School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross) by country
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a...
Countries reporting
194
Highest
163.3%
Australia
Lowest
1.0%
Afghanistan
Median
67.8%
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
7,379
What the numbers show
School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 163.3% in Australia; the lowest is 1.0% in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.8%, and the mean is 62.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 167.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 5,939.5%), and the largest decrease in Micronesia (country) (down 80.7%).
School enrollment, preprimary, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 163.3% | 2020 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 2 | Grenada | 133.7% | 2020 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 3 | Liberia | 123.2% | 2020 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 115.1% | 2020 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Czechia | 115.0% | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 114.5% | 2020 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 112.5% | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 112.0% | 2020 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 111.7% | 2020 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 108.4% | 2020 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 11 | France | 107.3% | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 105.7% | 2020 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 13 | Aruba | 104.7% | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 104.4% | 2020 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 104.3% | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Seychelles | 103.7% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 103.4% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 103.1% | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 103.0% | 2020 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Slovakia | 103.0% | 2020 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 102.0% | 2020 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 101.9% | 2021 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 101.7% | 2020 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 101.0% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 25 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 99.6% | 2020 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Belarus | 99.6% | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 99.1% | 2022 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 29 | French Polynesia | 99.0% | 1996 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.1% | 2021 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 96.4% | 2020 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 96.2% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 95.6% | 2021 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Ireland | 95.4% | 2020 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 35 | Estonia | 95.3% | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 94.9% | 2020 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 37 | Slovenia | 94.8% | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 94.8% | 2020 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 94.7% | 2021 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 94.1% | 2020 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 93.9% | 2020 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 93.4% | 2020 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 92.9% | 2020 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 92.8% | 2011 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 45 | China | 92.6% | 2021 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92.5% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 92.4% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 92.3% | 2019 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 49 | New Zealand | 92.1% | 2020 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 91.9% | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 91.7% | 2020 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Hong Kong | 91.5% | 2020 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 53 | Vietnam | 91.2% | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 54 | Netherlands | 91.1% | 2020 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 91.1% | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 56 | Philippines | 90.7% | 2021 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Moldova | 90.7% | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 90.5% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 59 | Cayman Islands | 90.4% | 2018 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 89.5% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 61 | Finland | 88.4% | 2020 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 62 | Macao | 87.8% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 63 | Cyprus | 87.7% | 2020 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Pakistan | 87.6% | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 65 | Russia | 86.5% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 66 | Malaysia | 86.5% | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 86.5% | 2020 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 86.1% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | British Virgin Islands | 85.5% | 2021 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 85.2% | 2020 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 85.2% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 84.7% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 73 | Japan | 80.8% | 1999 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 74 | Mongolia | 80.8% | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 75 | Algeria | 78.5% | 2011 | up 2,215.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Bolivia | 77.9% | 2020 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 77 | Tanzania | 77.6% | 2021 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 77.3% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 76.3% | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 80 | Argentina | 75.7% | 2020 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 81 | American Samoa | 75.3% | 1990 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 74.7% | 2020 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 74.4% | 2022 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Maldives | 74.3% | 2020 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bermuda | 74.2% | 2015 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 74.2% | 2021 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 87 | Montenegro | 73.9% | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 73.8% | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 89 | Barbados | 73.5% | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 90 | United States | 72.2% | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 91 | Iran | 71.3% | 2020 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 71.0% | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 69.9% | 2020 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 69.7% | 2020 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 95 | Albania | 69.3% | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 96 | Venezuela | 69.1% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 97 | Palau | 67.8% | 2020 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 67.7% | 2020 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 67.3% | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.6% | 2018 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominica | 66.5% | 2021 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | 65.8% | 2019 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 65.4% | 2018 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 64.5% | 2014 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Guyana | 64.4% | 2014 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.9% | 2021 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 107 | Brunei | 63.8% | 2020 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia | 63.7% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 109 | Morocco | 60.1% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 110 | Kuwait | 58.5% | 2020 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 111 | Lebanon | 54.6% | 1985 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 54.1% | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 113 | Qatar | 53.8% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 114 | Bhutan | 52.1% | 2021 | up 864.