Preprimary education, duration in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Preprimary education, duration was 3 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Preprimary education, duration in Low & middle 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 Low & middle income is 3 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Low & middle income peaked at 3 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1999.
That places Low & middle income 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 6 |
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.0% (2025)
- Labor force, total 3.00 billion (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9807 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 73.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Low & middle income?
- Preprimary education, duration in Low & middle income was 3 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- How does Low & middle income rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.