Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Lithuania
Lithuania: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 27.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Lithuania, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 27.3% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 70.9% on the previous year and down 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Lithuania peaked at 94.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 27.3%, in 2024.
Lithuania ranks 147th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.4% | 54.2% | 56.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 81.8% | 91.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 27.3% | 94.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 8,888 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Lithuania?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Lithuania was 27.3% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.3% in 2024.
- How does Lithuania rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Lithuania ranks 147th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.