primary education?
- Curaçao ranks 56th out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to pre primary education rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curaçao data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Official entrance age to pre primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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