Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre primary education level by country

Countries reporting
208
Highest
100
Bahrain
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
27.35
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,785

What the numbers show

Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre primary education level is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.35, and the mean is 35.85.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 3,379.8%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).

Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre primary education le: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 100 2024 unchanged flat
1 Eswatini 100 2011 β€” volatile
1 Tonga 100 2015 up 761.1% flat
1 Uganda 100 2017 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100 2021 unchanged flat
1 Anguilla 100 2022 unchanged flat
7 Guinea 99.68 2020 up 37.7% flat
8 Ireland 99.08 2022 up 1.0% flat
9 New Zealand 98.99 2024 up 0.6% flat
10 Hong Kong 98.41 2024 down 0.6% flat
11 British Virgin Islands 98.06 2021 up 0.1% flat
12 Iran 98.04 2020 up 388.3% volatile
13 Macao 96.35 2024 down 1.1% flat
14 Antigua and Barbuda 95.27 2018 down 4.7% flat
15 Indonesia 94.62 2018 down 4.2% flat
16 Palestine 93.71 2023 down 6.1% falling
17 Singapore 91.58 2023 down 5.9% flat
18 Oman 90.15 2024 up 23.2% falling
19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89.08 2018 down 10.9% falling
20 Saint Lucia 87.79 2022 down 12.2% falling
21 Australia 86.76 2021 up 14.9% volatile
22 Qatar 84.42 2024 up 6.1% falling
23 Guinea-Bissau 84.28 2010 up 35.5% volatile
24 Congo 83.55 2018 up 4.3% volatile
25 Mauritius 83.25 2024 up 4.2% falling
26 Vanuatu 82.31 2021 down 17.7% rising
27 Japan 80.79 2023 up 12.4% flat
28 Sri Lanka 80.17 2020 down 2.2% falling
29 Jamaica 79.52 2024 down 6.7% rising
30 Burkina Faso 79.44 2024 down 1.1% rising
31 Tunisia 79.23 2016 down 8.4% rising
32 Lebanon 78.66 2024 up 2.0% falling
33 Cayman Islands 77.45 2024 down 6.3% falling
34 Brunei 77.12 2020 up 7.1% rising
35 Belize 75.05 2024 down 10.0% falling
36 Aruba 74.88 2014 down 5.4% falling
37 Dominica 72.1 2023 down 27.3% falling
38 Gambia 71.69 2021 down 6.5% falling
39 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 71.14 1995 down 11.6% flat
40 Trinidad and Tobago 71.09 2023 β€” falling
41 Botswana 70.64 2014 down 26.9% flat
42 Chad 69.71 2024 up 34.8% rising
43 South Korea 69.37 2024 down 13.9% falling
45 United Arab Emirates 66.04 2024 β€” rising
46 Cameroon 65.47 2024 up 4.5% rising
47 Germany 64.28 2024 down 1.0% rising
48 Chile 63.92 2024 down 5.0% rising
49 Djibouti 59.27 2023 up 4.1% falling
50 United Kingdom 59.09 2023 up 11.7% volatile
51 Jordan 57.66 2024 down 28.5% falling
52 Syria 57.54 2024 down 30.3% falling
53 Mali 56.6 2023 down 21.3% falling
54 Cape Verde 56.54 2022 up 3.8% flat
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.71 2021 down 6.5% falling
56 Bangladesh 55.23 2020 up 13.9% falling
57 Belgium 52.85 2023 up 0.0% falling
58 Nigeria 51.72 2023 up 88.3% rising
59 Cyprus 51.61 2024 up 8.5% falling
60 Comoros 51.59 2018 down 48.4% falling
61 Liberia 49.66 2020 up 50.5% rising
