Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), per square kilometre by country
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (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.
What the numbers show
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), per square kilometre is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 271.15 number per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.0014 number per square kilometre in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9845 number per square kilometre, and the mean is 5.57 number per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,836.8%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 67.4%).
Enrolment in pre-primary education … number square kilometre female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 271.15 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 82.6% | falling |
| 2 | Monaco | 246 number per square kilometre | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 80.32 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 50.2 number per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Maldives | 31.94 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 21.53 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 13.96 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 13.72 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 240.1% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 12.58 number per square kilometre | 1989 | up 185.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Israel | 12.28 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine | 11.99 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 10.33 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 13 | Lebanon | 10.23 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 14 | Aruba | 7.57 number per square kilometre | 2014 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 15 | American Samoa | 7.27 number per square kilometre | 1990 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 7.19 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | India | 7.18 number per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 18 | San Marino | 7.12 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 19 | Nauru | 7.05 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 6.93 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 6.73 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 22 | Gambia | 6.39 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 6.3 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritius | 6.23 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 25 | Barbados | 5.83 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 26 | Rwanda | 5.82 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 27 | El Salvador | 5.49 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Grenada | 5.41 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 5.01 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.97 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 4.91 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.74 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 33 | Comoros | 4.07 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 4.01 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Japan | 4 number per square kilometre | 1999 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 3.8 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Bermuda | 3.67 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Philippines | 3.65 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 3.56 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 3.45 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 3.42 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 3.29 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 3.27 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 44 | Seychelles | 3.26 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 3.15 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.12 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 2.88 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 48 | Cayman Islands | 2.85 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 49 | Kenya | 2.73 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Guatemala | 2.72 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 2.64 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 52 | Liberia | 2.6 number per square kilometre | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Italy | 2.42 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.42 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 55 | Burundi | 2.37 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 56 | China | 2.32 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 57 | France | 2.31 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 2.27 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 59 | Andorra | 2.23 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.19 number per square kilometre | 2016 | down 43.6% | flat |
| 61 | Liechtenstein | 2.17 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Poland | 2.16 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 63 | Denmark | 2.14 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 64 | French Polynesia | 2.13 number per square kilometre | 1996 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 2.12 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 2.09 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 67 | Qatar | 2.08 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Moldova | 1.95 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 69 | Cuba | 1.73 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 70 | British Virgin Islands | 1.73 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 1.71 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 1.7 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Slovakia | 1.67 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | Hungary | 1.63 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 1.6 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 316.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Uganda | 1.53 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 77 | Tonga | 1.53 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 78 | Malaysia | 1.51 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 79 | Austria | 1.5 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 80 | Indonesia | 1.46 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovenia | 1.45 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 1.38 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 1.31 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 1.29 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 1.27 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 1.27 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Spain | 1.26 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 1.25 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 89 | Brunei | 1.24 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 1.24 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 147.5% | rising |
| 91 | Romania | 1.1 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 92 | Nigeria | 1.08 number per square kilometre | 2010 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 1.08 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 1,522.9% | volatile |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 1.06 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Honduras | 1.05 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominica | 0.9907 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 97 | Croatia | 0.987 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 0.9845 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.9357 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 56.4% | falling |
| 100 | Turkey | 0.9335 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 0.9296 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 0.9248 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 249.4% | rising |
| 103 | Ukraine | 0.9088 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 104 | Lesotho | 0.9032 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0.8993 number per square kilometre | 2010 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Ireland | 0.8664 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 68.5% | falling |
| 107 | Armenia | 0.8547 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 0.8496 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | 0.8186 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 110 | East Timor | 0.8077 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 237.5% | rising |
