Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 87.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cayman Islands, 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 Cayman Islands stood at 87.0%.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cayman Islands peaked at 87.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38.7%, in 2020.
Cayman Islands ranks 45th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.0% | 43.0% | 43.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 54.1% | 45.9% | 66.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 82.6% | 87.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 74.7% | 38.7% | 87.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cayman Islands
More education data for Cayman Islands
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 74.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.1% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 323 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.52 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cayman Islands?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cayman Islands was 87.0% 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 Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 87.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.7% in 2020.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Cayman Islands ranks 45th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cayman Islands 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.