Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutions, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
171
Highest
68.4%
Liechtenstein
Lowest
20.2%
Suriname
Median
49.1%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
2,452

What the numbers show

Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutions, female (%) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 68.4% in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 20.2% in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.1%, and the mean is 49.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Liechtenstein (up 196.5%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 53.0%).

Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liechtenstein 68.4% 2021 up 196.5% rising
2 Armenia 61.8% 2024 up 26.0% flat
3 Nigeria 57.6% 2023 up 16.4% rising
4 Seychelles 52.7% 2024 up 12.2% rising
5 Antigua and Barbuda 52.6% 2018 up 7.6% rising
6 Marshall Islands 52.5% 2022 up 1.1% rising
7 Turks and Caicos Islands 52.2% 2022 up 1.1% flat
8 Barbados 52.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
9 Namibia 52.0% 2018 up 4.2% falling
10 Senegal 52.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
11 Liberia 52.0% 2020 up 2.8% rising
12 Bahamas 51.9% 2024 up 0.8% flat
13 Congo 51.9% 2018 up 3.7% falling
14 Monaco 51.7% 2024 down 0.3% falling
15 Malta 51.6% 2023 up 0.4% rising
16 Sierra Leone 51.4% 2021 down 1.4% rising
17 Gambia 51.3% 2021 up 2.2% flat
18 Côte d'Ivoire 51.2% 2024 up 4.2% flat
19 Anguilla 50.9% 2022 up 6.2% flat
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50.9% 2023 up 0.2% flat
21 British Virgin Islands 50.8% 2021 up 5.8% flat
22 Comoros 50.7% 2018 up 5.3% flat
23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.7% 2018 up 2.1% flat
24 Oman 50.7% 2024 up 3.8% rising
25 Dominican Republic 50.7% 2024 up 0.0% flat
26 Ecuador 50.6% 2024 up 0.9% flat
27 South Africa 50.5% 2023 up 2.0% flat
28 Uganda 50.5% 2017 down 0.5% flat
29 Honduras 50.5% 2024 up 1.3% flat
30 Pakistan 50.5% 2024 up 19.9% rising
31 Zimbabwe 50.4% 2020 up 0.2% flat
32 Timor-Leste 50.4% 2019 up 2.9% flat
33 El Salvador 50.4% 2024 up 2.9% flat
34 Samoa 50.4% 2021 down 1.2% flat
35 Sri Lanka 50.4% 2020 down 3.1% flat
36 Central African Republic 50.3% 2017 up 0.0% flat
37 Nicaragua 50.3% 2023 up 1.1% flat
38 Madagascar 50.3% 2019 down 0.2% flat
39 Cape Verde 50.3% 2022 up 0.6% flat
40 Sao Tome and Principe 50.3% 2016 down 7.8% flat
41 Argentina 50.2% 2023 up 0.3% flat
42 Puerto Rico 50.2% 2023 up 3.8% flat
43 Dominica 50.2% 2023 up 0.4% flat
44 Lesotho 50.1% 2016 down 2.1% flat
45 Cameroon 50.1% 2024 up 0.1% flat
46 Angola 50.0% 2023 up 5.7% rising
47 Belize 50.0% 2024 up 1.3% flat
48 Saudi Arabia 49.9% 2024 down 0.3% rising
49 Botswana 49.9% 2014 down 1.2% flat
50 Costa Rica 49.9% 2024 up 2.4% flat
51 Azerbaijan 49.9% 2024 up 8.0% rising
52 Saint Lucia 49.8% 2022 down 0.3% flat
53 Maldives 49.8% 2024 up 1.0% flat
54 Finland 49.8% 2024 up 1.3% flat
55 Cambodia 49.8% 2020 down 2.6% falling
56 Bangladesh 49.8% 2020 up 4.2% flat
57 Togo 49.8% 2024 down 0.5% flat
58 Burundi 49.7% 2025 down 1.7% flat
59 Sudan 49.6% 2019 down 0.9% flat
60 Croatia 49.6% 2023 up 2.8% flat
61 Morocco 49.6% 2024 up 15.0% rising
62 Mali 49.6% 2023 down 1.6% flat
63 Guatemala 49.6% 2024 up 0.4% flat
64 Colombia 49.5% 2022 up 0.9% flat
65 Paraguay 49.5% 2024 up 0.5% flat
66 Israel 49.4% 2024 up 1.2% flat
67 Panama 49.4% 2024 down 2.6% flat
68 Benin 49.4% 2022 down 0.6% flat
69 Brazil 49.4% 2024 up 0.7% flat
70 Guyana 49.4% 2023 down 4.3% flat
71 Burkina Faso 49.4% 2024 down 2.3% flat
72 Trinidad and Tobago 49.4% 2023 flat
73 Niger 49.3% 2024 up 1.2% flat
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 49.3% 2020 down 0.8% rising
75 Mexico 49.3% 2024 up 0.2% flat
76 Cayman Islands 49.3% 2024 up 1.9% flat
77 Austria 49.2% 2024 up 0.3% flat
78 Kenya 49.2% 2016 up 1.8% falling
79 Myanmar 49.2% 2018 down 0.6% falling
80 Jamaica 49.2% 2024 down 3.6% flat
81 Romania 49.2% 2023 up 0.5% flat
