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Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita by country

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
199
Highest
0.1051 number per person
Liberia
Lowest
0.0002 number per person
Somalia
Median
0.025 number per person
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
8,118

What the numbers show

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 0.1051 number per person in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0002 number per person in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.025 number per person, and the mean is 0.0266 number per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 471.

Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,266.9%), and the largest decrease in Naoero (down 63.4%).

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liberia 0.1051 number per person 2017 — volatile
2 Mongolia 0.08 number per person 2018 up 110.6% rising
3 French Polynesia 0.0712 number per person 1996 up 7.9% rising
4 Solomon Islands 0.0686 number per person 2018 down 21.4% rising
5 Kenya 0.0665 number per person 2016 up 46.7% rising
6 New Caledonia 0.0653 number per person 1994 up 14.0% rising
7 Tuvalu 0.0639 number per person 2019 down 9.6% falling
8 Israel 0.0617 number per person 2018 up 13.6% flat
9 Ghana 0.0592 number per person 2019 down 4.7% volatile
10 American Samoa 0.0549 number per person 1992 up 6.0% falling
11 Vanuatu 0.0537 number per person 2015 down 14.8% volatile
12 Peru 0.0518 number per person 2019 up 10.6% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 0.0513 number per person 2019 up 127.2% volatile
14 Gambia 0.0512 number per person 2019 up 57.2% rising
15 Republic of Moldova 0.05 number per person 2019 up 30.6% falling
16 Cape Verde 0.0456 number per person 2018 up 3.3% rising
17 Sweden 0.0455 number per person 2018 up 12.5% rising
18 Viet Nam 0.0454 number per person 2019 up 39.8% rising
19 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0453 number per person 2016 up 35.0% rising
20 Russian Federation 0.0439 number per person 2018 up 52.7% falling
21 Estonia 0.0418 number per person 2018 up 13.8% falling
22 Maldives 0.0402 number per person 2019 down 13.2% rising
23 Latvia 0.0402 number per person 2018 up 27.6% rising
24 Uruguay 0.0401 number per person 2018 up 1.9% rising
25 Papua New Guinea 0.04 number per person 2016 up 61.6% volatile
26 Belgium 0.0394 number per person 2018 up 1.2% falling
27 Mexico 0.0393 number per person 2018 down 8.7% rising
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0389 number per person 2017 up 2.8% rising
29 Jamaica 0.0385 number per person 2019 down 21.5% falling
30 Argentina 0.0383 number per person 2017 up 11.4% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 0.0381 number per person 2019 up 183.4% volatile
32 Nicaragua 0.038 number per person 2010 up 14.4% volatile
33 France 0.0379 number per person 2018 down 5.1% falling
34 Finland 0.0378 number per person 2018 up 36.7% rising
35 Ecuador 0.0375 number per person 2018 up 46.4% volatile
36 Guyana 0.0373 number per person 2012 down 20.3% rising
37 Lebanon 0.0372 number per person 2019 up 21.6% falling
38 Belarus 0.037 number per person 2018 up 29.9% falling
39 Pakistan 0.037 number per person 2019 up 7.6% rising
40 Iceland 0.037 number per person 2018 down 4.0% rising
41 El Salvador 0.037 number per person 2018 down 0.4% rising
42 Lithuania 0.0367 number per person 2018 up 34.2% rising
43 Poland 0.0358 number per person 2018 up 56.7% falling
44 Colombia 0.0355 number per person 2018 up 18.3% volatile
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0348 number per person 2018 up 31.6% rising
46 Guatemala 0.0345 number per person 2019 down 16.2% rising
47 Czechia 0.0345 number per person 2018 up 22.0% falling
48 Norway 0.0339 number per person 2018 down 2.4% rising
49 Nepal 0.0337 number per person 2019 up 4.0% volatile
50 Cuba 0.0332 number per person 2019 down 8.3% volatile
51 China 0.0331 number per person 2019 up 77.9% rising
52 Bulgaria 0.0329 number per person 2018 up 18.7% falling
53 Suriname 0.0329 number per person 2019 up 1.0% falling
54 Chile 0.0328 number per person 2018 up 37.2% rising
55 Hungary 0.0321 number per person 2018 down 0.7% flat
56 Grenada 0.032 number per person 2018 down 6.9% rising
57 Madagascar 0.032 number per person 2019 up 283.6% volatile
58 Palestine, State of 0.0316 number per person 2019 up 28.7% rising
59 India 0.0316 number per person 2019 — volatile
60 Seychelles 0.0314 number per person 2019 down 6.4% falling
