Preprimary education, duration (years) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Preprimary education, duration (years) 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.
Preprimary education, duration (years) in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 years | — |
| 2000 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 years | +0.0% |
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
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 554.22 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1043 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.0824 units per person (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.