Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
67
Highest
97.5%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.2%
Rwanda
Median
24.6%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,183
What the numbers show
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 97.5% in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.2% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.6%, and the mean is 29.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 562.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 733.3%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 88.1%).
Net enrolment rate, early childhood … both sexes educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 97.5% | 2023 | up 733.3% | rising |
| 2 | Cuba | 94.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 75.2% | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 73.2% | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 72.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 71.1% | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 70.6% | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 8 | Norway | 61.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 61.2% | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 59.7% | 2024 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 55.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 12 | Latvia | 54.3% | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 13 | Iceland | 50.6% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 49.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 49.0% | 2024 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 48.0% | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 46.4% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 44.3% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 43.8% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 43.0% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 40.9% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 40.4% | 2024 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 38.4% | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 37.7% | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 25 | Niue | 35.6% | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 33.3% | 2023 | up 354.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Moldova | 33.0% | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 28 | British Virgin Islands | 32.6% | 2024 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 29 | Russia | 30.6% | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 30 | Venezuela | 28.2% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 27.8% | 2023 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 32 | Gibraltar | 26.5% | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 25.1% | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 24.6% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 35 | Hungary | 22.5% | 2024 | up 378.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Austria | 22.3% | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 21.1% | 2025 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 38 | Chile | 21.0% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 20.3% | 2025 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 20.0% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 41 | Cyprus | 17.4% | 2024 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 15.8% | 2022 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Grenada | 14.2% | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 12.9% | 2024 | up 380.5% | rising |
| 45 | Marshall Islands | 12.2% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 46 | El Salvador | 8.9% | 2024 | up 553.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 7.7% | 2024 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 7.6% | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 7.1% | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 6.9% | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 51 | Vietnam | 6.1% | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 52 | Qatar | 5.4% | 2024 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 53 | Dominica | 5.3% | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 4.8% | 2024 | up 227.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 4.4% | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 3.8% | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 57 | Laos | 3.7% | 2025 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bahrain | 3.1% | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 60 | Morocco | 2.0% | 2024 | up 639.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritius | 1.7% | 2024 | down 88.1% | falling |
| 62 | Gambia | 1.1% | 2025 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 1.0% | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 0.9% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 66 | Turkey | 0.7% | 2023 | up 463.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Rwanda | 0.2% | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 65.8%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 56.7%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 48.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 48.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 48.9%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 48.9%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 46.3%
- AIMS: Pacific 46.3%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 46.3%
- SDG: Oceania 46.3%
- UNESCO: Sids 39.5%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 37.9%
- MDG: Caribbean 35.6%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 28.6%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 27.1%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 25.7%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 25.4%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 24.9%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 24.2%
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 23.0%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 23.0%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 23.0%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 20.5%
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 19.2%
- WB: Ida Blend 19.0%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 19.0%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 19.0%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 19.0%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 18.9%
- GPE: Region 2 18.6%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.6%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 18.6%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 18.6%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 18.6%
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 18.3%
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 18.2%
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 17.8%
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 17.8%
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 17.7%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release