{"chart":{"title":"Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school","subtitle":"Shown as the net enrollment ratio — the share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.","citation":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026)","originalChartUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/school-enrolment","selection":["World","Niger","Indonesia","Peru"]},"columns":{"Net enrollment rate in pre-primary education":{"titleShort":"Net enrollment rate in pre-primary education","titleLong":"Net enrollment rate in pre-primary education","descriptionShort":"Share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.","descriptionKey":"- The net enrollment rate shows what percentage of children are enrolled at the education level intended for their age.\n- It compares children enrolled at the correct level for their age to the total population in that same age group. For example, a primary school net enrollment of 90% means 90% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 years are enrolled in primary school. Children who are not enrolled in school or are enrolled at another education level are not counted here.\n- The highest possible value is 100%, which would mean all children of the right age are enrolled where they should be. High rates indicate that most children are progressing through school at the expected pace.\n- A rate of 90% doesn't necessarily mean 10% of children are out of school entirely — some may be enrolled at different levels (either higher or lower) than expected for their age, but these students aren't counted in the net rate.\n- The data comes from school administrative records that track enrollment by individual age, combined with population estimates from national statistics offices or UN sources.","shortUnit":"%","unit":"%","timespan":"1997-2025","type":"Numeric","owidVariableId":1271670,"shortName":"net_enrolment_rate__pre_primary__both_sexes__pct__ner_02_cp","lastUpdated":"2026-05-12","nextUpdate":"2027-05-12","citationShort":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data","citationLong":"UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Net enrollment rate in pre-primary education” [dataset]. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, “UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) – Education” [original data].","fullMetadata":"https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1271670.metadata.json"}},"dateDownloaded":"2026-10-31"}