Namibia: Preprimary education, duration (years)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Namibia had the 165th highest value of the 201 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Namibia in the 2025 ranking

• Libya — 177th of 201: 2
• Malaysia — 178th of 201: 2
• Malta — 179th of 201: 2
• Nepal — 181st of 201: 2
• Pakistan — 182nd of 201: 2
• Samoa — 183rd of 201: 2

What this measures

Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.

Limitations: The presence of national legislation does not guarantee that countries will implement it effectively, nor does it ensure that parents will take advantage of the provisions available for their children.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 17 values

Preprimary education, duration (years) in nearby economies

• Angola — 3 (2025)
• Benin — 2 (2025)
• Botswana — 3 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 3 (2025)
• Burundi — 3 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 3 (2025)
• Cameroon — 2 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 3 (2025)
• Chad — 3 (2025)
• Comoros — 3 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More education data for Namibia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 14 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) — 13% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) — 18.31% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) — 15.7% (2018)
• Primary education, pupils — 590,029 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.72% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils

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Questions people ask

What is Namibia's preprimary education, duration (years)?

2 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is down 60% from 5 in 1999 (3.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5 in 1999 and the lowest 2 in 2010.

How does Namibia rank?

165th highest of 201 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRE.DURS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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