Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Moldova
Moldova: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 99.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Moldova, 2010–2024
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 Moldova is 99.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Moldova peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.0%, in 2010.
Moldova ranks 1st of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.3% | 74.0% | 93.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.3% | 88.1% | 99.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More education data for Moldova
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,408 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.73 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Moldova?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Moldova was 99.8% 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.0% in 2010.
- How does Moldova rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Moldova ranks 1st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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.