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School enrollment, preprimary (% 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
193
Highest
160.2%
Australia
Lowest
1.1%
Afghanistan
Median
68.4%
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
8,291

What the numbers show

School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 160.2% in Australia; the lowest is 1.1% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 68.4%, and the mean is 62.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 151.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 5,170.5%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 79.7%).

School enrollment, preprimary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 160.2% 2020 up 104.0% rising
2 United States Virgin Islands 140.0% 1993 up 12.9% rising
3 Grenada 130.8% 2020 up 17.0% rising
4 Liberia 128.5% 2020 down 19.7% volatile
5 Ghana 116.1% 2020 down 1.9% volatile
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 113.8% 2020 up 34.9% rising
7 Czechia 113.5% 2020 up 11.0% rising
9 Belgium 112.4% 2020 down 5.8% rising
10 Israel 111.2% 2020 up 13.1% rising
11 Germany 108.0% 2020 up 0.5% rising
12 France 106.7% 2020 up 0.7% rising
13 United Kingdom 105.8% 2020 up 29.4% rising
14 Gibraltar 105.6% 2021 down 44.1% volatile
15 Seychelles 104.3% 2021 up 1.1% rising
16 Aruba 103.5% 2015 up 3.1% rising
17 Denmark 103.2% 2020 up 3.2% rising
18 Switzerland 102.9% 2020 up 3.9% rising
19 Austria 102.9% 2020 up 2.1% rising
20 Vanuatu 102.6% 2020 up 9.6% volatile
22 Mauritius 102.0% 2021 down 4.1% rising
23 Spain 101.8% 2020 up 4.5% rising
24 Slovakia 101.8% 2020 up 11.9% rising
25 Sweden 100.4% 2020 up 5.5% rising
26 French Polynesia 100.3% 1996 up 5.7% rising
27 Cuba 99.6% 2021 down 4.6% rising
28 Portugal 99.4% 2020 up 13.6% volatile
29 Uruguay 97.1% 2020 up 7.2% rising
30 Belarus 96.8% 2021 down 7.8% rising
31 Peru 96.4% 2021 up 25.9% volatile
32 Norway 96.3% 2020 down 2.5% rising
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 96.2% 2021 down 3.7% rising
35 Georgia 95.2% 2020 up 65.6% rising
36 Costa Rica 95.2% 2021 up 22.2% volatile
37 Iceland 95.1% 2020 down 1.3% rising
38 Romania 94.9% 2020 up 18.2% rising
39 Latvia 94.6% 2020 up 10.2% rising
40 Estonia 94.3% 2019 down 1.1% flat
41 United Arab Emirates 94.2% 2020 up 10.4% rising
42 Slovenia 94.0% 2020 up 5.3% rising
43 Poland 93.9% 2020 up 35.9% rising
44 Nepal 93.7% 2022 up 6.9% volatile
45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 93.7% 2021 down 26.2% rising
46 Hong Kong 93.6% 2020 down 18.6% rising
47 Greece 93.3% 2020 up 24.7% rising
48 Solomon Islands 93.3% 2019 down 8.5% rising
49 China 93.1% 2021 up 55.3% volatile
50 Italy 92.7% 2020 down 7.1% rising
51 Vietnam 92.4% 2021 up 24.0% rising
52 Jamaica 92.4% 2011 up 19.5% rising
54 Netherlands 92.0% 2020 up 2.4% falling
55 South Korea 91.8% 2020 down 1.1% volatile
56 New Zealand 91.7% 2020 down 13.2% rising
57 Hungary 90.8% 2020 up 6.7% rising
58 Moldova 90.3% 2021 up 16.3% rising