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0311 number per person 2019 up 142.7% volatile
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0308 number per person 2018 up 31.8% rising
63 Denmark 0.0307 number per person 2018 down 32.7% volatile
64 Albania 0.0307 number per person 2019 up 19.3% falling
65 Slovakia 0.0305 number per person 2018 up 14.6% falling
66 Dominican Republic 0.0304 number per person 2019 up 23.0% volatile
67 Brunei Darussalam 0.0303 number per person 2019 down 10.4% falling
68 Malaysia 0.03 number per person 2019 up 7.4% rising
69 Slovenia 0.0293 number per person 2018 up 31.7% falling
70 Palau 0.0292 number per person 2014 down 9.2% falling
71 Austria 0.0291 number per person 2018 up 7.5% rising
72 Paraguay 0.029 number per person 2016 up 8.4% volatile
73 Luxembourg 0.0289 number per person 2018 down 4.5% rising
74 Croatia 0.0287 number per person 2018 up 32.7% rising
75 Marshall Islands 0.0287 number per person 2019 down 2.1% falling
76 Germany 0.0284 number per person 2018 up 3.9% flat
77 Gibraltar 0.028 number per person 2019 — volatile
78 Andorra 0.0278 number per person 2019 down 3.3% falling
79 Macao 0.0277 number per person 2019 up 62.5% falling
80 Spain 0.0277 number per person 2018 down 11.9% rising
81 Netherlands 0.0276 number per person 2018 down 13.1% falling
82 Costa Rica 0.0274 number per person 2019 up 13.0% rising
83 Equatorial Guinea 0.0272 number per person 2015 up 2.4% rising
84 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0271 number per person 2016 down 35.2% falling
85 Angola 0.0269 number per person 2016 down 40.5% rising
86 Romania 0.0268 number per person 2018 down 15.5% falling
87 Zimbabwe 0.0267 number per person 2013 down 27.1% falling
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0266 number per person 2018 up 48.5% rising
89 Uzbekistan 0.0265 number per person 2019 up 39.7% volatile
90 United States of America 0.0264 number per person 2018 — flat
91 Aruba 0.0263 number per person 2014 down 11.7% falling
92 Monaco 0.0263 number per person 2020 up 1.8% falling
93 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0259 number per person 2018 down 36.9% rising
94 Montenegro 0.0258 number per person 2019 up 65.3% rising
95 San Marino 0.0255 number per person 2019 down 19.6% falling
96 Lesotho 0.0253 number per person 2016 up 9.5% rising
97 Ireland 0.0251 number per person 2018 up 59.5% falling
98 Brazil 0.025 number per person 2018 down 5.0% volatile
99 Thailand 0.025 number per person 2019 up 1.0% volatile
100 Sudan 0.025 number per person 2017 up 73.7% rising
101 Italy 0.0249 number per person 2018 down 10.9% falling
102 United States Virgin Islands 0.0245 number per person 1993 down 4.0% rising
103 Republic of Korea 0.0244 number per person 2018 down 3.4% volatile
104 Ukraine 0.0243 number per person 2019 down 5.0% falling
105 Naoero 0.0243 number per person 2019 down 63.4% flat
106 Ethiopia 0.0242 number per person 2015 up 1,137.0% volatile
107 Serbia 0.0242 number per person 2019 up 12.3% flat
108 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0242 number per person 2019 up 17.6% rising
109 Guam 0.0238 number per person 1984 up 1.4% flat
110 Honduras 0.0237 number per person 2019 down 17.4% volatile
111 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0236 number per person 2019 up 4.1% rising
112 Hong Kong 0.0235 number per person 2019 up 17.6% falling
113 New Zealand 0.0234 number per person 2018 — rising
114 Portugal 0.0234 number per person 2018 down 7.3% rising
115 Panama 0.0233 number per person 2017 down 17.3% rising
116 Bahrain 0.0232 number per person 2019 up 11.4% rising
117 Togo 0.0226 number per person 2019 up 237.5% volatile
118 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0225 number per person 2018 down 20.7% rising
119 Japan 0.0223 number per person 2018 down 5.9% rising
120 Rwanda 0.0221 number per person 2019 up 48.3% rising
121 Indonesia 0.0219 number per person 2018 up 31.9% volatile
122 Bangladesh 0.0219 number per person 2018 up 209.4% volatile
123 Tunisia 0.0218 number per person 2016 up 110.0% volatile
124 Eswatini 0.0216 number per person 2011 — volatile
125 Dominica 0.0216 number per person 2019 down 21.5% falling
126 Sri Lanka 0.0214 number per person 2018 up 6.4% rising
127 Australia 0.0214 number per person 2018 up 110.8% rising
128 Cayman Islands 0.0213 number per person 2018 up 25.8% rising
129 Cameroon 0.0213 number per person 2019 up 41.2% volatile
130 Tonga 0.0212 number per person 2015 up 97.9% rising
