Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Portugal
Portugal: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 94.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Portugal, 2001–2023
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 Portugal is 94.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Portugal peaked at 94.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72.5%, in 2001.
Portugal ranks 29th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.6% | 72.5% | 83.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 88.6% | 85.6% | 92.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.1% | 91.3% | 94.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 52,131 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 111.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Portugal?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Portugal was 94.2% in 2023, 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.5% in 2001.
- How does Portugal rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Portugal ranks 29th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.