Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
176
Highest
1.5%
Niue
Lowest
0.2%
Suriname
Median
1.0%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
2,509

What the numbers show

Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 1.5% in Niue; the lowest is 0.2% in Suriname.

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 6.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Niue (up 70.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 76.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 1.5% 2024 up 70.0% rising
2 Cook Islands 1.4% 2024 up 37.3% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 1.2% 2024 rising
4 Guinea 1.2% 2020 up 14.4% rising
5 Senegal 1.1% 2024 up 3.3% rising
6 Saint Lucia 1.1% 2022 up 3.1% flat
7 Qatar 1.1% 2024 down 0.8% falling
8 Madagascar 1.1% 2019 up 7.5% flat
9 Sierra Leone 1.1% 2021 up 6.1% flat
10 Gambia 1.1% 2021 up 0.9% flat
11 Côte d'Ivoire 1.1% 2024 up 7.6% rising
12 Palestine, State of 1.1% 2023 up 0.6% rising
13 Sao Tome and Principe 1.1% 2016 up 4.7% flat
14 Naoero 1.1% 2020 up 40.3% falling
15 Central African Republic 1.1% 2017 up 4.2% rising
16 Mali 1.1% 2023 up 5.4% rising
17 Botswana 1.0% 2014 up 15.5% rising
18 Georgia 1.0% 2007 up 6.5% flat
19 Niger 1.0% 2024 up 2.0% rising
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.0% 2023 down 3.0% flat
21 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2020 down 3.4% flat
22 Togo 1.0% 2024 down 0.5% flat
23 Congo 1.0% 2018 up 3.2% flat
24 Bangladesh 1.0% 2020 up 5.5% flat
25 Belize 1.0% 2024 up 3.6% flat
26 Jordan 1.0% 2024 down 2.6% rising
27 Burundi 1.0% 2025 up 1.0% rising
28 Myanmar 1.0% 2018 down 3.9% rising
29 Chad 1.0% 2024 up 4.3% rising
30 Kuwait 1.0% 2021 down 3.7% flat
31 Cameroon 1.0% 2024 down 0.6% flat
32 Liberia 1.0% 2020 up 7.2% rising
33 Bahamas 1.0% 2024 up 1.3% rising
34 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2024 up 4.2% flat
35 Ecuador 1.0% 2024 up 2.2% flat
36 Dominica 1.0% 2023 down 42.1% falling
37 Mauritius 1.0% 2024 down 1.7% flat
38 Benin 1.0% 2022 down 2.1% rising
39 Saudi Arabia 1.0% 2024 down 10.8% rising
40 El Salvador 1.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
41 Barbados 1.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
42 Oman 1.0% 2024 down 7.8% flat
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2020 down 3.8% falling
44 Cambodia 1.0% 2020 down 1.9% flat
45 Timor-Leste 1.0% 2019 down 3.0% falling
46 South Africa 1.0% 2023 up 1.0% flat
47 Zimbabwe 1.0% 2020 up 2.0% flat
48 Nicaragua 1.0% 2023 up 0.6% flat
49 Mexico 1.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
50 Honduras 1.0% 2024 up 0.2% flat
51 Rwanda 1.0% 2024 down 4.7% falling
52 Seychelles 1.0% 2024 up 2.5% flat
53 Morocco 1.0% 2024 up 2.6% flat
54 San Marino 1.0% 2024 down 3.3% rising
55 Trinidad and Tobago 1.0% 2023 flat
56 Cape Verde 1.0% 2022 down 1.1% flat
57 Guatemala 1.0% 2024 down 0.6% flat
58 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2024 up 0.6% flat
59 Grenada 1.0% 2023 up 7.4% flat
60 Bhutan 1.0% 2020 down 5.1% flat
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.0% 2018 up 10.6% rising
62 Algeria 1.0% 2024 up 2.4% flat
63 Guyana 1.0% 2023 up 1.6% flat
64 Colombia 1.0% 2022 up 1.8% flat
65 Peru 1.0% 2024 down 0.6% flat
66 Malaysia 1.0% 2024 down 0.7% flat
67 Costa Rica 1.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
68 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.0% 2021 up 1.9% flat
69 Paraguay 1.0% 2024 up 0.5% flat
70 Tunisia 1.0% 2023 up 1.6% rising
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.0% 2024 down 0.4% flat
72 Montserrat 1.0% 2019 down 13.4% rising
73 Nepal 1.0% 2020 up 4.3% flat
74 Argentina 1.0% 2023 down 0.3% flat
75 Luxembourg 1.0% 2024 up 1.4% flat
76 Jamaica 1.0% 2024 down 0.2% falling
77 Syrian Arab Republic 1.0% 2024 up 4.7% rising
78 Nigeria 1.0% 2023 up 3.5% rising
79 Netherlands 1.0% 2022 up 0.6% flat
80 Ghana 1.0% 2024 down 2.4% flat
81 Sudan 1.0% 2019 down 5.6% falling
82 Solomon Islands 1.0% 2019 up 3.1% flat
83 Mongolia 1.0% 2019 down 4.9% falling
