Preprimary education, duration in OECD members
OECD members: Preprimary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in OECD members, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 6 years for preprimary education, duration 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 OECD members peaked at 6 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4 years, in 1999.
OECD members ranks 1st of 46 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 years | — |
| 2000 | 5 years | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 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 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 years | +20.0% |
| 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 | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7 years | 5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More education data for OECD members
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.28 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.2049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0654 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 116.41 million (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in OECD members?
- Preprimary education, duration in OECD members 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 years in 1999.
- How does OECD members rank for preprimary education, duration?
- OECD members ranks 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.