59 Philippines 90.2% 2021 down 7.8% volatile
60 Cayman Islands 89.3% 2018 up 44.8% rising
61 Lithuania 89.1% 2020 up 13.1% rising
62 Finland 88.4% 2020 up 30.3% rising
63 British Virgin Islands 87.9% 2021 down 16.1% rising
64 Malaysia 87.5% 2021 up 10.6% rising
65 Japan 86.7% 2015 — rising
66 Cyprus 86.7% 2020 up 9.6% volatile
67 Macao 86.4% 2021 down 8.8% rising
68 Russia 86.0% 2019 up 13.7% rising
69 Brazil 85.9% 2020 up 52.7% rising
70 Tuvalu 85.9% 2021 down 0.2% falling
71 Colombia 85.9% 2020 — volatile
72 Ukraine 85.8% 2020 down 13.4% rising
73 Chile 84.5% 2020 down 21.9% rising
74 Bulgaria 84.3% 2020 up 4.8% rising
75 Pakistan 82.6% 2019 up 13.1% rising
76 Mongolia 80.1% 2021 up 3.2% volatile
77 Algeria 79.1% 2011 up 2,240.8% volatile
78 Bolivia 78.5% 2020 up 65.3% rising
79 Suriname 78.2% 2021 up 3.5% flat
80 Saint Lucia 78.0% 2020 up 7.5% rising
81 Tanzania 77.3% 2021 up 115.6% rising
82 Argentina 76.2% 2020 up 10.6% rising
83 Maldives 76.1% 2020 up 53.4% volatile
84 Barbados 75.1% 2021 down 1.5% rising
85 Cape Verde 74.7% 2019 up 8.4% rising
86 Thailand 74.4% 2022 down 13.7% volatile
87 Zimbabwe 74.3% 2021 up 62.2% rising
88 Kazakhstan 74.1% 2020 up 115.2% falling
89 Montenegro 72.9% 2021 up 34.4% rising
90 Iran 72.5% 2020 up 80.5% volatile
91 United States 72.4% 2020 up 1.2% rising
92 Sri Lanka 71.8% 2020 up 22.4% rising
93 Croatia 70.9% 2020 up 15.0% rising
94 Mexico 70.6% 2020 down 30.6% rising
95 Palau 70.5% 2020 down 9.6% flat
96 Antigua and Barbuda 70.3% 2018 down 17.1% rising
97 Venezuela 69.5% 2017 up 12.9% rising
98 Albania 69.2% 2021 down 1.1% rising
99 Nicaragua 69.0% 2020 up 24.2% volatile
100 Bermuda 68.8% 2015 up 33.9% falling
101 American Samoa 68.4% 1992 up 5.1% rising
102 Marshall Islands 67.8% 2021 up 51.9% rising
103 Dominica 66.0% 2021 down 35.7% rising
104 El Salvador 65.3% 2014 up 16.4% volatile
105 Kenya 65.1% 2019 up 30.8% rising
106 Trinidad and Tobago 64.5% 2021 down 22.3% rising
107 Serbia 63.8% 2021 up 14.7% rising
108 Brunei 63.5% 2020 down 5.5% rising
109 Indonesia 62.3% 2018 up 43.4% volatile
110 Guyana 62.3% 2014 down 27.5% rising
111 Kuwait 60.2% 2020 down 28.3% rising
112 Morocco 59.9% 2021 up 9.8% rising
113 Ecuador 55.3% 2021 up 5.1% rising
114 Lebanon 54.3% 1985 down 17.4% falling
115 Qatar 54.0% 2021 down 2.6% rising
116 Bahrain 52.6% 2020 up 4.4% volatile
117 Bhutan 51.9% 2021 up 823.1% volatile
118 India 51.7% 2021 — volatile
119 Paraguay 51.1% 2020 up 31.3% volatile
120 Sao Tome and Principe 50.3% 2016 up 76.9% rising
121 Guatemala 49.8% 2021 down 26.3% rising
122 Palestine 49.5% 2021 up 19.4% rising
123 Laos 49.3% 2021 up 129.0% volatile
124 Canada 48.9% 2020 — rising
125 Tonga 48.3% 2020 up 31.5% rising
126 Sudan 47.4% 2018 up 70.9% rising
127 Azerbaijan 46.3% 2021 up 74.3% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 45.8% 2018 down 52.1% volatile
129 Tunisia 44.6% 2016 up 120.3% volatile
130 Uzbekistan 44.0% 2021 up 76.4% falling
131 Equatorial Guinea 43.4% 2015 up 43.2% rising