62 Bermuda 48.93 2023 up 95.7% falling
63 Pakistan 48.17 2024 up 41.0% rising
64 Norway 47.91 2024 up 3.4% rising
65 Nepal 47.47 2020 up 312.3% volatile
66 Bahamas 46.72 2024 down 25.3% falling
67 Portugal 45.53 2023 down 1.4% falling
68 Dominican Republic 43.95 2024 down 24.8% falling
69 Eritrea 43.81 2022 down 18.1% falling
70 China 43.77 2024 down 14.3% volatile
71 Turks and Caicos Islands 42.12 2022 down 14.0% falling
72 Uzbekistan 40.59 2024 up 3,379.8% volatile
73 Yemen 40.49 2016 down 17.3% volatile
74 United States 40.24 2023 down 1.7% rising
75 East Timor 39.57 2019 down 20.4% falling
76 Senegal 38.78 2024 down 38.5% falling
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.06 2023 up 155.4% rising
78 Israel 36.02 2024 down 5.1% volatile
79 United States Virgin Islands 35.53 1993 up 26.1% rising
80 Ghana 34.6 2024 up 40.8% rising
81 Morocco 34.23 2024 down 62.2% falling
82 Saudi Arabia 33.91 2024 down 32.9% falling
83 Cook Islands 33.24 2024 up 10.0% volatile
84 Monaco 33.23 2024 up 59.8% falling
85 Kenya 32.98 2016 down 6.5% falling
86 Thailand 32.78 2020 up 7.8% falling
87 Myanmar 32.58 2018 down 44.1% falling
88 Spain 32.48 2024 up 3.2% falling
89 Suriname 32.44 2023 up 1,448.4% volatile
90 Sudan 32.41 2019 up 31.4% rising
91 Montserrat 32.22 2019 β€” volatile
92 Benin 32.1 2022 up 23.5% volatile
93 Netherlands 31.51 2022 up 5.5% falling
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 31.44 2023 down 37.0% falling
95 New Caledonia 31.31 1994 down 9.6% falling
96 Kuwait 31.29 2021 down 26.7% rising
97 Malaysia 31.02 2024 down 30.3% falling
98 Puerto Rico 30.56 2023 up 119.1% falling
99 Kazakhstan 30.42 2020 up 550.6% volatile
100 Sierra Leone 29.47 2021 down 28.1% falling
101 Madagascar 28.89 2019 down 68.4% falling
102 Argentina 28.59 2023 down 9.5% flat
103 Poland 28.24 2024 up 42.7% volatile
104 Burundi 27.62 2025 down 51.4% falling
105 Austria 27.52 2024 down 2.8% falling
106 Italy 27.18 2023 down 8.0% falling
107 Malta 27.09 2023 down 6.6% falling
108 Cote d'Ivoire 26.82 2024 down 11.2% falling
109 Lesotho 26.38 2016 down 73.6% falling
110 Togo 26.15 2024 down 28.0% falling
111 Gibraltar 26.14 2024 up 412.4% volatile
112 Paraguay 26.12 2024 down 20.1% falling
113 Ecuador 25.85 2024 down 2.5% falling
114 India 25.39 2020 β€” volatile
115 Marshall Islands 25.24 2022 up 39.5% rising
116 Peru 23.99 2024 down 22.1% flat
117 Ethiopia 23.08 2020 up 7.1% falling
118 Angola 22.41 2023 up 1,523.4% volatile
119 Egypt 22.38 2024 down 8.5% falling
120 Brazil 22.1 2024 down 13.2% falling
121 Denmark 22.05 2024 up 26.9% volatile
122 Luxembourg 20.96 2024 up 111.4% volatile
123 Solomon Islands 20.79 2019 down 11.9% volatile
124 Cambodia 20.01 2020 down 40.0% volatile
125 Seychelles 19.6 2024 up 87.3% volatile
126 Sweden 19.02 2024 up 8.9% rising
127 Maldives 18.8 2024 down 79.3% falling
128 Laos 18.55 2020 down 21.1% volatile
129 Croatia 18.41 2023 up 27.6% rising
130 Vietnam 18.05 2021 down 45.0% volatile
131 Colombia 17.93 2022 down 36.0% falling
132 Turkey 17.29 2023 up 49.4% volatile
133 Libya 16.92 2006 β€” volatile
134 Uruguay 16.37 2023 down 56.9% rising
135 French Polynesia 15.79 1996 down 17.7% falling
