Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Chad
Chad: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 1.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Chad, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chad recorded 1.8% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 144.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Chad peaked at 1.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2017.
That places Chad 177th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More education data for Chad
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 88.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 54,801 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.03 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Chad?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Chad was 1.8% 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- How does Chad rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Chad ranks 177th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad 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.