132 Gabon 43.0% 2019 up 22.0% volatile
133 Gambia 41.9% 2022 up 35.2% rising
134 Samoa 41.4% 2021 up 7.1% rising
135 Madagascar 40.1% 2019 up 322.9% volatile
136 Turkey 39.7% 2020 up 56.1% volatile
137 Bahamas 39.7% 2019 up 10.5% rising
138 Angola 39.6% 2016 down 70.9% volatile
139 Kyrgyzstan 38.5% 2021 up 89.8% rising
140 Puerto Rico 37.5% 2016 down 62.1% volatile
141 Namibia 36.5% 2021 up 180.3% volatile
142 Bangladesh 36.4% 2021 up 42.1% volatile
143 Cameroon 35.6% 2019 up 49.4% volatile
144 Belize 34.2% 2021 down 21.4% rising
145 Honduras 33.8% 2021 down 16.3% volatile
146 Cambodia 33.6% 2021 up 200.8% volatile
147 Dominican Republic 33.4% 2021 down 17.4% volatile
148 Lesotho 33.0% 2019 down 9.9% rising
149 Nauru 32.2% 2020 down 67.0% rising
150 Fiji 31.3% 2021 up 75.6% volatile
151 North Macedonia 31.0% 2020 up 28.2% rising
152 Ethiopia 30.1% 2021 up 543.2% volatile
153 Eswatini 30.0% 2014 — volatile
154 Egypt 29.3% 2019 up 26.5% volatile
155 Togo 29.2% 2021 up 220.0% volatile
156 Armenia 28.8% 2021 down 21.0% falling
157 Rwanda 28.2% 2021 up 124.7% rising
158 East Timor 27.9% 2020 up 100.2% rising
159 Oman 27.4% 2021 down 50.7% volatile
160 Panama 27.0% 2020 down 58.4% rising
161 Jordan 26.6% 2021 down 1.6% rising
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.5% 2021 up 76.6% rising
163 Sierra Leone 25.0% 2021 up 299.2% volatile
164 Eritrea 23.9% 2019 up 0.8% volatile
165 Nigeria 23.5% 2018 down 38.8% falling
166 Benin 23.1% 2021 up 20.8% volatile
167 Comoros 21.8% 2018 down 11.5% volatile
168 Botswana 21.4% 2015 up 34.5% rising
169 Guinea 19.7% 2021 up 27.3% rising
170 Saudi Arabia 18.3% 2021 up 46.7% rising
171 Senegal 17.6% 2021 up 30.0% volatile
172 South Africa 17.5% 2020 down 5.2% falling
173 Burundi 16.5% 2021 up 103.4% volatile
174 Uganda 14.4% 2017 up 33.8% rising
175 Congo 14.3% 2018 up 32.5% volatile
176 Guinea-Bissau 13.2% 2014 up 258.6% volatile
177 Mozambique 11.6% 1986 up 5,170.5% volatile
178 Djibouti 11.6% 2021 up 129.8% volatile
179 South Sudan 11.6% 2018 up 110.1% rising
180 Cote d'Ivoire 10.7% 2022 up 128.1% volatile
181 Mauritania 10.5% 2015 up 483.0% volatile
182 Tajikistan 9.9% 2017 up 8.6% falling
183 Libya 9.8% 2006 up 124.5% rising
184 Zambia 8.7% 2017 up 243.1% volatile
185 Myanmar 8.5% 2018 up 61.2% rising
186 Mali 7.6% 2020 up 138.5% volatile
187 Niger 7.0% 2021 up 29.4% volatile
188 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.9% 2020 up 101.2% volatile
189 Burkina Faso 6.5% 2021 up 110.5% volatile
190 Micronesia (country) 5.9% 2021 down 78.4% volatile
191 Syria 5.5% 2013 down 42.0% rising
192 Iraq 3.8% 2011 down 27.0% rising
193 Central African Republic 2.9% 2017 down 7.1% falling
194 Yemen 1.6% 2016 up 64.0% rising
195 Chad 1.3% 2021 down 26.7% rising
196 Somalia 1.1% 2021 down 79.7% volatile
197 Afghanistan 1.1% 2011 down 65.6% 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 (% 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
242 places, 8,291 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.