Preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Preprimary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 6 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 6 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4 years, in 1999.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 44 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 years | — |
| 2000 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 years | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.5 years | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 6 years | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 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 | 4.6 years | 4 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.75 years | 5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Preprimary education, duration in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 years in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 44 groups with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.