136 Barbados 15.73 2024 up 3.5% rising
137 Zimbabwe 15.6 2020 down 83.5% volatile
138 Panama 15.39 2024 down 23.3% falling
139 Iceland 15.15 2023 up 18.1% rising
140 Mongolia 15 2019 up 184.2% volatile
141 Rwanda 14.85 2024 down 74.7% volatile
142 Hungary 14.84 2024 up 61.1% volatile
143 Namibia 14.75 2018 down 16.9% volatile
144 Albania 14.56 2024 up 135.7% volatile
145 France 14.15 2024 up 11.7% flat
146 Finland 14.02 2024 up 64.7% volatile
147 Greece 13.99 2023 up 111.9% volatile
148 Mexico 13.92 2024 down 1.8% rising
149 Palau 13.88 2020 down 38.0% falling
150 Honduras 13.84 2024 up 15.3% falling
151 El Salvador 13.75 2024 down 22.0% falling
152 Bhutan 13.74 2020 down 79.9% volatile
153 Venezuela 13.27 2024 down 36.3% falling
154 Nicaragua 12.97 2023 down 18.6% volatile
155 Niger 12.96 2024 up 1.7% volatile
156 Guam 12.86 1984 β€” volatile
157 Costa Rica 12.64 2024 up 6.1% falling
158 Guatemala 12.36 2024 down 25.0% falling
159 Philippines 12.28 2020 down 66.6% falling
160 Bolivia 11.29 2024 down 19.2% rising
162 Guyana 10.84 2023 up 36.0% volatile
163 Serbia 10.67 2024 up 589.6% volatile
164 Latvia 10.29 2024 up 62.8% volatile
165 Slovakia 9.76 2024 up 94.0% volatile
166 Guadeloupe 9.73 1995 down 3.7% falling
167 Micronesia (country) 9.63 2020 up 139.7% volatile
168 French Guiana 8.75 1996 down 24.8% falling
169 Canada 7.78 2023 up 6.3% rising
170 Romania 7.56 2023 up 182.9% volatile
171 Sao Tome and Principe 7.28 2016 β€” volatile
172 Reunion 7.25 1996 down 9.9% falling
173 Tanzania 7.11 2021 up 48.2% rising
175 Grenada 6.36 2023 down 88.4% volatile
176 Lithuania 5.72 2024 up 123.8% volatile
177 Andorra 5.4 2024 up 200.8% volatile
178 Slovenia 5.36 2023 up 80.9% volatile
179 Switzerland 5.04 2024 down 2.2% volatile
180 Montenegro 4.88 2023 up 156.1% rising
181 Czechia 4.56 2023 up 88.8% volatile
182 Martinique 4.46 1996 up 3.7% rising
183 Kyrgyzstan 4.26 2021 up 49.7% volatile
184 North Macedonia 3.88 2023 up 1,048.0% volatile
185 Azerbaijan 3.5 2024 up 153.6% volatile
186 Estonia 3.27 2012 up 118.1% volatile
187 Armenia 2.96 2024 down 3.3% volatile
188 Bulgaria 2.83 2024 up 150.2% volatile
189 Liechtenstein 2.51 2021 down 13.2% falling
190 Ukraine 2.19 2024 up 130.8% volatile
191 Russia 1.55 2019 β€” volatile
192 Algeria 1.21 2024 down 91.1% volatile
193 Moldova 0.8439 2024 up 249.3% volatile
194 Papua New Guinea 0.7487 2018 β€” falling
195 Belarus 0.032 2024 down 62.5% volatile
196 Afghanistan 0 1988 β€” flat
196 Cuba 0 1995 β€” flat
196 Fiji 0 2020 down 100.0% falling
196 Georgia 0 2008 β€” volatile
196 Iraq 0 1993 β€” volatile
196 Mozambique 0 1994 β€” volatile
196 North Korea 0 1995 β€” flat
196 San Marino 0 1994 β€” volatile
196 Somalia 0 1986 β€” flat
196 Tajikistan 0 1995 β€” flat
196 Turkmenistan 0 1995 β€” flat
196 Tuvalu 0 2021 β€” volatile
196 Western Sahara 0 1995 β€” flat
196 Niue 0 1992 β€” flat
196 Saint Helena 0 1995 β€” flat
196 Tokelau 0 1991 β€” flat

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
Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre primary education level
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
211 places, 5,785 data points, 1970–2025
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