Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Rwanda
Rwanda: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 44.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Rwanda, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 44.7% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.4% on the previous year and up 297.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Rwanda peaked at 44.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2010.
Rwanda ranks 122nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 10.2% | 25.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 36.8% | 26.3% | 44.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 119 Paraguay 45.8% compare
- 120 North Macedonia 45.2% compare
- 121 Sri Lanka 45.0% compare
- 123 Gambia 43.6% compare
- 124 Kyrgyzstan 43.0% compare
- 125 Puerto Rico 42.7% compare
More education data for Rwanda
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 149.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 68,326 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.65 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 146.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Rwanda?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Rwanda was 44.7% 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 44.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2010.
- How does Rwanda rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Rwanda ranks 122nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 297.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.