Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
181
Highest
105.35 % change on previous year
Cayman Islands
Lowest
-47.93 % change on previous year
Syria
Median
0.8421 % change on previous year
Years covered
50
1971–2020
Data points
6,368
What the numbers show
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), annual growth rate is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 105.35 % change on previous year in Cayman Islands; the lowest is -47.93 % change on previous year in Syria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8421 % change on previous year, and the mean is 2.74 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 25,408.1%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 2,726.5%).
Enrolment in pre-primary education … pre-primary annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 105.35 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 591.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Iraq | 71.25 % change on previous year | 2004 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 70.98 % change on previous year | 1995 | up 1,772.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 39.71 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 29.05 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 3,548.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Rwanda | 25.17 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 2,096.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea | 24.85 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 189.9% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 21.03 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Congo | 19.3 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 17.71 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 470.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Somalia | 15.14 % change on previous year | 1986 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Bhutan | 14.61 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 13 | East Timor | 13.72 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 13.51 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Georgia | 13.35 % change on previous year | 2007 | up 25,408.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Suriname | 12.37 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 855.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Morocco | 12.18 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Djibouti | 12.01 % change on previous year | 2020 | up 487.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Burundi | 11.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 213.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 11.42 % change on previous year | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Gibraltar | 11.08 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 11.01 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 426.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Togo | 10.63 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Oman | 9.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 2,205.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.41 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 9.04 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 617.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Ireland | 8.97 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Fiji | 8.77 % change on previous year | 2001 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Botswana | 8.49 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.28 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.98 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Uganda | 7.92 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Egypt | 7.75 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Montenegro | 7.46 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Gambia | 7.45 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.62 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Iran | 6.61 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cambodia | 5.58 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Mongolia | 5.57 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Eritrea | 5.5 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 237.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Poland | 5.27 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 273.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 5.23 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Angola | 5.19 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Jamaica | 5.15 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 1,176.1% | volatile |
| 45 | New Caledonia | 5.13 % change on previous year | 1991 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Tunisia | 5.11 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Jordan | 5.09 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.94 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 4.43 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 4.4 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 4.35 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Ghana | 4.03 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Namibia | 4 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Madagascar | 3.57 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 3.55 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Laos | 3.5 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 3.48 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 200.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Latvia | 3.24 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Honduras | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 277.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 1,772.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Guyana | 2.66 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Uruguay | 2.62 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 2.6 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.55 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 2.45 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 199.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 2.26 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 3,304.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Germany | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Israel | 2.14 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 2.14 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Russia | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 74 | Mali | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Singapore | 1.82 % change on previous year | 1989 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Argentina | 1.75 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Bolivia | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Hungary | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 242.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Malta | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 228.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Canada | 1.45 % change on previous year | 1996 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 82 | China | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Lesotho | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 1,264.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Armenia | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Brazil | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Algeria | 0.9961 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 87 | American Samoa | 0.9722 % change on previous year | 1990 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Belize | 0.967 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 89 | India | 0.9178 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.8806 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | 0.8421 % change on previous year | 1999 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Qatar | 0.8158 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Finland | 0.796 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Australia | 0.7873 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.7093 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 145.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.5382 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 317.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Tanzania | 0.5352 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Bermuda | 0.5076 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | 0.5028 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Austria | 0.4913 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 0.456 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Kenya | 0.33 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Sweden | 0.3043 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 0.1382 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 0.1137 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 384.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.11 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 0.1027 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 0.0293 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Grenada | 0 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovenia | -0.0137 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 100.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Czechia | -0.1501 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 106.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | -0.2087 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 113.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Cyprus | -0.2891 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 107.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Aruba | -0.2928 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 159.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Seychelles | -0.332 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 116.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Moldova | -0.3442 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 113.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | -0.538 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Macao | -0.6681 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 831.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Greece | -0.6848 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 120 | France | -0.7529 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Denmark | -0.7552 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahrain | -0.7624 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Iceland | -0.7702 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 125.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Norway | -0.8035 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 133.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Mexico | -0.8669 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 552.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Monaco | -1.01 % change on previous year | 2020 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Paraguay | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Bulgaria | -1.21 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 404.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 205.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Belgium | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 221.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 131.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Dominica | -1.54 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Ukraine | -1.7 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 133.2% | volatile |
| 134 | French Polynesia | -1.76 % change on previous year | 1996 | down 128.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Spain | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Thailand | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | -2.07 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 126.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Guatemala | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 109.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Lebanon | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 224.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Vietnam | -2.19 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 186.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Bangladesh | -2.23 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 115.6% | volatile |
| 143 | South Korea | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Benin | -2.37 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 119.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Nepal | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Maldives | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 178.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Albania | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Venezuela | -2.6 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 177.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Estonia | -2.62 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 174.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Costa Rica | -2.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 281.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Italy | -2.89 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 1,070.4% | volatile |
| 152 | New Zealand | -3.02 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Brunei | -3.25 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 135.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Mauritius | -3.45 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 508.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Hong Kong | -3.56 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 878.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Kuwait | -3.56 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 290.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Croatia | -3.75 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 259.9% | volatile |
| 158 | San Marino | -4.04 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 854.6% | volatile |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 134.1% | volatile |
| 160 | South Africa | -4.22 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 135.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Philippines | -4.28 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 135.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | -4.39 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 143.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Libya | -4.75 % change on previous year | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Ecuador | -4.85 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 114.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Netherlands | -5.04 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 251.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Barbados | -5.22 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,013.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Niger | -5.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 124.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Andorra | -5.33 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Portugal | -5.59 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,726.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Liberia | -5.64 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Sri Lanka | -6.67 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 354.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Liechtenstein | -9.84 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 346.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | -11.81 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,204.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Bahamas | -13.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 209.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Myanmar | -13.65 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 197.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Nauru | -16.2 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 1,039.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Samoa | -21.55 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 2,577.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -25.59 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 737.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Mozambique | -29.77 % change on previous year | 1986 | down 312.8% | volatile |
| 180 | British Virgin Islands | -33.93 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 1,209.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Syria | -47.93 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 529.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 5.21 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 4.96 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.26 % change on previous year
- Arab World 4.24 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States 3.26 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.81 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.75 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.67 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.67 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.61 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.59 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.35 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.34 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.34 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.1 % change on previous year
- Small states 2.07 % change on previous year
- Other small states 1.98 % change on previous year
- IDA only 1.97 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 1.82 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.79 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 1.71 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend 1.59 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 1.39 % change on previous year
- IDA total 1.39 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total 1.33 % change on previous year
- IBRD only 1.32 % change on previous year
- Middle income 1.3 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend 1.02 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.9882 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.9837 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 0.9024 % change on previous year
- World 0.762 % change on previous year
- IDA blend 0.7498 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia 0.4222 % change on previous year
- South Asia 0.3689 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.3689 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0385 % change on previous year
- Pacific island small states -0.3044 % change on previous year
- Euro area -0.9385 % change on previous year
- European Union -1.46 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.