Gross pre-primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
Definition
Pre-primary enrollment of any age as a share of the population of the official pre-primary age group. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) estimate, republished by the World Bank.
- Formula
- Total enrollment / population of the official age group × 100.
- Unit
- %
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Gross pre-primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Latin America & Caribbean
- World
- Gross pre-primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · Source version: 2026-10-08 · Collected on: 2026-11-01 · License: CC-BY-4.0
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| Year | Brazil | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | – | 35.7 | 48.7 | 4.5 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 16.2 |
| 1976 | – | 37.9 | 51.5 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 18.0 |
| 1977 | – | 39.4 | 58.2 | 5.5 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 21.0 |
| 1978 | – | – | 62.1 | 6.0 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 19.8 |
| 1979 | – | 39.2 | 64.3 | 6.9 | – | 16.9 | 20.0 |
| 1980 | – | 40.1 | 69.0 | 8.1 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.0 |
| 1981 | – | 42.4 | 69.1 | 9.2 | 24.7 | 20.3 | 22.5 |
| 1982 | – | 44.2 | 72.3 | 8.5 | 32.4 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
| 1983 | – | 45.2 | – | 9.4 | 38.7 | 25.4 | 23.8 |
| 1984 | – | 48.2 | 68.3 | 11.0 | 43.3 | 28.0 | 24.8 |
| 1985 | – | 50.8 | 78.1 | 11.9 | 49.1 | 29.8 | 25.8 |
| 1986 | – | 53.0 | 80.8 | 11.5 | 54.3 | 32.1 | 27.2 |
| 1987 | – | 57.3 | – | 12.2 | 58.0 | 39.0 | 28.4 |
| 1988 | – | 60.7 | 83.1 | 12.8 | 59.8 | 39.5 | 29.0 |
| 1989 | – | – | 81.0 | 13.4 | 60.7 | 39.9 | 28.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 82.7 | – | 60.3 | 43.4 | 28.7 |
| 1991 | – | 48.6 | 75.7 | 13.8 | 61.6 | 41.8 | 28.7 |
| 1992 | – | – | 87.3 | 18.7 | 62.2 | 44.0 | 28.9 |
| 1993 | – | – | 90.7 | 20.0 | 62.9 | 45.7 | 29.1 |
| 1994 | – | 47.7 | 91.5 | 24.6 | 64.8 | 46.5 | 28.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 97.5 | 28.2 | 66.8 | 48.4 | 29.4 |
| 1996 | – | 52.2 | 99.1 | 35.2 | 68.5 | 49.9 | 30.0 |
| 1997 | – | 53.4 | – | – | 70.2 | 50.9 | 28.3 |
| 1998 | – | 54.8 | 74.4 | 36.9 | 71.9 | 52.4 | 31.4 |
| 1999 | – | 55.5 | 77.6 | 38.5 | 73.1 | 53.8 | 32.1 |
| 2000 | – | 58.7 | 79.0 | – | 73.9 | 55.2 | 33.0 |
| 2001 | – | 59.6 | – | – | 74.5 | 56.1 | 33.7 |
| 2002 | – | 60.2 | 77.8 | – | 75.0 | 56.6 | 33.6 |
| 2003 | – | 60.6 | 75.2 | – | 80.0 | 57.7 | 34.5 |
| 2004 | – | 62.3 | 77.7 | – | 82.8 | 58.9 | 35.7 |
| 2005 | – | 63.7 | 81.8 | – | 91.2 | 61.2 | 37.6 |
| 2006 | – | 63.7 | 81.9 | – | 99.5 | 63.5 | 39.6 |
| 2007 | 53.7 | 64.6 | 84.0 | – | 105.7 | 65.1 | 41.0 |
| 2008 | 57.4 | 66.6 | 83.6 | – | 105.4 | 67.4 | 42.6 |
| 2009 | 56.3 | 68.1 | 86.4 | – | 102.5 | 68.5 | 44.2 |
| 2010 | – | 68.9 | 108.2 | – | 101.7 | 74.1 | 46.2 |
| 2011 | 81.7 | 68.9 | 113.3 | – | 102.8 | 76.3 | 49.0 |
| 2012 | 86.0 | 70.6 | 114.3 | – | 104.5 | 76.8 | 52.0 |
| 2013 | 86.7 | 72.2 | 79.0 | – | 71.0 | 70.7 | 53.9 |
| 2014 | 90.3 | 73.2 | 81.7 | – | 71.7 | 72.5 | 54.0 |
| 2015 | 90.7 | 74.7 | 82.3 | – | 72.0 | 73.2 | 56.0 |
| 2016 | 96.2 | 75.3 | 82.4 | – | 72.2 | 74.5 | 57.6 |
| 2017 | 96.7 | 76.1 | 81.8 | – | 73.7 | 75.7 | 59.2 |
| 2018 | 96.5 | 77.2 | 82.2 | – | 72.8 | 76.1 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 95.5 | 77.8 | 84.8 | – | 71.0 | 76.4 | 60.8 |
| 2020 | 85.9 | 76.2 | 84.5 | 85.9 | 70.6 | 75.6 | 60.9 |
Criticisms of the metric
- It is a gross rate: it counts students outside the age group and can exceed one hundred percent. It does not separate nursery from pre-school or measure attendance or quality.
References
- World Bank. World Development Indicators — metadata for SE.PRE.ENRR. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRE.ENRR
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Education and science data: methodology. https://uis.unesco.org/