Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Gambia
Gambia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 43.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Gambia, 2007–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 43.6% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Gambia peaked at 43.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 17.1%, in 2007.
That places Gambia 123rd out of 178 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 30.3% | 24.4% | 37.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 39.2% | 36.6% | 43.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 120 North Macedonia 45.2% compare
- 121 Sri Lanka 45.0% compare
- 122 Rwanda 44.7% compare
- 124 Kyrgyzstan 43.0% compare
- 125 Puerto Rico 42.7% compare
- 126 Belize 42.3% compare
More education data for Gambia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 13,495 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.91 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 108.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Gambia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Gambia was 43.6% in 2025, 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.1% in 2007.
- How does Gambia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Gambia ranks 123rd out of 178 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.