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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
190
Highest
163.3%
Australia
Lowest
1.0%
Afghanistan
Median
67.0%
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
7,379

What the numbers show

School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 163.3% in Australia; the lowest is 1.0% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.0%, and the mean is 61.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 167.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 62 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
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
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
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
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.

About this data

Indicator
School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)
Unit
% gross
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 7,379 data points, 1970–2022
Last refreshed

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.