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

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

Countries reporting
198
Highest
566.14 number per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
0.0025 number per square kilometre
Somalia
Median
2.01 number per square kilometre
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,868

What the numbers show

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square kilometre is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 566.14 number per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.0025 number per square kilometre in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.01 number per square kilometre, and the mean is 11.31 number per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 3,275.8%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 67.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macau, China 566.14 number per square kilometre 2019 up 83.0% rising
2 Monaco 493.83 number per square kilometre 2020 up 16.8% rising
3 Hong Kong, China 167.85 number per square kilometre 2019 up 26.6% falling
4 Gibraltar 99.3 number per square kilometre 2019 — volatile
5 Maldives 65.32 number per square kilometre 2019 up 21.5% volatile
6 Bahrain 44.04 number per square kilometre 2019 up 36.7% volatile
7 Malta 29.46 number per square kilometre 2018 up 10.5% rising
8 Bangladesh 27.49 number per square kilometre 2018 up 235.4% volatile
9 Singapore 26.65 number per square kilometre 1989 up 54.9% rising
10 Israel 25.32 number per square kilometre 2018 up 38.0% rising
11 Palestine, State of 24.63 number per square kilometre 2019 up 63.4% volatile
12 Tuvalu 22.53 number per square kilometre 2019 down 4.9% flat
13 Lebanon 21.08 number per square kilometre 2019 up 41.2% rising
14 Aruba 15.62 number per square kilometre 2014 down 0.9% flat
15 India 14.76 number per square kilometre 2019 — volatile
16 Belgium 14.76 number per square kilometre 2018 up 7.4% rising
17 San Marino 14.72 number per square kilometre 2019 down 15.7% rising
18 Netherlands 14.11 number per square kilometre 2018 down 10.2% rising
19 Viet Nam 14.09 number per square kilometre 2019 up 56.8% rising
20 Naoero 14.05 number per square kilometre 2019 down 57.6% rising
21 American Samoa 13.47 number per square kilometre 1992 up 48.9% rising
22 Republic of Korea 12.92 number per square kilometre 2018 down 1.3% volatile
23 Mauritius 12.76 number per square kilometre 2019 down 28.0% rising
24 Gambia 12.43 number per square kilometre 2019 up 106.4% volatile
25 Barbados 11.96 number per square kilometre 2019 down 15.4% rising
26 Rwanda 11.45 number per square kilometre 2019 up 88.3% rising
27 El Salvador 11.1 number per square kilometre 2018 up 2.7% volatile
28 Pakistan 11.08 number per square kilometre 2019 up 27.8% rising
29 Grenada 10.88 number per square kilometre 2018 down 2.9% rising
30 Jamaica 10.04 number per square kilometre 2019 down 19.0% flat
31 Sao Tome and Principe 9.61 number per square kilometre 2016 up 70.1% volatile
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.37 number per square kilometre 2018 up 25.0% rising
33 Comoros 8.15 number per square kilometre 2018 up 7.9% volatile
34 Bermuda 8.15 number per square kilometre 2015 up 10.8% volatile
35 Ghana 8.14 number per square kilometre 2019 up 19.8% volatile
36 Japan 7.75 number per square kilometre 2018 down 6.9% rising
37 Philippines 7.61 number per square kilometre 2018 up 126.3% volatile
38 Sri Lanka 7.5 number per square kilometre 2018 up 12.0% rising
39 United States Virgin Islands 7.45 number per square kilometre 1993 up 2.0% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.29 number per square kilometre 2018 up 59.2% rising
41 Marshall Islands 7.01 number per square kilometre 2019 down 17.2% falling
42 Dominican Republic 6.88 number per square kilometre 2019 up 38.5% volatile
