Net enrollment rate of boys vs. girls in pre-primary education by country
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex (%)
Countries reporting
155
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
8.0%
Congo
Median
84.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,336
What the numbers show
Net enrollment rate of boys vs. girls in pre-primary education is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 8.0% in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.3%, and the mean is 76.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 527.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 61.2%).
Net enrollment rate of boys vs. girls in pre-primary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2022 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2022 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2022 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 8 | Peru | 100.0% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 12 | France | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 99.7% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 14 | Portugal | 99.7% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 99.6% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 16 | Togo | 99.5% | 2023 | up 176.6% | rising |
| 17 | Lithuania | 99.5% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 99.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Sweden | 98.8% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 20 | Spain | 98.8% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Cuba | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 98.7% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 98.7% | 2014 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 24 | Belgium | 98.6% | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 98.6% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | San Marino | 98.5% | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 27 | Netherlands | 98.2% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Fiji | 97.8% | 2023 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 97.5% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Norway | 97.2% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 97.1% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Iceland | 97.1% | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 33 | Mexico | 97.0% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 96.8% | 2018 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 35 | South Korea | 96.7% | 2022 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 36 | Jamaica | 96.7% | 2023 | up 527.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 96.5% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Dominica | 96.3% | 2022 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 96.3% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 96.2% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | Nauru | 96.2% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 95.9% | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 43 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.8% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 95.7% | 2023 | up 195.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Italy | 95.5% | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Slovenia | 95.3% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 95.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 94.5% | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 94.4% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 94.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 93.5% | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 52 | Malta | 93.0% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 53 | Chile | 92.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 54 | Maldives | 92.7% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 92.6% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 56 | Canada | 92.6% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 57 | Seychelles | 92.5% | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 58 | Indonesia | 92.5% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 59 | Andorra | 92.4% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 60 | Australia | 92.3% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 92.0% | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 62 | Brazil | 92.0% | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 91.7% | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Ireland | 91.6% | 2022 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 65 | Mongolia | 89.9% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | 89.7% | 2022 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 89.5% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 68 | Cape Verde | 89.4% | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 87.4% | 2022 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 70 | Puerto Rico | 87.2% | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 71 | Bolivia | 86.3% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 72 | Laos | 86.2% | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 73 | United States | 85.7% | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.3% | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 75 | Venezuela | 85.2% | 2017 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 84.7% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 77 | Guatemala | 84.4% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 84.3% | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 79 | Nepal | 84.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 80 | New Zealand | 83.7% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 83.7% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 83.6% | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 83 | Russia | 83.3% | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 84 | Macao | 82.3% | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 85 | Ghana | 81.3% | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 80.9% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | Mauritius | 79.9% | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 88 | Guyana | 78.9% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 89 | Lebanon | 78.8% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 90 | El Salvador | 78.3% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 91 | Suriname | 77.4% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | South Africa | 77.2% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 77.0% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 76.8% | 2024 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 95 | Paraguay | 76.4% | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 96 | Qatar | 75.8% | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 97 | Bahrain | 75.4% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 98 | Brunei | 74.7% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 99 | Grenada | 73.8% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 100 | Philippines | 73.8% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | Montserrat | 73.7% | 2020 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.5% | 2021 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 103 | British Virgin Islands | 73.2% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 72.9% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 72.2% | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 106 | Oman | 71.9% | 2022 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 107 | Angola | 71.9% | 2016 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 108 | Barbados | 70.2% | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 109 | Rwanda | 68.3% | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 110 | Palestine | 67.3% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.0% | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 112 | Namibia | 66.6% | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | Jordan | 65.6% | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 65.2% | 2022 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 115 | Liberia | 64.8% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 116 | Tanzania | 64.0% | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 63.0% | 2024 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 118 | Honduras | 60.7% | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 119 | Cambodia | 60.1% | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 59.6% | 2023 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 121 | Iran | 58.9% | 2020 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 122 | Algeria | 58.4% | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 56.9% | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 124 | East Timor | 56.2% | 2020 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 125 | Micronesia (country) | 55.8% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 53.8% | 2022 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 127 | Gambia | 53.5% | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 51.3% | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea | 49.4% | 2021 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 48.0% | 2022 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 47.4% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 132 | Kenya | 47.4% | 2009 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 133 | Syria | 46.2% | 2024 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 45.7% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 135 | Burundi | 43.6% | 2020 | up 146.9% | rising |
| 136 | Kuwait | 42.5% | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 137 | Cameroon | 40.5% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 138 | Eritrea | 38.8% | 2022 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.5% | 2023 | up 169.5% | rising |
| 140 | Bahamas | 36.0% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 141 | Samoa | 35.0% | 2023 | up 49.4% | flat |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.1% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 143 | Egypt | 33.2% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 144 | Armenia | 32.5% | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 145 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2014 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 146 | Mali | 30.4% | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 147 | Lesotho | 30.3% | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 148 | Niger | 23.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.4% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 150 | Senegal | 20.3% | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 18.6% | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 152 | Chad | 17.7% | 2023 | up 108.9% | rising |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 12.5% | 2017 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 154 | Myanmar | 11.8% | 2018 | up 78.5% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 8.0% | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
About this data
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex (%)