Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Paraguay
Paraguay: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 45.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Paraguay, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 45.8% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Paraguay peaked at 46.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.3%, in 1998.
Paraguay ranks 119th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.4% | 24.3% | 26.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.3% | 28.4% | 38.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.8% | 38.2% | 43.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 45.5% | 44.0% | 46.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Paraguay
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34,694 (2012)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.42 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Paraguay?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Paraguay was 45.8% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 46.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.3% in 1998.
- How does Paraguay rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Paraguay ranks 119th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.