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 51.8% | 2007 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 116 | India | 51.2% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Paraguay | 50.9% | 2020 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 49.9% | 2020 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 119 | Guatemala | 49.3% | 2021 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 120 | Canada | 49.3% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 121 | Laos | 48.7% | 2021 | up 131.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Palestine | 48.6% | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.1% | 2016 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 124 | Sudan | 47.4% | 2018 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 46.4% | 2021 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 46.2% | 2018 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Tonga | 46.2% | 2020 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 44.6% | 2021 | up 79.7% | falling |
| 129 | Tunisia | 44.2% | 2016 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.9% | 2015 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 131 | Angola | 41.9% | 2016 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkey | 40.3% | 2020 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Gambia | 40.2% | 2022 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 134 | Samoa | 39.6% | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.4% | 2021 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 136 | Madagascar | 38.2% | 2019 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahamas | 38.1% | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 37.3% | 2016 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 139 | Namibia | 35.7% | 2021 | up 118.3% | rising |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 35.4% | 2021 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Cameroon | 35.2% | 2019 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 33.5% | 2021 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 143 | Honduras | 33.2% | 2021 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 32.8% | 2021 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 145 | Cambodia | 32.7% | 2021 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 32.6% | 2019 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 147 | Fiji | 32.2% | 2021 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 30.9% | 2021 | up 546.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Nauru | 30.8% | 2020 | down 71.3% | rising |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 30.4% | 2020 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 151 | Egypt | 29.3% | 2019 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 28.6% | 2021 | up 217.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 28.0% | 2021 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 154 | Oman | 27.8% | 2021 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Rwanda | 27.3% | 2021 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 156 | East Timor | 27.2% | 2020 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 157 | Panama | 26.5% | 2020 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 158 | Jordan | 26.4% | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 159 | Eswatini | 26.3% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.2% | 2021 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 161 | Nigeria | 24.4% | 2018 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 24.0% | 2021 | up 291.7% | rising |
| 163 | Eritrea | 24.0% | 2019 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Benin | 22.9% | 2021 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Comoros | 21.5% | 2018 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Botswana | 21.1% | 2015 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea | 19.9% | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 17.7% | 2021 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 169 | South Africa | 17.4% | 2020 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 170 | Senegal | 16.4% | 2021 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Burundi | 16.2% | 2021 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Uganda | 14.1% | 2017 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 173 | Congo | 13.7% | 2018 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.8% | 2014 | up 255.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Djibouti | 12.7% | 2021 | up 170.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Mozambique | 12.5% | 1986 | up 5,939.5% | volatile |
| 177 | South Sudan | 12.3% | 2018 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 10.6% | 2017 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 179 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.2% | 2022 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Libya | 9.9% | 2006 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 181 | Myanmar | 8.5% | 2018 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 182 | Zambia | 8.3% | 2017 | up 248.0% | rising |
| 183 | Mali | 7.4% | 2020 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Niger | 6.8% | 2021 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.6% | 2020 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2021 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Syria | 5.7% | 2013 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 5.5% | 2021 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Iraq | 4.1% | 2011 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 2.9% | 2017 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 191 | Yemen | 1.7% | 2016 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 192 | Chad | 1.3% | 2021 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 193 | Somalia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2011 | down 71.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 102.2%
- European Union 100.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 94.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 86.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 86.1%
- High income 83.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 83.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 83.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 83.3%
- OECD members 80.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 78.8%
- Upper middle income 78.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 75.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 75.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 74.8%
- Caribbean Small States 71.1%
- IBRD only 70.3%
- North America 70.2%
- Middle income 66.6%
- Pacific island small states 66.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 65.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 62.5%
- South Asia 62.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 62.4%
- IDA blend 61.3%
- World 61.3%
- Lower middle income 59.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 58.8%
- Low & middle income 58.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 56.7%
- Small states 45.1%
- Other small states 39.2%
- IDA total 36.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 33.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 30.4%
- Arab World 28.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 28.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 28.2%
- IDA only 27.4%
About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.