Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
69
Highest
4
Réunion
Lowest
0
Montenegro
Median
1
Years covered
51
1975–2025
Data points
5,905

What the numbers show

Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 4 in Réunion; the lowest is 0 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.54.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 100.0%).

Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Réunion 4 2025 unchanged flat
1 Martinique 4 2025 unchanged flat
3 France 3 2025 volatile
3 New Caledonia 3 2025 unchanged flat
3 Peru 3 2025 unchanged rising
3 Israel 3 2025 up 200.0% volatile
3 Hungary 3 2025 unchanged volatile
3 Guatemala 3 2025 unchanged rising
3 El Salvador 3 2025 unchanged volatile
3 Ecuador 3 2025 unchanged rising
3 Dominican Republic 3 2025 unchanged rising
3 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3 2025 unchanged rising
3 Bulgaria 3 2025 up 200.0% volatile
14 Costa Rica 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Aruba 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Mexico 2 2025 unchanged rising
14 Maldives 2 2025 volatile
14 Naoero 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Panama 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Latvia 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Luxembourg 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Argentina 2 2025 unchanged rising
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Switzerland 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Uruguay 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Curaçao 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Tonga 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2025 unchanged flat
14 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2 2025 unchanged rising
14 Brazil 2 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Ghana 2 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Poland 1 2025 unchanged rising
32 Philippines 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Slovakia 1 2025 volatile
32 Viet Nam 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Sweden 1 2025 volatile
32 Saint Helena 1 2025 unchanged rising
32 Puerto Rico 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Nepal 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Netherlands 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Nicaragua 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Paraguay 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Finland 1 2025 volatile
32 Angola 1 2025 volatile
32 Austria 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Belgium 1 2025 volatile
32 Colombia 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Cayman Islands 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Cyprus 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Czechia 1 2025 volatile
32 Gibraltar 1 2025 volatile
32 Greece 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Guam 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Honduras 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Kyrgyzstan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Lithuania 1 2025 volatile
32 Macau, China 1 2025 unchanged flat
32 Republic of Moldova 1 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Marshall Islands 1 2025 unchanged flat
61 Mongolia 0 2025 volatile
61 Slovenia 0 2025 volatile
61 Denmark 0 2025 volatile
61 Liechtenstein 0 2025 down 100.0% falling
61 Tajikistan 0 2025 volatile
61 Comoros 0 2025 volatile
61 Burkina Faso 0 2025 volatile
61 North Macedonia 0 2025 volatile
61 Montenegro 0 2025 volatile

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Indicator
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
215 places, 5,905 data points, 1975–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release