Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 68.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Marshall Islands, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 68.4% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and up 84.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Marshall Islands peaked at 90.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.2%, in 2015.
Marshall Islands ranks 84th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.6% | 49.6% | 49.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 53.8% | 37.2% | 90.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 76.5% | 68.4% | 80.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 81 Uzbekistan 69.1% compare
- 82 Chile 68.8% compare
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.8% compare
- 85 Venezuela 68.1% compare
- 86 Cyprus 68.0% compare
- 87 Cape Verde 67.8% compare
More education data for Marshall Islands
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.9% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 439 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.86 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Marshall Islands?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Marshall Islands was 68.4% 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 90.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.2% in 2015.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Marshall Islands ranks 84th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.