Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Belarus
Belarus: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 98.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Belarus, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 98.3% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Belarus peaked at 98.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78.5%, in 1999.
Belarus ranks 12th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.5% | 78.5% | 78.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 81.4% | 92.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.4% | 93.1% | 95.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.8% | 95.8% | 98.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More education data for Belarus
- 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 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 22,228 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.22 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Belarus?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Belarus was 98.3% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.5% in 1999.
- How does Belarus rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Belarus ranks 12th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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.