Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sweden
Sweden: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 96.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sweden, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 96.2% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sweden peaked at 96.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81.1%, in 2001.
Sweden ranks 21st of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.6% | 81.1% | 94.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 94.6% | 93.6% | 95.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 95.7% | 96.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 18 Poland 96.9% compare
- 19 United Kingdom 96.8% compare
- 20 Aruba 96.8% compare
- 22 Iceland 96.0% compare
- 24 South Korea 95.6% compare
More education data for Sweden
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 71,551 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.43 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sweden?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sweden was 96.2% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.1% in 2001.
- How does Sweden rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Sweden ranks 21st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.