Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Guyana
Guyana: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 64.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Guyana, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 64.6% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Guyana peaked at 80.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 63.0%, in 2021.
Guyana ranks 96th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.5% | 73.5% | 73.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 73.6% | 70.9% | 76.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 73.7% | 63.6% | 80.4% | 4 |
| 2020s | 63.8% | 63.0% | 64.6% | 3 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6,330 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Guyana?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Guyana was 64.6% in 2023, 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 80.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.0% in 2021.
- How does Guyana rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Guyana ranks 96th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.