Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
77
Highest
5.50 million
Nigeria
Lowest
49
Niue
Median
36,591
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,654
What the numbers show
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 5.50 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 49 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 36,591, and the mean is 284,046.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 582.9%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 89.2%).
Enrolment in early childhood … childhood both sexes educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 5.50 million | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 4.19 million | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3.16 million | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Russia | 1.09 million | 2019 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 956,716 | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 698,680 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 604,858 | 2025 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 538,881 | 2024 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 515,658 | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 484,842 | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 424,310 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 12 | Israel | 325,521 | 2024 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 295,942 | 2014 | — | flat |
| 14 | Cuba | 270,267 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 233,541 | 2024 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 16 | Mexico | 227,974 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 166,326 | 2025 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 163,358 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 161,899 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 20 | Argentina | 115,148 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 114,567 | 2024 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 111,260 | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 110,337 | 2024 | up 182.1% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 102,523 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 25 | Lithuania | 102,126 | 2024 | up 428.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Norway | 100,998 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | New Zealand | 77,173 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 28 | Hungary | 74,230 | 2024 | up 426.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Singapore | 72,495 | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 71,613 | 2024 | up 152.4% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 67,971 | 2024 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 32 | Belarus | 61,981 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 60,657 | 2024 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 59,176 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 35 | Finland | 59,056 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 54,750 | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 40,024 | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 38,579 | 2024 | up 582.9% | volatile |
| 39 | El Salvador | 36,591 | 2024 | up 322.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Croatia | 32,210 | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 31,691 | 2025 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 27,420 | 2022 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovenia | 27,204 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 27,000 | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 45 | Turkey | 23,933 | 2023 | up 409.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 18,291 | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 47 | Laos | 17,947 | 2025 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 17,854 | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 49 | Jamaica | 15,873 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 50 | Moldova | 15,480 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 51 | Cyprus | 11,719 | 2024 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,356 | 2023 | up 179.0% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 8,740 | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 8,435 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 55 | Iceland | 7,086 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 6,994 | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Qatar | 6,196 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 4,169 | 2024 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 59 | Bahrain | 3,876 | 2024 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Rwanda | 3,198 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Paraguay | 3,123 | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 3,092 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 2,632 | 2024 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Gambia | 2,374 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 1,363 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,264 | 2018 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,133 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 68 | Cayman Islands | 685 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 69 | Grenada | 629 | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 380 | 2024 | up 512.9% | rising |
| 71 | British Virgin Islands | 321 | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 72 | San Marino | 290 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 73 | Gibraltar | 245 | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritius | 221 | 2024 | down 89.2% | falling |
| 75 | Dominica | 181 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 76 | Montserrat | 100 | 2020 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 77 | Niue | 49 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 19.69 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 18.56 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 18.51 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 18.49 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 18.32 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 11.46 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 11.29 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 9.46 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 8.03 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 7.99 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 7.96 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 7.90 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 7.87 million
- WB: Ida Total 7.10 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 7.09 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 6.99 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.72 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.72 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 6.72 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 6.72 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 6.64 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 6.64 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 6.52 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 6.52 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 6.52 million
- UNICEF: Africa 6.52 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 6.48 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 6.48 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 6.48 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 6.48 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 6.48 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 6.48 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 6.48 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 6.48 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 6.41 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 6.39 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 6.30 million
- AIMS: East Asia 6.21 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 6.21 million
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 6.12 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release