Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sweden: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
25.3%
in 2019
Sweden
88.8%
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
27th
Sweden rank
29th

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Sweden
20406080199820082019

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 88.8% against 25.3% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 63.5%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 3.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 34 groups.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Sweden?
Sweden, at 88.8% against 25.3% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sweden?
63.5%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sweden?
6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sweden rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 34 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sweden: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-both-sexes-percent/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-both-sexes-percent/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/sweden/">Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sweden: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 2,741 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.