Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Finland
Finland: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 91.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Finland, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 91.8% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Finland peaked at 91.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.1%, in 2001.
That places Finland 37th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.3% | 55.1% | 65.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.5% | 66.4% | 88.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.6% | 89.0% | 91.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 30,824 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.29 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Finland?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Finland was 91.8% 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.1% in 2001.
- How does Finland rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Finland ranks 37th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.