Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam
Vietnam: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 93.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam is 93.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam peaked at 93.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42.4%, in 1999.
Vietnam ranks 30th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.4% | 42.4% | 42.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 54.5% | 44.0% | 63.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 62.7% | 74.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 88.5% | 83.4% | 93.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More education data for Vietnam
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 380,535 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.9 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Vietnam was 93.5% 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 93.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.4% in 1999.
- How does Vietnam rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Vietnam ranks 30th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.