Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 72.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Trinidad and Tobago, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 72.0% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 235.0% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 72.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.7%, in 2021.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 76th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.5% | 46.5% | 64.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 62.5% | 62.5% | 62.5% | 1 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 18.7% | 72.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 73 Tuvalu 74.4% compare
- 74 Switzerland 73.6% compare
- 75 Seychelles 72.9% compare
- 77 Morocco 70.5% compare
- 78 Lebanon 70.2% compare
- 79 Kazakhstan 69.6% compare
More education data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,693 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Trinidad and Tobago was 72.0% 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 72.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7% in 2021.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 76th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.