Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Slovakia
Slovakia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 81.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Slovakia, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 81.8% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Slovakia peaked at 81.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.1%, in 2002.
That places Slovakia 58th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.7% | 69.1% | 73.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.6% | 71.2% | 77.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.3% | 77.4% | 81.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Slovakia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,530 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Slovakia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Slovakia was 81.8% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 81.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.1% in 2002.
- How does Slovakia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Slovakia ranks 58th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.