Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutions (%) by country
Total number of students in pre-primary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise), expressed...
Countries reporting
189
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0%
San Marino
Median
30.0%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,090
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutions (%) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0% in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.0%, and the mean is 39.7%.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 2,743.8%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 98.3%).
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100.0% | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eswatini | 100.0% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Tonga | 100.0% | 2015 | up 761.1% | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Ireland | 99.0% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 9 | Hong Kong, China | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | New Zealand | 98.7% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 98.1% | 2018 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 96.6% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Macau, China | 96.4% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.3% | 2018 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 15 | Indonesia | 94.6% | 2018 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 16 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 93.2% | 2015 | up 1,001.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89.1% | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 87.4% | 2019 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 19 | Australia | 84.7% | 2018 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominica | 84.3% | 2019 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 84.3% | 2010 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Morocco | 83.8% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.7% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Syrian Arab Republic | 82.6% | 2013 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 25 | Jamaica | 82.3% | 2019 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 26 | Qatar | 81.8% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 27 | Mali | 80.9% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 28 | Belize | 80.5% | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritius | 79.8% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 79.4% | 2018 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 79.2% | 2016 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 78.9% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 33 | Cayman Islands | 78.5% | 2018 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 34 | Oman | 77.7% | 2019 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.7% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Djibouti | 77.7% | 2020 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 77.3% | 2018 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 76.4% | 2018 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 39 | Aruba | 74.9% | 2014 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 74.8% | 2016 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Lebanon | 74.7% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 42 | Chad | 74.4% | 2019 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 72.4% | 2010 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 44 | Gambia | 72.4% | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 45 | Singapore | 72.4% | 1989 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 46 | Jordan | 72.2% | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 47 | Botswana | 70.6% | 2015 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 67.5% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Congo | 66.5% | 2012 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 66.2% | 2017 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Germany | 64.9% | 2018 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 63.2% | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58.7% | 2016 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 58.7% | 2018 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 55 | Eritrea | 57.4% | 2018 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 56 | China | 56.7% | 2019 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 54.1% | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 58 | Bahamas | 53.5% | 2018 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 53.1% | 2018 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Belgium | 52.9% | 2018 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 52.5% | 2018 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 62 | Grenada | 52.4% | 2018 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Comoros | 51.6% | 2018 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 64 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 50.8% | 2018 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 50.5% | 2019 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 50.4% | 2018 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 67 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49.6% | 2018 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 68 | Norway | 48.4% | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 69 | Liberia | 48.2% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 47.2% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 71 | Portugal | 46.9% | 2018 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 72 | Kuwait | 45.0% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 73 | Senegal | 43.6% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 74 | Suriname | 42.3% | 2019 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Yemen | 40.5% | 2016 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 76 | United States of America | 40.4% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 77 | Pakistan | 40.1% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 78 | Timor-Leste | 39.6% | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 37.9% | 2018 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 36.6% | 2019 | up 218.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 35.9% | 2018 | up 448.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Maldives | 35.8% | 2019 | down 60.8% | rising |
| 83 | United States Virgin Islands | 35.5% | 1993 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 34.2% | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 85 | Benin | 33.6% | 2019 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 33.0% | 2016 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 87 | Spain | 32.7% | 2018 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 88 | Thailand | 32.7% | 2019 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 89 | Myanmar | 32.6% | 2018 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 31.9% | 2016 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 91 | Argentina | 31.5% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 31.3% | 1994 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 93 | Marshall Islands | 31.2% | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 94 | Togo | 30.9% | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 95 | Burundi | 30.0% | 2019 | up 132.5% | falling |