43 Luxembourg 6.83 number per square kilometre 2018 up 18.8% rising
44 Germany 6.75 number per square kilometre 2018 up 6.7% flat
45 Nepal 6.68 number per square kilometre 2019 up 8.7% volatile
46 Seychelles 6.67 number per square kilometre 2019 up 4.7% rising
47 Trinidad and Tobago 6.28 number per square kilometre 2019 up 9.0% rising
48 Cayman Islands 5.86 number per square kilometre 2018 up 66.9% rising
49 Cape Verde 5.81 number per square kilometre 2018 up 5.8% rising
50 Kenya 5.58 number per square kilometre 2016 up 90.0% volatile
51 Guatemala 5.51 number per square kilometre 2019 up 0.9% rising
52 Guam 5.36 number per square kilometre 1984 up 26.9% rising
53 Saint Lucia 5.3 number per square kilometre 2019 down 15.0% falling
54 Liberia 5.29 number per square kilometre 2017 — volatile
55 Italy 5.04 number per square kilometre 2018 down 9.9% falling
56 China 4.96 number per square kilometre 2019 up 88.1% volatile
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.9 number per square kilometre 2016 down 34.3% rising
58 Liechtenstein 4.79 number per square kilometre 2018 up 4.2% falling
59 Czechia 4.75 number per square kilometre 2018 up 24.9% rising
60 France 4.72 number per square kilometre 2018 down 1.0% rising
61 Burundi 4.68 number per square kilometre 2019 up 100.5% volatile
62 Antigua and Barbuda 4.66 number per square kilometre 2018 down 13.0% rising
63 Andorra 4.52 number per square kilometre 2019 down 11.8% rising
64 Denmark 4.45 number per square kilometre 2018 down 29.0% volatile
65 Poland 4.45 number per square kilometre 2018 up 56.2% falling
66 Switzerland 4.4 number per square kilometre 2018 up 14.7% rising
67 French Polynesia 4.38 number per square kilometre 1996 up 34.4% rising
68 Qatar 4.27 number per square kilometre 2019 up 95.4% volatile
69 Kuwait 4.26 number per square kilometre 2019 up 6.8% rising
70 Republic of Moldova 4.05 number per square kilometre 2019 up 21.4% falling
71 Cuba 3.58 number per square kilometre 2019 down 6.7% volatile
72 Puerto Rico 3.51 number per square kilometre 2018 down 67.2% volatile
73 Thailand 3.5 number per square kilometre 2019 up 2.9% volatile
74 British Virgin Islands 3.49 number per square kilometre 2018 down 27.8% rising
75 Slovakia 3.46 number per square kilometre 2018 up 16.1% falling
76 Hungary 3.41 number per square kilometre 2018 down 5.7% falling
77 Togo 3.17 number per square kilometre 2019 up 319.5% volatile
78 Indonesia 3.15 number per square kilometre 2018 up 48.3% volatile
79 Tonga 3.13 number per square kilometre 2015 up 99.8% rising
80 Austria 3.12 number per square kilometre 2018 up 14.2% rising
81 Malaysia 3.06 number per square kilometre 2019 up 27.7% rising
82 Uganda 3.04 number per square kilometre 2017 up 74.4% rising
83 Slovenia 3.01 number per square kilometre 2018 up 35.2% rising
84 Albania 2.88 number per square kilometre 2019 up 4.6% falling
85 Costa Rica 2.68 number per square kilometre 2019 up 25.6% volatile
86 Cyprus 2.65 number per square kilometre 2018 up 19.9% rising
87 Portugal 2.62 number per square kilometre 2018 down 9.9% volatile
88 Spain 2.59 number per square kilometre 2018 down 11.5% rising
89 Ecuador 2.57 number per square kilometre 2018 up 71.2% volatile
90 Brunei Darussalam 2.54 number per square kilometre 2019 up 3.1% rising
91 Mexico 2.52 number per square kilometre 2018 up 3.0% volatile
92 Azerbaijan 2.5 number per square kilometre 2019 up 134.6% rising
93 Romania 2.27 number per square kilometre 2018 down 19.9% falling
94 Ethiopia 2.23 number per square kilometre 2015 up 1,539.7% volatile
95 Nigeria 2.22 number per square kilometre 2010 up 115.3% rising
96 United Arab Emirates 2.2 number per square kilometre 2017 up 55.6% volatile
97 Honduras 2.11 number per square kilometre 2019 up 0.3% volatile
98 Croatia 2.05 number per square kilometre 2018 up 22.8% rising
99 Bulgaria 2.03 number per square kilometre 2018 up 6.4% falling
