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Enrolment in early childhood education, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of students enrolled in public and private early childhood education institutions (ISCED 0) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until...

Countries reporting
171
Highest
46.56 million number
China
Lowest
440 number
Bermuda
Median
177,822 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,434

What the numbers show

Enrolment in early childhood education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 46.56 million number in China; the lowest is 440 number in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 177,822 number, and the mean is 1.01 million number.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 1,539.6%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 56.2%).

Enrolment in early childhood education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 46.56 million number 2019 up 88.1% rising
2 Indonesia 13.97 million number 2018 up 68.7% rising
3 Brazil 8.75 million number 2018 up 28.9% rising
4 Pakistan 8.54 million number 2019 up 30.3% rising
5 Russia 7.48 million number 2018 up 52.4% rising
6 Viet Nam 5.17 million number 2019 up 84.1% rising
7 Mexico 5.12 million number 2018 up 7.6% rising
8 Bangladesh 3.58 million number 2018 up 235.4% rising
9 Germany 3.24 million number 2018 up 12.4% rising
10 Kenya 3.20 million number 2016 up 91.3% rising
11 Japan 2.82 million number 2018 down 21.7% falling
12 Thailand 2.58 million number 2019 down 3.0% flat
13 France 2.54 million number 2018 down 1.0% rising
14 Ethiopia 2.51 million number 2015 up 1,539.6% volatile
15 Ghana 2.36 million number 2019 up 23.7% rising
16 Philippines 2.27 million number 2018 up 126.3% volatile
17 United Kingdom 2.18 million number 2018 up 97.1% rising
18 Korea 1.99 million number 2018 down 1.5% flat
19 Argentina 1.82 million number 2017 up 25.3% rising
20 Peru 1.77 million number 2019 up 31.0% rising
21 Spain 1.77 million number 2018 down 7.6% falling
22 Türkiye 1.51 million number 2018 — rising
23 Italy 1.49 million number 2018 down 9.9% flat
24 Egypt 1.48 million number 2019 up 81.9% rising
25 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.45 million number 2017 up 1.6% rising
26 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.43 million number 2019 up 59.5% rising
27 Poland 1.36 million number 2018 up 56.1% rising
28 Ukraine 1.28 million number 2019 up 7.0% rising
29 South Africa 1.15 million number 2014 up 96.0% rising
30 Kazakhstan 1.12 million number 2019 up 114.9% rising
31 Colombia 1.07 million number 2007 up 7.6% rising
32 Sudan 1.07 million number 2017 up 61.8% rising
33 Malaysia 1.00 million number 2019 up 27.7% rising
34 Nepal 958,127 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
35 Australia 931,545 number 2018 up 332.2% volatile
36 Madagascar 901,960 number 2019 up 402.4% volatile
37 Uzbekistan 874,385 number 2019 up 64.8% rising
38 Israel 863,050 number 2018 up 117.4% rising
39 Morocco 799,937 number 2019 up 10.8% falling
40 Chile 795,442 number 2018 up 97.6% rising
41 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 706,093 number 2016 up 28.7% rising
42 Cuba 690,396 number 2019 down 1.0% falling
43 Ecuador 638,551 number 2018 up 71.2% rising
44 Sweden 629,226 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
45 Guatemala 613,097 number 2019 up 4.8% rising
46 Uganda 608,973 number 2017 up 75.0% rising
47 Belgium 552,965 number 2018 up 32.6% rising
48 Cameroon 542,540 number 2019 up 88.5% volatile
49 Romania 541,922 number 2018 down 16.7% falling
50 Liberia 509,618 number 2017 — rising
51 Algeria 500,165 number 2010 up 898.4% volatile
52 Netherlands 475,053 number 2018 down 10.3% falling
53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 473,734 number 2018 up 135.3% rising
54 Sri Lanka 464,189 number 2018 up 10.5% rising
55 Belarus 418,833 number 2018 up 31.1% rising
56 Saudi Arabia 390,099 number 2019 up 110.1% rising
57 Zimbabwe 374,125 number 2013 down 16.5% falling
58 Czechia 366,391 number 2018 up 24.9% rising
59 Dominican Republic 361,509 number 2019 up 50.7% rising
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 353,898 number 2018 up 54.0% rising
61 Hungary 327,874 number 2018 up 1.2% flat
62 Austria 314,328 number 2018 up 14.7% rising
63 Rwanda 289,118 number 2019 up 92.7% rising
64 Denmark 282,529 number 2018 up 12.6% rising
65 Norway 281,622 number 2018 up 70.1% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 271,709 number 2019 up 275.2% volatile
67 El Salvador 263,638 number 2018 up 17.7% rising
68 Finland 261,878 number 2018 up 78.3% rising
69 Mongolia 256,720 number 2018 up 96.3% rising
70 Senegal 252,330 number 2019 up 99.6% rising
71 Tunisia 250,813 number 2016 up 142.8% rising
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 240,384 number 2019 up 181.6% volatile
73 Portugal 240,231 number 2018 down 9.7% rising
74 Guinea 238,247 number 2016 up 198.0% rising
75 Honduras 235,631 number 2019 down 1.5% flat
76 Azerbaijan 224,927 number 2019 up 117.1% rising
77 Bulgaria 220,877 number 2018 up 6.4% rising
78 Serbia 218,567 number 2019 up 16.0% rising