131 Morocco 0.021 number per person 2019 down 6.7% falling
132 Philippines 0.0207 number per person 2018 up 91.7% volatile
133 Azerbaijan 0.0207 number per person 2019 up 109.5% falling
134 Georgia 0.0204 number per person 2008 up 20.0% falling
135 Switzerland 0.0204 number per person 2018 up 3.0% flat
136 Mauritius 0.0201 number per person 2019 down 30.2% rising
137 Liechtenstein 0.0201 number per person 2018 down 3.3% falling
138 Samoa 0.02 number per person 2019 down 6.0% rising
139 Comoros 0.0197 number per person 2018 down 12.0% volatile
140 Malta 0.0195 number per person 2018 down 6.5% rising
141 Belize 0.0194 number per person 2019 up 0.5% rising
142 Cyprus 0.0193 number per person 2018 up 2.9% rising
143 Oman 0.0192 number per person 2019 up 17.0% volatile
144 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0187 number per person 2019 — volatile
145 Qatar 0.0186 number per person 2019 up 17.9% rising
146 Timor-Leste 0.0185 number per person 2019 up 150.5% rising
147 Türkiye 0.0184 number per person 2018 up 86.7% volatile
148 Barbados 0.0183 number per person 2019 down 17.5% rising
149 Saint Lucia 0.0182 number per person 2019 down 18.7% falling
150 Canada 0.0172 number per person 1996 up 6.4% rising
151 Armenia 0.0171 number per person 2019 down 2.2% falling
152 Kuwait 0.0171 number per person 2019 down 36.3% rising
153 United Arab Emirates 0.0169 number per person 2017 down 5.1% rising
154 Namibia 0.0169 number per person 2018 up 2.6% volatile
155 Sierra Leone 0.0164 number per person 2019 up 181.3% rising
156 Cambodia 0.0161 number per person 2019 up 89.8% rising
157 Senegal 0.0154 number per person 2019 up 50.6% volatile
158 North Macedonia 0.0153 number per person 2018 up 88.7% falling
159 Botswana 0.0152 number per person 2015 up 32.4% rising
160 Uganda 0.0152 number per person 2017 up 29.2% rising
161 British Virgin Islands 0.0151 number per person 2018 down 43.3% rising
162 Eritrea 0.0147 number per person 2018 up 15.8% rising
163 Guinea 0.0142 number per person 2011 up 272.4% volatile
164 Greece 0.0142 number per person 2018 up 9.6% rising
165 South Africa 0.0141 number per person 2018 up 23.2% rising
166 Egypt 0.0138 number per person 2019 up 48.0% volatile
167 Benin 0.0133 number per person 2019 up 70.6% volatile
168 Algeria 0.0133 number per person 2011 up 791.5% volatile
169 Saudi Arabia 0.013 number per person 2019 up 69.2% rising
170 Jordan 0.0126 number per person 2019 down 15.8% rising
171 Nigeria 0.0121 number per person 2010 up 67.7% rising
172 Congo 0.0114 number per person 2012 up 151.2% volatile
173 Bhutan 0.0104 number per person 2020 up 1,009.6% volatile
174 Fiji 0.0101 number per person 2009 down 9.0% rising
175 Tajikistan 0.01 number per person 2017 up 17.8% falling
176 Burundi 0.0098 number per person 2019 up 46.4% volatile
177 Puerto Rico 0.0095 number per person 2018 down 62.9% volatile
178 Bahamas 0.0092 number per person 2018 down 24.8% rising
179 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0084 number per person 2016 up 12.7% rising
180 Niger 0.0077 number per person 2019 up 156.8% volatile
181 Bermuda 0.0069 number per person 2015 up 9.5% volatile
182 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0068 number per person 2019 up 63.0% rising
183 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0067 number per person 2019 up 128.9% volatile
184 Mali 0.0064 number per person 2018 up 55.9% rising
185 Singapore 0.0061 number per person 1989 up 26.0% rising
186 Guinea-Bissau 0.0057 number per person 2010 up 69.6% volatile
187 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0053 number per person 2018 up 68.2% volatile
188 Burkina Faso 0.005 number per person 2019 up 88.7% volatile
189 Syria 0.004 number per person 2013 down 48.4% rising
190 Djibouti 0.0039 number per person 2020 up 186.4% volatile
191 Iraq 0.0038 number per person 2007 down 3.0% rising
192 Libya 0.0037 number per person 2006 up 86.1% rising
193 Mozambique 0.0035 number per person 1986 up 2,266.9% volatile
194 Myanmar 0.0029 number per person 2018 up 27.1% rising
195 Central African Republic 0.0026 number per person 2017 down 5.8% falling
196 Yemen 0.0011 number per person 2016 up 43.3% rising
197 Afghanistan 0.0011 number per person 2003 down 37.6% volatile
198 Chad 0.001 number per person 2019 down 39.4% volatile
199 Somalia 0.0002 number per person 1986 down 9.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita
Unit
number per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 8,118 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.