100 Uzbekistan 1.98 number per square kilometre 2019 up 63.1% falling
101 Dominica 1.95 number per square kilometre 2019 down 22.6% falling
102 Türkiye 1.95 number per square kilometre 2018 up 113.9% volatile
103 Serbia 1.92 number per square kilometre 2019 up 6.6% flat
104 Ukraine 1.89 number per square kilometre 2019 down 8.4% falling
105 Nicaragua 1.81 number per square kilometre 2010 up 30.7% volatile
106 Ireland 1.78 number per square kilometre 2018 up 69.9% falling
107 Armenia 1.78 number per square kilometre 2019 down 5.5% falling
108 Lesotho 1.77 number per square kilometre 2016 up 19.4% rising
109 Sierra Leone 1.76 number per square kilometre 2019 up 240.5% volatile
110 Solomon Islands 1.74 number per square kilometre 2018 up 4.6% volatile
111 Belarus 1.72 number per square kilometre 2018 up 28.7% falling
112 Morocco 1.71 number per square kilometre 2019 up 5.5% rising
113 Lithuania 1.65 number per square kilometre 2018 up 18.4% rising
114 Tunisia 1.61 number per square kilometre 2016 up 142.8% volatile
115 Timor-Leste 1.61 number per square kilometre 2019 up 243.6% rising
116 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.61 number per square kilometre 2019 up 59.5% rising
117 Colombia 1.57 number per square kilometre 2018 up 32.6% volatile
118 Madagascar 1.55 number per square kilometre 2019 up 402.2% volatile
119 Jordan 1.52 number per square kilometre 2019 up 27.8% volatile
120 Samoa 1.51 number per square kilometre 2019 up 4.9% rising
121 Cambodia 1.51 number per square kilometre 2019 up 122.6% volatile
122 Benin 1.5 number per square kilometre 2019 up 128.3% volatile
123 Egypt 1.49 number per square kilometre 2019 up 81.9% volatile
124 Equatorial Guinea 1.41 number per square kilometre 2015 up 57.1% rising
125 Eswatini 1.4 number per square kilometre 2011 — volatile
126 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.35 number per square kilometre 2017 up 13.6% volatile
127 Peru 1.31 number per square kilometre 2019 up 24.2% volatile
128 Senegal 1.31 number per square kilometre 2019 up 99.6% volatile
129 Kyrgyzstan 1.31 number per square kilometre 2019 up 246.6% volatile
130 Estonia 1.29 number per square kilometre 2018 up 11.6% falling
131 Panama 1.29 number per square kilometre 2017 down 1.1% volatile
132 Latvia 1.24 number per square kilometre 2018 up 13.0% rising
133 Montenegro 1.2 number per square kilometre 2019 up 67.6% rising
134 Greece 1.18 number per square kilometre 2018 up 6.5% rising
135 Vanuatu 1.17 number per square kilometre 2015 up 7.6% volatile
136 North Macedonia 1.15 number per square kilometre 2018 up 80.9% falling
137 Cameroon 1.15 number per square kilometre 2019 up 88.5% volatile
138 Sweden 1.14 number per square kilometre 2018 up 24.2% rising
139 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.13 number per square kilometre 2018 down 8.3% rising
140 Georgia 1.13 number per square kilometre 2008 up 8.8% falling
141 Palau 1.13 number per square kilometre 2014 down 18.8% falling
142 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9756 number per square kilometre 2019 up 181.4% volatile
143 Zimbabwe 0.9671 number per square kilometre 2013 down 16.5% falling
144 United States of America 0.9477 number per square kilometre 2018 — flat
145 Chile 0.8347 number per square kilometre 2018 up 54.2% volatile
146 Papua New Guinea 0.791 number per square kilometre 2016 up 101.6% volatile
147 Uruguay 0.7775 number per square kilometre 2018 up 4.7% rising
148 New Caledonia 0.6989 number per square kilometre 1994 up 41.5% rising
149 Finland 0.6856 number per square kilometre 2018 up 41.9% rising
150 South Africa 0.6794 number per square kilometre 2018 up 41.3% rising
151 Tajikistan 0.6562 number per square kilometre 2017 up 50.0% falling
152 Angola 0.6292 number per square kilometre 2016 down 16.4% volatile
