Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Preprimary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
5 years
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
13th
of 46 groups
All-time high
5 years
in 2013
All-time low
3 years
in 2001
Years of data
27
1999–2025
Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 5 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 Upper middle income peaked at 5 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 2001.
That places Upper middle income 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.5 years | — |
| 2000 | 3.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3 years | -14.3% |
| 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 | 4 years | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 5 years | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5 years | 3.5 years | 3.5 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.05 years | 3 years | 3.5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5 years | 3 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for Upper middle income
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 237.35 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0774 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income?
- Preprimary education, duration in Upper middle income was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 2001.
- How does Upper middle income rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Upper middle income ranks 13th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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.