82 Tanzania, United Republic of 49.1% 2021 up 0.9% flat
83 Netherlands 49.1% 2022 up 1.0% flat
84 Mauritius 49.1% 2024 down 0.9% flat
85 Bahrain 49.1% 2024 up 1.1% flat
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49.1% 2020 up 0.1% flat
87 Thailand 49.1% 2020 up 28.6% rising
88 Ghana 49.1% 2024 down 0.9% flat
89 Korea 49.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
90 France 49.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
91 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 49.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
92 Spain 49.0% 2024 down 0.2% flat
93 Palestine, State of 49.0% 2023 up 0.6% flat
94 Guinea 49.0% 2020 up 1.5% flat
95 Slovenia 49.0% 2023 down 5.1% flat
96 Syrian Arab Republic 48.9% 2024 up 1.7% rising
97 Solomon Islands 48.9% 2019 down 0.9% flat
98 Malaysia 48.9% 2024 up 0.0% flat
99 Peru 48.9% 2024 down 0.7% flat
100 Cyprus 48.9% 2024 down 0.9% flat
101 Rwanda 48.9% 2024 down 4.7% flat
102 Sweden 48.9% 2024 down 0.5% flat
103 Mongolia 48.8% 2019 down 7.9% falling
104 Belgium 48.8% 2023 down 0.2% flat
105 Denmark 48.8% 2024 up 0.0% flat
106 New Zealand 48.8% 2024 down 0.9% flat
107 Uruguay 48.7% 2023 down 0.3% flat
108 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 48.7% 2023 up 2.2% flat
109 Ireland 48.7% 2022 down 0.9% flat
110 Egypt 48.6% 2024 up 1.0% flat
111 Gibraltar 48.6% 2024 up 16.1% falling
112 Iceland 48.6% 2023 down 0.4% flat
113 Norway 48.6% 2024 down 0.2% flat
114 Aruba 48.6% 2014 down 4.8% flat
115 United States of America 48.6% 2023 down 2.8% flat
116 Bulgaria 48.6% 2024 down 3.4% falling
117 Andorra 48.5% 2024 up 6.8% flat
118 United Arab Emirates 48.5% 2024 flat
119 Lebanon 48.5% 2024 up 0.8% flat
120 Serbia 48.5% 2024 down 0.2% falling
121 Germany 48.5% 2024 down 0.1% flat
122 Belarus 48.4% 2024 down 3.6% flat
123 Hungary 48.4% 2024 up 0.7% flat
124 Russian Federation 48.3% 2019 flat
125 Chile 48.3% 2024 up 1.2% flat
126 Macau, China 48.3% 2024 up 0.7% flat
127 Republic of Moldova 48.3% 2024 up 14.5% flat
128 Italy 48.3% 2023 up 0.1% flat
129 Brunei Darussalam 48.2% 2020 down 1.1% flat
130 Kyrgyzstan 48.2% 2021 up 0.9% flat
131 Slovakia 48.2% 2024 down 0.2% falling
132 Eritrea 48.2% 2022 down 2.0% flat
133 Qatar 48.2% 2024 up 0.7% flat
134 Portugal 48.1% 2023 down 0.3% flat
135 Kazakhstan 48.0% 2020 up 1.6% flat
136 Grenada 48.0% 2023 down 1.0% falling
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.0% 2023 up 1.7% flat
138 Czechia 48.0% 2023 up 0.3% falling
139 Vanuatu 47.9% 2021 down 0.0% flat
140 Hong Kong, China 47.9% 2024 down 0.2% flat
141 Lithuania 47.8% 2024 down 3.0% flat
142 Ethiopia 47.8% 2020 down 1.0% flat
143 Poland 47.8% 2024 down 1.1% flat
144 Philippines 47.8% 2020 down 2.9% flat
145 Luxembourg 47.7% 2024 down 0.1% flat
146 Jordan 47.6% 2024 down 0.2% flat
147 Latvia 47.6% 2024 down 3.8% flat
148 Australia 47.6% 2021 down 1.3% flat
149 Algeria 47.5% 2024 down 2.0% rising
150 Greece 47.5% 2023 down 0.6% flat
151 Ukraine 47.5% 2024 down 1.7% flat
152 Djibouti 47.5% 2023 down 4.4% falling
153 Viet Nam 47.3% 2021 up 5.0% flat
154 Kuwait 47.1% 2021 up 1.7% flat
155 Albania 47.0% 2024 down 5.7% flat
156 China 46.9% 2024 up 2.5% flat
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.9% 2021 down 8.4% falling
158 Türkiye 46.8% 2023 down 1.1% flat
159 Bhutan 46.8% 2020 down 9.2% flat
160 Chad 46.6% 2024 down 0.4% flat
161 Indonesia 46.4% 2018 falling
162 Canada 46.1% 2023 down 2.3% flat
163 Switzerland 45.8% 2024 up 0.4% flat
164 Montenegro 45.8% 2023 down 1.1% flat
165 Uzbekistan 44.5% 2024 down 1.2% falling
166 Yemen 44.1% 2016 up 1.7% flat
167 North Macedonia 42.7% 2023 down 5.2% falling
168 Nepal 42.4% 2020 down 2.8% flat
169 Cook Islands 42.4% 2024 down 15.9% flat
170 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.6% 2024 down 44.4% falling
171 Suriname 20.2% 2023 down 53.0% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutions, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
171 places, 2,452 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release