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United Kingdom: School enrollment, preprimary

105.76percent · 2020+29.4% since 2010

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 United Kingdom from 1976 to 2020.

19762020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2020105.763
2019105.88
2018107.14
2017106.387
2016110.337
2015101.246
201487.25
201379.305
201283.969
201184.917
201081.759
200979.76
200879.808
200772.881
200671.955
200571.028
200459.394
200377.034
200282.347
200181.253
200079.863
199976.971
199875.748
199252.749
199151.879
199050.505
198947.71
198847.859
198748.205
198649.035
198550.101
198448.706
198345.212
197634.234

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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