Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
146
Highest
1.4%
Armenia
Lowest
0.4%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
1.0%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,939
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 1.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.4% in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 43.5%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 55.0%).
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 43.5% | flat |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 1.1% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 3 | San Marino | 1.1% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Seychelles | 1.1% | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 6 | Liberia | 1.1% | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 1.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Bahamas | 1.1% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Congo | 1.1% | 2018 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Monaco | 1.1% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 1.1% | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.0% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Anguilla | 1.0% | 2022 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 14 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2018 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 18 | Dominica | 1.0% | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Honduras | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 1.0% | 2019 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 26 | Samoa | 1.0% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 28 | Madagascar | 1.0% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 1.0% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 31 | Lesotho | 1.0% | 2016 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 32 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 33 | Angola | 1.0% | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 34 | Belize | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 35 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 37 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 38 | Botswana | 1.0% | 2014 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 39 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2020 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 40 | Uruguay | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 41 | Maldives | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 43 | Togo | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 1.0% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 47 | Sudan | 1.0% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 48 | Mali | 1.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 49 | Guatemala | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Panama | 1.0% | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 51 | Slovenia | 1.0% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 52 | Malta | 1.0% | 2017 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 53 | Finland | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | British Virgin Islands | 1.0% | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 55 | Benin | 1.0% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 59 | Paraguay | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 60 | Niger | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 61 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.0% | 2020 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 63 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 64 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2016 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.0% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 68 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2011 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 70 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Cayman Islands | 1.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 73 | France | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 74 | Suriname | 1.0% | 2021 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 75 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 77 | Guinea | 1.0% | 2020 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Austria | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 79 | New Zealand | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 80 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Ghana | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 82 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 83 | Malaysia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 1.0% | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 85 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Peru | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 88 | Republic of Korea | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 90 | Mongolia | 1.0% | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 91 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.0% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | Spain | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 93 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 94 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 95 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 96 | Norway | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Aruba | 0.9% | 2014 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 98 | Germany | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 100 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 101 | Andorra | 0.9% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 103 | Serbia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 104 | Israel | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 105 | Macau, China | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 106 | Chile | 0.9% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9% | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 109 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 110 | Russian Federation | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 111 | Italy | 0.9% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 112 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9% | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 113 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9% | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Eritrea | 0.9% | 2022 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 0.9% | 2020 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 117 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Qatar | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 119 | Hong Kong, China | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 0.9% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 121 | Poland | 0.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 122 | Philippines | 0.9% | 2020 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 123 | Latvia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 125 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 126 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 127 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 128 | Djibouti | 0.9% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 129 | Iceland | 0.9% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 130 | Montenegro | 0.9% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9% | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 132 | Viet Nam | 0.9% | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0.9% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 134 | Grenada | 0.9% | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 135 | Belarus | 0.9% | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 136 | China | 0.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 137 | Türkiye | 0.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 138 | Gibraltar | 0.9% | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 0.9% | 2020 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 140 | Chad | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 141 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 0.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 144 | Nepal | 0.7% | 2020 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 145 | Cook Islands | 0.7% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 146 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4% | 2024 | down 55.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release