Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Albania
Albania: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 92.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Albania, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Albania recorded 92.6% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Albania peaked at 92.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.7%, in 2000.
Albania ranks 35th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.0% | 44.0% | 44.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 50.3% | 43.7% | 57.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 69.6% | 45.3% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.1% | 46.2% | 92.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More education data for Albania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,336 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 111.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Albania?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Albania was 92.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 92.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.7% in 2000.
- How does Albania rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Albania ranks 35th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.