| 111 | Madagascar | 0.8052 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 416.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.8018 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 113 | Tanzania | 0.7976 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 0.7875 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Morocco | 0.7807 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 116 | Colombia | 0.7665 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Cambodia | 0.755 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Samoa | 0.7489 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 119 | Benin | 0.7476 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Jordan | 0.7413 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Egypt | 0.721 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7026 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 123 | Senegal | 0.6842 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Venezuela | 0.6643 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Peru | 0.6478 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6394 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 247.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 0.6375 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.6252 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.5998 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 131 | Palau | 0.5848 number per square kilometre | 2014 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 0.5745 number per square kilometre | 2007 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 133 | Cameroon | 0.5744 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Greece | 0.5716 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.5623 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 0.5595 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 80.6% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.5567 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.5511 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.4874 number per square kilometre | 2013 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 140 | Laos | 0.4853 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 141 | United States | 0.4667 number per square kilometre | 2018 | — | flat |
| 142 | Chile | 0.4061 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 0.3813 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3794 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 145 | South Africa | 0.337 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 146 | Finland | 0.3337 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 147 | Argentina | 0.3061 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 148 | New Caledonia | 0.3026 number per square kilometre | 1991 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 149 | Brazil | 0.3017 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Guinea | 0.2999 number per square kilometre | 2011 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2984 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 200.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 0.2954 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 153 | Angola | 0.2954 number per square kilometre | 2016 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Sudan | 0.2842 number per square kilometre | 2017 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 155 | Fiji | 0.2507 number per square kilometre | 2009 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 156 | Norway | 0.24 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 157 | Syria | 0.2268 number per square kilometre | 2013 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Paraguay | 0.2241 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Iran | 0.2147 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2137 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 161 | New Zealand | 0.2105 number per square kilometre | 2018 | — | rising |
| 162 | Eritrea | 0.1895 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.1891 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Russia | 0.1877 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 54.1% | flat |
| 165 | Bahamas | 0.1811 number per square kilometre | 2018 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 166 | Kazakhstan | 0.1792 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 167.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Belize | 0.1648 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1632 number per square kilometre | 2010 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Bolivia | 0.1611 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 170 | Oman | 0.1404 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.1211 number per square kilometre | 2007 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 172 | Myanmar | 0.1182 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1061 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Bhutan | 0.1032 number per square kilometre | 2020 | up 1,156.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Algeria | 0.1016 number per square kilometre | 2011 | up 962.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0915 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 125.5% | rising |
| 177 | Djibouti | 0.0857 number per square kilometre | 2020 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Mongolia | 0.0813 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Congo | 0.0779 number per square kilometre | 2012 | up 240.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0.0711 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Guyana | 0.0695 number per square kilometre | 2012 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.0639 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 183 | Suriname | 0.0614 number per square kilometre | 2019 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 184 | Mali | 0.0537 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Australia | 0.033 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 144.6% | rising |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.0318 number per square kilometre | 2016 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 187 | Botswana | 0.0297 number per square kilometre | 2015 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 188 | Canada | 0.0277 number per square kilometre | 1996 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 189 | Namibia | 0.0269 number per square kilometre | 2018 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Mozambique | 0.0265 number per square kilometre | 1986 | up 2,836.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 0.0159 number per square kilometre | 2003 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.0102 number per square kilometre | 2017 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 193 | Chad | 0.0068 number per square kilometre | 2019 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 194 | Libya | 0.0061 number per square kilometre | 2006 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Somalia | 0.0014 number per square kilometre | 1986 | up 76.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 8.25 number per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 8.25 number per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 2.23 number per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.88 number per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.88 number per square kilometre
- IDA blend 1.88 number per square kilometre
- European Union 1.85 number per square kilometre
- Euro area 1.71 number per square kilometre
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.43 number per square kilometre
- Other small states 1.36 number per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 1.34 number per square kilometre
- Middle income 1.32 number per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 1.32 number per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 1.14 number per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.05 number per square kilometre
- IBRD only 0.9965 number per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 0.9369 number per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 0.9368 number per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 0.809 number per square kilometre
- World 0.8019 number per square kilometre
- IDA total 0.7779 number per square kilometre
- Small states 0.7247 number per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 0.6861 number per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.5495 number per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.5379 number per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5306 number per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5284 number per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5284 number per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.5278 number per square kilometre
- OECD members 0.509 number per square kilometre
- IDA only 0.5038 number per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia 0.4976 number per square kilometre
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.4724 number per square kilometre
- Least developed countries 0.4525 number per square kilometre
- Post-demographic dividend 0.4414 number per square kilometre
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.4048 number per square kilometre
- Low income 0.3704 number per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3108 number per square kilometre
- Caribbean Small States 0.2937 number per square kilometre
- High income 0.2904 number per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (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.
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (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.