Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname
Suriname: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 81.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname stood at 81.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.9% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname peaked at 81.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.8%, in 2022.
Suriname ranks 60th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.7% | 73.8% | 78.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 67.2% | 60.6% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.9% | 59.8% | 81.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 57 United Arab Emirates 82.2% compare
- 58 Slovakia 81.8% compare
- 59 Malaysia 81.1% compare
- 61 Ukraine 80.2% compare
- 62 Antigua and Barbuda 80.0% compare
- 63 Montserrat 78.9% compare
More education data for Suriname
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,068 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Suriname was 81.0% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 81.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.8% in 2022.
- How does Suriname rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Suriname ranks 60th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.