Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 28.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Eritrea, 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 28.2% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Eritrea peaked at 28.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2002.
That places Eritrea 145th out of 178 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 6.0% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 15.8% | 23.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 28.2% | 28.2% | 28.2% | 1 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.68 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Eritrea?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Eritrea was 28.2% 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Eritrea ranks 145th out of 178 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.