Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
74
Highest
2.73 million
Nigeria
Lowest
25
Niue
Median
16,498
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,468
What the numbers show
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 2.73 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 25 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,498, and the mean is 148,233.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 552.7%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 88.7%).
Enrolment in early childhood … early male educational development: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 2.73 million | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 2.16 million | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 4 | Russia | 560,264 | 2019 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 491,016 | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 366,116 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 311,596 | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 276,220 | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 265,319 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 251,383 | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 219,250 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 12 | Israel | 170,453 | 2024 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 13 | Cuba | 136,107 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 14 | Venezuela | 122,860 | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 117,977 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 85,405 | 2025 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 84,222 | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 18 | Sweden | 83,051 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 59,873 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 59,088 | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 21 | Ukraine | 56,888 | 2024 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 22 | Namibia | 53,636 | 2024 | up 185.1% | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 52,855 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 52,748 | 2024 | up 427.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Norway | 51,913 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | New Zealand | 39,259 | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Hungary | 38,724 | 2024 | up 427.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Guatemala | 36,928 | 2024 | up 157.0% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 35,091 | 2024 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 32,119 | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 31 | Serbia | 31,076 | 2024 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 30,192 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 27,296 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 20,526 | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 19,280 | 2024 | up 552.7% | volatile |
| 36 | El Salvador | 18,223 | 2024 | up 312.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Croatia | 16,908 | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 16,087 | 2025 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 39 | Ireland | 14,143 | 2022 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovenia | 14,021 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 13,896 | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 42 | Turkey | 12,748 | 2023 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 9,597 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 9,381 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 45 | Laos | 9,197 | 2025 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Jamaica | 7,960 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 47 | Moldova | 7,915 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 48 | Cyprus | 6,130 | 2024 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,992 | 2023 | up 187.6% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 4,592 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 4,476 | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 52 | Iceland | 3,729 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 53 | Montenegro | 3,633 | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Qatar | 3,328 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 55 | Bahrain | 2,063 | 2024 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 1,975 | 2024 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 1,679 | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 1,590 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 59 | Rwanda | 1,586 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 1,297 | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 1,188 | 2025 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 693 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 641 | 2018 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 590 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 65 | Cayman Islands | 352 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Grenada | 342 | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 216 | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 68 | British Virgin Islands | 159 | 2024 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 69 | San Marino | 139 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 70 | Gibraltar | 135 | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritius | 114 | 2024 | down 88.7% | falling |
| 72 | Dominica | 85 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 73 | Montserrat | 54 | 2020 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 74 | Niue | 25 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
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 10.25 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 9.64 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 9.63 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 9.62 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 9.50 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 5.94 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 5.88 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 4.90 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 4.25 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 4.17 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 4.15 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 4.14 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 4.09 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 3.79 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 3.69 million
- WB: Ida Total 3.68 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 3.65 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 3.65 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 3.65 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 3.65 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 3.46 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 3.46 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 3.45 million
- AIMS: East Asia 3.38 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 3.38 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 3.34 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 3.28 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 3.24 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 3.24 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 3.24 million
- UNICEF: Africa 3.24 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 3.22 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 3.22 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 3.22 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 3.22 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 3.22 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 3.22 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 3.22 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 3.22 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 3.06 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release