Preprimary education, duration in Middle income
Middle income: Preprimary education, duration was 4 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Middle income, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 4 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Middle income peaked at 4 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1999.
Middle income ranks 19th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Preprimary education, duration in 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 | 4 years | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 3.5 years | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4 years | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 4 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 | 3.4 years | 3 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.83 years | 3.5 years | 4 years | 6 |
More education data for Middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 510.99 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 589.09 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0986 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Middle income?
- Preprimary education, duration in Middle income was 4 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- How does Middle income rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Middle income ranks 19th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.