84 Poland 1.0% 2024 up 1.8% flat
85 Panama 1.0% 2024 up 0.1% flat
86 Portugal 1.0% 2023 up 5.7% flat
87 United States of America 1.0% 2023 up 2.0% flat
88 Comoros 1.0% 2018 up 10.7% flat
89 Chile 1.0% 2024 down 4.9% flat
90 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2021 down 0.6% rising
91 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2023 up 4.8% flat
92 Lebanon 1.0% 2024 up 1.4% flat
93 Uruguay 1.0% 2023 down 0.7% flat
94 France 1.0% 2024 down 0.3% flat
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.0% 2021 down 21.9% falling
96 Kenya 1.0% 2016 up 2.8% flat
97 Brazil 1.0% 2024 down 0.4% flat
98 Cuba 0.9% 2024 down 0.6% flat
99 Switzerland 0.9% 2024 up 1.3% flat
100 Romania 0.9% 2023 down 0.6% flat
101 Belgium 0.9% 2023 up 0.4% flat
102 Iraq 0.9% 2007 up 0.6% flat
103 Canada 0.9% 2023 up 0.7% flat
104 Egypt 0.9% 2024 up 2.6% rising
105 Norway 0.9% 2024 down 0.4% flat
106 Bulgaria 0.9% 2024 up 0.3% flat
107 Türkiye 0.9% 2023 up 2.6% flat
108 Finland 0.9% 2024 down 0.7% flat
109 Burkina Faso 0.9% 2024 down 8.8% falling
110 Serbia 0.9% 2024 down 0.4% flat
111 Israel 0.9% 2024 down 0.4% flat
112 Thailand 0.9% 2020 down 15.4% falling
113 Slovakia 0.9% 2024 up 0.2% falling
114 Sweden 0.9% 2024 up 0.6% flat
115 Austria 0.9% 2024 up 0.7% flat
116 Spain 0.9% 2024 up 1.1% flat
117 Angola 0.9% 2023 down 29.1% rising
118 Russian Federation 0.9% 2019 down 0.8% flat
119 North Macedonia 0.9% 2023 down 2.4% flat
120 Lithuania 0.9% 2024 down 1.7% flat
121 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2020 down 0.1% flat
122 Ireland 0.9% 2022 down 1.7% flat
123 Albania 0.9% 2024 up 3.2% falling
124 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9% 2022 up 0.7% falling
125 Germany 0.9% 2024 down 0.4% flat
126 Latvia 0.9% 2024 down 1.4% flat
127 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 10.1% falling
128 Andorra 0.9% 2024 down 9.4% flat
129 Eritrea 0.9% 2022 down 3.8% flat
130 Greece 0.9% 2023 down 1.3% flat
131 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2024 up 0.6% flat
132 Italy 0.9% 2023 up 0.1% flat
133 Pakistan 0.9% 2024 up 5.2% flat
134 Viet Nam 0.9% 2021 up 5.2% flat
135 Denmark 0.9% 2024 down 2.4% flat
136 Croatia 0.9% 2023 down 0.1% flat
137 Czechia 0.9% 2023 down 0.2% flat
138 Aruba 0.9% 2014 up 1.6% rising
139 Cyprus 0.9% 2024 down 2.9% flat
140 Iceland 0.9% 2023 down 1.6% flat
141 Armenia 0.9% 2024 down 1.8% flat
142 Ukraine 0.9% 2024 up 0.3% flat
143 Brunei Darussalam 0.9% 2020 down 0.6% flat
144 Bermuda 0.9% 2023 up 6.8% falling
145 Korea 0.9% 2024 down 1.1% flat
146 Yemen 0.9% 2016 up 5.3% flat
147 Hungary 0.9% 2024 down 2.3% flat
148 Slovenia 0.9% 2023 down 0.9% flat
149 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2023 down 6.6% flat
150 China 0.9% 2024 up 4.2% flat
151 Philippines 0.9% 2020 down 4.6% falling
152 Australia 0.9% 2021 down 1.0% flat
153 Montenegro 0.9% 2023 up 0.8% flat
154 Djibouti 0.9% 2023 down 10.3% falling
155 Malta 0.9% 2023 up 0.2% falling
156 Belarus 0.9% 2024 down 2.0% flat
157 Marshall Islands 0.9% 2022 down 9.8% falling
158 Azerbaijan 0.9% 2024 down 1.0% flat
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2023 down 2.9% flat
160 Macau, China 0.9% 2024 up 13.1% falling
161 New Zealand 0.9% 2024 down 15.6% falling
162 Tuvalu 0.9% 2021 down 7.3% falling
163 Gibraltar 0.8% 2024 down 1.5% rising
164 Bahrain 0.8% 2005 down 15.5% flat
165 Indonesia 0.8% 2018 falling
166 Liechtenstein 0.8% 2021 up 0.3% falling
167 Tajikistan 0.8% 2017 down 5.2% flat
168 Monaco 0.8% 2024 down 5.4% flat
169 Tokelau 0.8% 2023 down 9.3% rising
170 Cayman Islands 0.7% 2024 down 27.8% rising
171 Uzbekistan 0.7% 2024 down 25.7% falling
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6% 2018 down 41.7% falling
173 British Virgin Islands 0.5% 2021 down 61.5% falling
174 Maldives 0.5% 2024 down 44.2% falling
175 Hong Kong, China 0.3% 2024 down 9.5% falling
176 Suriname 0.2% 2023 down 76.7% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
176 places, 2,509 data points, 1998–2025
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February 2026 Data Release