Preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Preprimary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
6 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 202 countries
All-time high
6 years
in 2020
All-time low
4 years
in 1999
Years of data
17
1999–2025
Preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 6 years. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 6 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4 years, in 1999.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 10th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 years | — |
| 2000 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 years | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6 years | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 6 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
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More education data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,722 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Preprimary education, duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 years in 1999.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 10th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.