Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Norway
Norway: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 97.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Norway, 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 Norway is 97.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Norway peaked at 97.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78.1%, in 2001.
Norway ranks 16th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.4% | 78.1% | 95.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 96.2% | 97.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.2% | 97.0% | 97.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 51,889 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.41 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Norway?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Norway was 97.2% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.1% in 2001.
- How does Norway rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Norway ranks 16th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.