Iran vs East Timor: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school

Iran

40.2%

in 2020

East Timor

41.1%

in 2020

Iran rank

38th

East Timor rank

36th

Share of children who are not in pre-primary school over time

Iran
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 41.1% against 40.2% in Iran, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 38th and East Timor ranks 36th of 179 countries.

Individual pages

Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Iran
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in East Timor
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 2,923 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.