Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 95.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg is 95.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg peaked at 95.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 77.9%, in 2001.
That places Luxembourg 23rd out of 178 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.8% | 77.9% | 84.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 83.7% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.0% | 87.1% | 95.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More education data for Luxembourg
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,878 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Luxembourg was 95.8% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.9% in 2001.
- How does Luxembourg rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Luxembourg ranks 23rd out of 178 regions with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.