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Papua New Guinea: School enrollment, preprimary

45.85percent · 2018+13070.6% since 1990

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1970 to 2018.

19702018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201845.845
201643.159
200895.779
200258.05
199833.158
19950.892
19940.545
19930.507
19920.312
19910.257
19900.348
19890.418
19880.375
19870.467
19860.475
19840.49
19820.162
19810.15
19790.112
19780.098
19760.039
19750.027
19720
19710
19700

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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