Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
155
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
31.4%
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
2,240
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.4%, and the mean is 38.9%.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 3,379.8%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Montserrat | 38.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 33.2% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea | 99.7% | 2020 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 99.3% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Hong Kong, China | 98.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | 98.3% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 9 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98.0% | 2020 | up 388.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Macau, China | 96.3% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Singapore | 95.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 93.7% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89.1% | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 14 | Qatar | 86.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 85.8% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 84.9% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 17 | Congo | 84.8% | 2018 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 18 | Mauritius | 83.4% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | Jamaica | 81.5% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 80.8% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 80.2% | 2020 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 79.4% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | Tunisia | 79.2% | 2016 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 24 | Lebanon | 78.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.1% | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 26 | Dominica | 75.4% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 27 | Belize | 75.1% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 28 | Aruba | 74.9% | 2014 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.1% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 30 | Botswana | 70.6% | 2014 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 31 | Chad | 69.7% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 69.1% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 33 | Germany | 66.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | Cameroon | 65.5% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 65.4% | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 36 | Israel | 59.3% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 37 | Djibouti | 59.3% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 38 | Jordan | 57.7% | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 39 | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.5% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.6% | 2021 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 41 | Mali | 56.6% | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 56.5% | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 55.2% | 2020 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 44 | Comoros | 51.6% | 2018 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 45 | Chile | 51.1% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 46 | Liberia | 49.7% | 2020 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 48.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.6% | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 49 | Pakistan | 48.2% | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 50 | Ghana | 48.2% | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 47.5% | 2020 | up 312.3% | rising |
| 52 | Bahamas | 46.7% | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 53 | Eritrea | 43.8% | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 54 | China | 43.8% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 43.7% | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 43.4% | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 41.5% | 2023 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 58 | Gibraltar | 41.1% | 2024 | up 704.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Suriname | 40.9% | 2021 | up 1,609.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 40.6% | 2024 | up 3,379.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Timor-Leste | 39.6% | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.3% | 2023 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 63 | Senegal | 39.1% | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | 36.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 36.5% | 2022 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 35.7% | 2024 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 67 | Monaco | 33.2% | 2024 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 33.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 69 | Kenya | 33.0% | 2016 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 70 | Maldives | 32.8% | 2024 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 71 | Sudan | 32.4% | 2019 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 32.1% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 31.8% | 2020 | up 213.6% | rising |
| 74 | Netherlands | 31.5% | 2022 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 75 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 31.4% | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 76 | Kuwait | 31.3% | 2021 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 31.0% | 2024 | down 30.3% | flat |
| 78 | Burundi | 30.4% | 2020 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 30.1% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 29.2% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 81 | Madagascar | 28.9% | 2019 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 82 | Poland | 28.2% | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Malta | 28.0% | 2017 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 84 | Colombia | 28.0% | 2011 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 85 | Italy | 27.2% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 86 | Paraguay | 27.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 87 | Brazil | 27.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 88 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.8% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 89 | Lesotho | 26.4% | 2016 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 90 | Togo | 26.2% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 91 | Ecuador | 25.4% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 23.1% | 2020 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Peru | 23.0% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 94 | Thailand | 22.6% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 95 | Angola | 22.4% | 2023 | up 1,523.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 22.4% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 97 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 21.4% | 2020 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 20.8% | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 20.7% | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 100 | Sweden | 19.7% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 101 | Denmark | 19.6% | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 102 | Seychelles | 19.6% | 2024 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 103 | Croatia | 18.8% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 104 | Türkiye | 18.3% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 105 | Iceland | 16.9% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 16.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 107 | Mexico | 16.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 16.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 109 | Finland | 15.8% | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 15.7% | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 111 | Hungary | 15.7% | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 15.6% | 2020 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Mongolia | 15.0% | 2019 | up 184.2% | rising |
| 114 | Rwanda | 14.8% | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 14.1% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 116 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 117 | Palau | 13.9% | 2020 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 118 | Honduras | 13.8% | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 119 | Bhutan | 13.7% | 2020 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Niger | 13.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 121 | El Salvador | 12.7% | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 122 | Philippines | 12.3% | 2020 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 123 | Serbia | 11.6% | 2024 | up 607.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 11.3% | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 125 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.3% | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 126 | Guatemala | 11.2% | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 127 | Guyana | 10.8% | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 9.8% | 2024 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.6% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Lithuania | 9.0% | 2024 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Romania | 7.3% | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 132 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 7.1% | 2021 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 133 | Slovenia | 5.8% | 2023 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 134 | San Marino | 5.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 135 | Andorra | 5.4% | 2024 | up 200.8% | rising |
| 136 | Switzerland | 5.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 137 | Montenegro | 4.7% | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 138 | Czechia | 4.6% | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 139 | Estonia | 4.5% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.4% | 2021 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 4.0% | 2023 | up 1,196.4% | rising |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 3.4% | 2024 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Armenia | 3.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 2.8% | 2024 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Ukraine | 2.2% | 2024 | up 137.4% | rising |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 1.9% | 2016 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 147 | Russian Federation | 1.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Algeria | 1.2% | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Republic of Moldova | 0.8% | 2024 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2008 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release