Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jordan
Jordan: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 39.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jordan, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jordan stood at 39.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jordan peaked at 40.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 21.6%, in 1999.
Jordan ranks 131st of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.6% | 21.6% | 21.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 29.6% | 23.0% | 32.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 35.6% | 33.0% | 38.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 33.3% | 40.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More education data for Jordan
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 64,348 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.6 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 Jordan?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jordan was 39.5% 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 40.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6% in 1999.
- How does Jordan rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Jordan ranks 131st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.