Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 60.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vanuatu, 2007–2024
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 Vanuatu stood at 60.5%.
That represents a change of up 17.3% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vanuatu peaked at 77.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 42.1%, in 2007.
That places Vanuatu 102nd 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 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.7% | 42.1% | 49.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 60.5% | 51.9% | 77.2% | 3 |
| 2020s | 63.3% | 51.6% | 73.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Vanuatu
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,892 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.57 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vanuatu?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vanuatu was 60.5% 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.1% in 2007.
- How does Vanuatu rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Vanuatu ranks 102nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.