Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas
Bahamas: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 31.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas stood at 31.2%.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas peaked at 33.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 1999.
That places Bahamas 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 11.4% | 11.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 24.7% | 33.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 27.2% | 19.9% | 31.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.37 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Bahamas was 31.2% 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 33.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 1999.
- How does Bahamas rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Bahamas ranks 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.