Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development was 48.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia is 48.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 51.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 44.4%, in 2013.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 161 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 44.4% | — |
| 2014 | 44.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 44.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 45.0% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 47.5% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 50.5% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 51.2% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 49.6% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 49.0% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 48.4% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 49.5% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 48.9% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46.8% | 44.4% | 51.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 49.1% | 48.4% | 49.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 51.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 45.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 63.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 30.25 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 26.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in SDG: Eastern Asia was 48.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 51.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.4% in 2013.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 161 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release