| 96 | Monaco | 30.0% | 2020 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 97 | Ghana | 29.7% | 2018 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 98 | Ecuador | 29.3% | 2018 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 29.3% | 2018 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.1% | 2018 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 101 | Madagascar | 28.9% | 2019 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 28.8% | 2019 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 28.7% | 2019 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 104 | Malta | 28.7% | 2018 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 28.6% | 2018 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 106 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.5% | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 107 | Italy | 28.1% | 2018 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 108 | Sudan | 28.1% | 2017 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 109 | Netherlands | 27.8% | 2018 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 26.5% | 2019 | up 466.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Lesotho | 26.4% | 2016 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 112 | Bermuda | 25.0% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 113 | Poland | 24.9% | 2018 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 24.7% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 115 | Brazil | 23.0% | 2018 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 22.6% | 2018 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 117 | India | 21.7% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 21.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Colombia | 21.1% | 2018 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 120 | Angola | 20.0% | 2016 | up 2,743.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.9% | 2017 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 18.8% | 2018 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 18.2% | 2015 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 124 | Cambodia | 18.2% | 2019 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17.8% | 2019 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Sweden | 17.6% | 2018 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 16.9% | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 129 | Gibraltar | 16.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 16.0% | 2019 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Panama | 16.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 15.9% | 2010 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Guatemala | 15.9% | 2019 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 15.8% | 1996 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 135 | Türkiye | 15.7% | 2018 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Mexico | 15.3% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Barbados | 15.1% | 2019 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 138 | Seychelles | 14.8% | 2019 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 14.8% | 2018 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Mongolia | 14.3% | 2018 | up 241.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Iceland | 14.2% | 2018 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 142 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.1% | 2018 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 13.7% | 2020 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Honduras | 13.6% | 2019 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 145 | Algeria | 13.5% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 146 | France | 13.4% | 2018 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 147 | Finland | 13.4% | 2018 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Guam | 12.9% | 1984 | — | volatile |
| 149 | American Samoa | 11.3% | 1992 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Hungary | 11.0% | 2018 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 10.9% | 2018 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Philippines | 10.7% | 2018 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 10.7% | 2019 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 154 | Niger | 9.9% | 2019 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Greece | 9.9% | 2018 | up 218.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Albania | 9.3% | 2019 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Serbia | 8.4% | 2019 | up 1,236.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Guyana | 8.0% | 2012 | up 494.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.3% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2018 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | 7.1% | 2018 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6.6% | 2019 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 164 | South Africa | 5.5% | 2018 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Switzerland | 5.1% | 2018 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Romania | 5.0% | 2018 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Slovenia | 4.7% | 2018 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Canada | 4.7% | 1996 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 4.6% | 2019 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 170 | Lithuania | 4.2% | 2018 | up 1,328.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Czechia | 3.9% | 2018 | up 172.5% | rising |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.9% | 2019 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Estonia | 3.3% | 2012 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2019 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 3.0% | 2018 | up 787.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Liechtenstein | 3.0% | 2018 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 177 | Armenia | 2.7% | 2019 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Azerbaijan | 2.4% | 2019 | up 723.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Andorra | 2.2% | 2019 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2018 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Russian Federation | 1.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Ukraine | 0.8% | 2019 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 0.7% | 2016 | — | falling |
| 184 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2019 | up 556.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2018 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2008 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Iraq | 0.0% | 1993 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 186 | San Marino | 0.0% | 1994 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 63.1%
- Small states 56.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 55.4%
- Other small states 54.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 54.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 53.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 52.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.8%
- Pacific island small states 49.4%
- Upper middle income 44.9%
- Arab World 43.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 43.6%
- High income 42.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 40.7%
- North America 39.3%
- IDA blend 38.5%
- World 36.9%
- OECD members 36.9%
- IDA total 36.4%
- Middle income 36.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 36.0%
- Low & middle income 35.9%
- Least developed countries 35.9%
- IBRD only 35.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 35.2%
- IDA only 35.0%
- Euro area 34.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 33.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.5%
- Low income 33.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 33.5%
- European Union 32.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 32.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 30.7%
- Lower middle income 27.2%
- South Asia 27.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 27.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 25.3%
About this data
Total number of students in pre-primary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise), expressed as a percentage of total number of students enrolled in pre-primary education. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.