Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
66
Highest
97.0%
Cuba
Lowest
0.2%
Rwanda
Median
23.5%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
1,840
What the numbers show
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%) is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 97.0% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.2% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.5%, and the mean is 28.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 546.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 675.6%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 88.5%).
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational … female educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 97.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95.0% | 2023 | up 659.9% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 72.7% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 72.5% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 71.3% | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 6 | South Korea | 70.1% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 61.5% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 61.1% | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 58.5% | 2024 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 55.6% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 11 | Latvia | 54.4% | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 50.6% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 13 | Montenegro | 49.4% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 48.7% | 2024 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 47.6% | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 46.0% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 17 | San Marino | 45.3% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 43.9% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 19 | Niue | 43.2% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 43.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 42.0% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 40.2% | 2024 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 38.0% | 2024 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 37.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 25 | British Virgin Islands | 33.7% | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 33.2% | 2023 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Moldova | 33.1% | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 28 | Russia | 30.5% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela | 27.4% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 27.1% | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 25.1% | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 24.8% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 33 | Gibraltar | 24.5% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 22.5% | 2024 | up 371.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 22.3% | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 21.0% | 2025 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 20.7% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 20.4% | 2025 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 19.9% | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 17.0% | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 15.5% | 2022 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Namibia | 13.4% | 2024 | up 401.7% | rising |
| 43 | Grenada | 13.2% | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 10.4% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 9.1% | 2024 | up 564.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 7.6% | 2024 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 7.4% | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 7.0% | 2024 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 6.8% | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 50 | Vietnam | 6.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 51 | Dominica | 5.3% | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Qatar | 5.2% | 2024 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | 4.7% | 2024 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 4.4% | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 55 | Laos | 3.7% | 2025 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 3.5% | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 57 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 58 | Bahrain | 2.9% | 2024 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 59 | Morocco | 2.1% | 2024 | up 675.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritius | 1.7% | 2024 | down 88.5% | falling |
| 61 | Gambia | 1.1% | 2025 | up 103.9% | rising |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 1.0% | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 0.9% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 64 | Paraguay | 0.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 65 | Turkey | 0.7% | 2023 | up 460.6% | volatile |
| 66 | 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: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 56.4%
- 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 46.1%
- AIMS: Pacific 46.0%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 46.0%
- SDG: Oceania 46.0%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 28.5%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 26.0%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 25.6%
- 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) 23.4%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 23.4%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 23.4%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 20.5%
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 19.8%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 19.5%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 19.5%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 19.5%
- GPE: Region 2 19.2%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 19.2%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 19.1%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 19.1%
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 18.2%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 16.8%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 16.8%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 16.8%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 16.7%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 16.7%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 16.7%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 16.7%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 16.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 16.7%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 16.6%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 16.4%
- AIMS: Central Asia 16.4%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release