79 Greece 216,891 number 2017 up 52.0% rising
80 United Arab Emirates 216,063 number 2016 up 141.4% rising
81 Lebanon 215,647 number 2019 up 41.2% rising
82 Cambodia 195,041 number 2012 up 116.5% rising
83 Uruguay 192,702 number 2018 up 48.3% rising
84 New Zealand 190,976 number 2018 — flat
85 Côte d'Ivoire 188,147 number 2019 up 193.4% volatile
86 Niger 177,822 number 2019 up 269.5% volatile
87 Hong Kong (China) 176,245 number 2019 up 26.6% flat
88 Switzerland 173,911 number 2018 up 14.6% rising
89 Ireland 172,954 number 2018 up 139.1% rising
90 Togo 172,225 number 2019 up 319.5% volatile
91 Benin 169,011 number 2019 up 73.6% volatile
92 Slovak Republic 166,312 number 2018 up 16.1% flat
93 Republic of Moldova 149,513 number 2019 up 36.3% rising
94 Palestine, State of 148,253 number 2019 up 63.4% rising
95 Costa Rica 145,753 number 2019 up 25.5% rising
96 Croatia 139,228 number 2018 up 49.3% rising
97 Jordan 134,733 number 2019 up 28.6% rising
98 Mali 131,114 number 2018 up 140.2% volatile
99 Lithuania 128,897 number 2018 up 14.5% rising
100 Sierra Leone 127,168 number 2019 up 159.5% rising
101 Burundi 120,163 number 2019 up 118.1% volatile
102 Jamaica 115,165 number 2019 down 21.3% falling
103 Burkina Faso 105,485 number 2019 up 151.7% rising
104 Panama 99,948 number 2017 up 3.2% rising
105 Latvia 96,626 number 2018 up 3.6% flat
106 Tajikistan 91,081 number 2017 up 56.8% rising
107 Oman 87,956 number 2019 up 97.5% rising
108 Slovenia 86,703 number 2018 up 4.3% rising
109 Syrian Arab Republic 86,657 number 2013 down 37.4% rising
110 Albania 80,488 number 2012 down 2.2% falling
111 Georgia 76,416 number 2006 up 2.9% flat
112 Kuwait 75,989 number 2019 up 8.4% rising
113 Estonia 66,895 number 2018 up 36.4% rising
114 Qatar 54,467 number 2019 up 114.6% volatile
115 Congo 53,920 number 2012 up 255.3% volatile
116 Lesotho 53,793 number 2016 up 2.2% falling
117 Armenia 50,747 number 2019 down 5.5% rising
118 Solomon Islands 48,661 number 2018 up 4.6% rising
119 Eritrea 47,047 number 2018 up 31.3% rising
120 Equatorial Guinea 42,108 number 2015 up 67.0% rising
121 Puerto Rico 41,553 number 2018 down 56.2% falling
122 Bahrain 38,914 number 2019 up 51.1% rising
123 North Macedonia 37,615 number 2018 up 134.7% falling
124 Botswana 33,425 number 2015 up 58.5% rising
125 Cyprus 32,573 number 2018 up 59.4% rising
126 Trinidad and Tobago 32,236 number 2019 up 9.0% rising
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,511 number 2019 up 51.5% rising
128 Guyana 27,872 number 2012 down 22.2% falling
129 Mauritius 27,218 number 2019 down 24.3% falling
130 Timor-Leste 24,006 number 2019 up 243.6% rising
131 Cabo Verde 23,433 number 2018 up 5.8% rising
132 Montenegro 21,663 number 2019 up 79.3% rising
133 Central African Republic 21,163 number 2011 up 251.7% rising
134 Suriname 19,924 number 2019 up 12.6% rising
135 Maldives 19,596 number 2019 up 21.5% rising
136 Iceland 19,020 number 2018 up 55.6% rising
137 Macau (China) 18,626 number 2019 up 104.1% rising
138 Luxembourg 17,584 number 2018 up 18.8% rising
139 Chad 17,426 number 2019 down 22.0% falling
140 Brunei Darussalam 13,408 number 2019 up 3.1% rising
141 Vanuatu 13,343 number 2013 up 53.2% rising
142 Sao Tome and Principe 11,180 number 2017 up 50.5% rising
143 Malta 9,224 number 2017 up 6.0% falling
144 Fiji 9,149 number 2009 down 0.8% rising
145 Bhutan 8,025 number 2020 up 1,117.8% volatile
146 Belize 7,485 number 2019 up 24.0% rising
147 Barbados 5,620 number 2011 up 2.9% flat
148 Grenada 5,084 number 2017 up 48.0% rising
149 Saint Lucia 4,841 number 2019 up 27.2% rising
150 Djibouti 4,264 number 2020 up 247.2% volatile
151 Samoa 4,203 number 2019 up 3.0% falling
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,655 number 2018 up 25.0% flat
153 Bahamas 3,594 number 2018 down 20.6% rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 3,314 number 2018 down 10.1% rising
155 Seychelles 3,066 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
156 Aruba 2,811 number 2014 down 0.9% flat
157 Tonga 2,254 number 2015 up 99.8% rising
158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,243 number 2016 down 20.1% flat
159 Andorra 2,123 number 2019 down 11.8% falling
160 Cayman Islands 1,994 number 2018 up 98.2% rising
161 Dominica 1,666 number 2019 down 11.9% falling
162 San Marino 1,175 number 2019 up 12.1% rising
163 Marshall Islands 1,162 number 2016 down 19.5% falling
164 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,077 number 2018 down 0.6% rising
165 Monaco 1,001 number 2020 up 16.8% rising
165 British Virgin Islands 1,001 number 2018 down 25.0% rising
167 Liechtenstein 780 number 2016 down 2.4% falling
168 Tuvalu 676 number 2019 down 4.9% flat
169 Nauru 572 number 2019 down 13.7% flat
170 Palau 518 number 2014 down 18.8% falling
171 Bermuda 440 number 2015 up 10.8% flat

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Indicator
Enrolment in early childhood education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
171 places, 2,434 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in public and private early childhood education institutions (ISCED 0) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.