153 Argentina 0.6192 number per square kilometre 2017 up 23.2% rising
154 Brazil 0.6171 number per square kilometre 2018 up 2.8% volatile
155 Guinea 0.6166 number per square kilometre 2011 up 391.0% volatile
156 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5917 number per square kilometre 2019 up 193.4% volatile
157 Sudan 0.5709 number per square kilometre 2017 up 30.7% rising
158 Fiji 0.5008 number per square kilometre 2009 down 0.8% rising
159 Norway 0.4927 number per square kilometre 2018 up 8.7% rising
160 Syrian Arab Republic 0.4719 number per square kilometre 2013 down 37.5% volatile
161 Paraguay 0.4556 number per square kilometre 2016 up 23.0% volatile
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4462 number per square kilometre 2019 up 40.5% rising
163 New Zealand 0.4356 number per square kilometre 2018 — rising
164 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.4335 number per square kilometre 2016 up 28.7% volatile
165 Russian Federation 0.39 number per square kilometre 2018 up 55.6% flat
166 Eritrea 0.3886 number per square kilometre 2018 up 31.3% volatile
167 Burkina Faso 0.3855 number per square kilometre 2019 up 151.7% volatile
168 Kazakhstan 0.3651 number per square kilometre 2019 up 162.6% volatile
169 Bahamas 0.359 number per square kilometre 2018 down 20.6% rising
170 Belize 0.3281 number per square kilometre 2019 up 24.0% rising
171 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3267 number per square kilometre 2018 up 54.0% rising
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.3183 number per square kilometre 2010 up 115.2% volatile
173 Oman 0.2842 number per square kilometre 2019 up 100.1% volatile
174 Iraq 0.2491 number per square kilometre 2007 up 28.1% rising
175 Myanmar 0.2361 number per square kilometre 2018 up 37.4% rising
176 Bhutan 0.2104 number per square kilometre 2020 up 1,117.0% volatile
177 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.209 number per square kilometre 2018 up 135.3% volatile
178 Algeria 0.2057 number per square kilometre 2011 up 950.0% volatile
179 Djibouti 0.184 number per square kilometre 2020 up 247.2% volatile
180 Saudi Arabia 0.1815 number per square kilometre 2019 up 110.1% rising
181 Mongolia 0.1649 number per square kilometre 2018 up 155.6% volatile
182 Congo 0.1579 number per square kilometre 2012 up 255.3% volatile
183 Guyana 0.1416 number per square kilometre 2012 down 22.2% rising
184 Niger 0.1404 number per square kilometre 2019 up 269.5% volatile
185 Iceland 0.1294 number per square kilometre 2018 up 6.1% volatile
186 Suriname 0.1241 number per square kilometre 2019 up 12.6% falling
187 Mali 0.1075 number per square kilometre 2018 up 113.3% volatile
188 Australia 0.0694 number per square kilometre 2018 up 147.4% rising
189 Yemen 0.0688 number per square kilometre 2016 up 101.9% rising
190 Botswana 0.059 number per square kilometre 2015 up 58.5% rising
191 Mozambique 0.0574 number per square kilometre 1986 up 3,275.8% volatile
192 Canada 0.0568 number per square kilometre 1996 up 20.7% rising
193 Namibia 0.0528 number per square kilometre 2018 up 32.7% volatile
194 Afghanistan 0.0371 number per square kilometre 2003 up 23.2% volatile
195 Central African Republic 0.02 number per square kilometre 2017 up 1.2% rising
196 Chad 0.0138 number per square kilometre 2019 down 17.8% volatile
197 Libya 0.0126 number per square kilometre 2006 up 113.3% volatile
198 Somalia 0.0025 number per square kilometre 1986 up 44.3% volatile

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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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square kilometre
Unit
number per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
243 places, 7,868 data points, 1970–2020
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Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.