Egypt vs Latin America & Caribbean: Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes

Egypt
1.48 million number
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean
21.88 million number
in 2019
Egypt rank
26th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
23rd

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • Egypt
  • Latin America & Caribbean
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 21.88 million number against 1.48 million number in Egypt, a difference of 20.40 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 14.8 times Egypt's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 23rd of 199 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1970s 37,833 number 2.72 million number 2.68 million number Latin America & Caribbean
1980s 110,605 number 7.98 million number 7.87 million number Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 254,062 number 13.90 million number 13.64 million number Latin America & Caribbean
2000s 534,212 number 17.66 million number 17.12 million number Latin America & Caribbean
2010s 1.16 million number 20.43 million number 19.28 million number Latin America & Caribbean

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes, Egypt or Latin America & Caribbean?
Latin America & Caribbean, at 21.88 million number against 1.48 million number in Egypt as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes between Egypt and Latin America & Caribbean?
20.40 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Latin America & Caribbean?
45 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Egypt and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes?
Egypt ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 8,121 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.