Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
74
Highest
2.76 million
Nigeria
Lowest
24
Niue
Median
15,453
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,467
What the numbers show
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 2.76 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 24 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 15,453, and the mean is 141,550.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 616.1%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 89.7%).
Enrolment in early childhood … early female educational development: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 2.76 million | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 2.03 million | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1.52 million | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 526,657 | 2019 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 465,700 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 332,564 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 293,262 | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 262,661 | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 250,339 | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 233,459 | 2024 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 205,060 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 12 | Israel | 155,068 | 2024 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 13 | Cuba | 134,160 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 14 | Venezuela | 110,681 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 109,997 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 80,921 | 2025 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 79,136 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 78,848 | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 19 | Namibia | 56,701 | 2024 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 55,479 | 2024 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 55,275 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 54,372 | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 49,668 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 49,378 | 2024 | up 429.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Norway | 49,085 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | New Zealand | 37,914 | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 27 | Hungary | 35,506 | 2024 | up 425.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Guatemala | 34,685 | 2024 | up 147.6% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 32,880 | 2024 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 29,862 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 31 | Serbia | 29,581 | 2024 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 28,864 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 27,454 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 19,498 | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 19,299 | 2024 | up 616.1% | volatile |
| 36 | El Salvador | 18,368 | 2024 | up 333.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 15,604 | 2025 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 15,302 | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 39 | Ireland | 13,277 | 2022 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovenia | 13,183 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 13,104 | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 42 | Turkey | 11,185 | 2023 | up 410.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Latvia | 8,910 | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 44 | Laos | 8,750 | 2025 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 8,257 | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 46 | Jamaica | 7,913 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 47 | Moldova | 7,565 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 48 | Cyprus | 5,589 | 2024 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,364 | 2023 | up 169.7% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 4,264 | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 3,843 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 3,361 | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Iceland | 3,357 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 54 | Qatar | 2,868 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 2,194 | 2024 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain | 1,813 | 2024 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 1,612 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 1,502 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 1,444 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 1,335 | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 1,186 | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 670 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 623 | 2018 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 543 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 65 | Cayman Islands | 333 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 66 | Grenada | 287 | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 164 | 2024 | up 530.8% | rising |
| 68 | British Virgin Islands | 162 | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 69 | San Marino | 151 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 70 | Gibraltar | 110 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritius | 107 | 2024 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 72 | Dominica | 96 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 73 | Montserrat | 46 | 2020 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 74 | Niue | 24 | 2024 | up 50.0% | 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 9.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 8.93 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 8.88 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 8.87 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 8.82 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 5.52 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 5.41 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 4.56 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 3.86 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 3.85 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 3.82 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 3.78 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 3.64 million
- WB: Ida Total 3.42 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 3.39 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 3.27 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 3.27 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 3.27 million
- UNICEF: Africa 3.27 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 3.25 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 3.25 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 3.25 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 3.25 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 3.25 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 3.25 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 3.25 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 3.25 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 3.21 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 3.18 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 3.18 million
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 3.07 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 3.07 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 3.07 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 3.07 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 3.07 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 3.07 million
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 3.06 million
- WB: Africa Western and Central 3.06 million
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 3.05 million
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 3.05 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release