Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 67.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cape Verde, 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 67.8% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2022.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cape Verde peaked at 73.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 45.6%, in 1999.
That places Cape Verde 87th out of 178 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.6% | 45.6% | 45.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 58.4% | 50.9% | 64.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.1% | 62.5% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.3% | 67.8% | 72.8% | 2 |
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More education data for Cape Verde
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 3,031 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cape Verde?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cape Verde was 67.8% in 2022, 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 73.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.6% in 1999.
- How does Cape Verde rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Cape Verde ranks 87th out of 178 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.