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Enrolment in early childhood education, male (number) by country

Total number of male 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...

Countries reporting
170
Highest
24.80 million number
China, People's Republic of
Lowest
242 number
Bermuda
Median
89,454 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,350

What the numbers show

Enrolment in early childhood education, male (number) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 24.80 million number in China, People's Republic of; the lowest is 242 number in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 89,454 number, and the mean is 516,938 number.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of (up 1,555.4%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 56.4%).

Enrolment in early childhood education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, People's Republic of 24.80 million number 2019 up 81.9% rising
2 Indonesia 6.88 million number 2018 up 68.2% rising
3 Pakistan 4.75 million number 2019 up 32.3% rising
4 Brazil 4.49 million number 2018 up 15.0% rising
5 Russian Federation 3.88 million number 2018 up 53.1% rising
6 Vietnam 2.71 million number 2019 up 84.2% rising
7 Mexico 2.59 million number 2018 up 7.7% rising
8 Bangladesh 1.79 million number 2018 up 230.8% rising
9 Germany 1.67 million number 2018 up 12.5% rising
10 Kenya 1.63 million number 2016 up 88.6% rising
11 Thailand 1.32 million number 2019 down 2.2% flat
12 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.31 million number 2015 up 1,555.4% volatile
13 France 1.30 million number 2018 down 1.3% rising
14 Ghana 1.19 million number 2019 up 24.4% rising
15 Philippines 1.18 million number 2018 up 132.6% volatile
16 United Kingdom 1.12 million number 2018 up 99.5% rising
17 Korea, Republic of 1.02 million number 2018 down 2.0% flat
18 Argentina 921,464 number 2017 up 25.6% rising
19 Spain 913,743 number 2018 down 7.6% falling
20 Peru 897,590 number 2019 up 31.2% rising
21 Türkiye, Republic of 787,498 number 2018 — rising
22 Italy 776,133 number 2018 down 9.5% flat
23 Egypt, Arab Republic of 762,738 number 2019 up 78.5% rising
24 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 738,719 number 2017 up 1.5% rising
25 Tanzania, United Republic of 722,622 number 2019 up 62.1% rising
26 Poland, Republic of 699,836 number 2018 up 57.1% rising
27 Ukraine 662,752 number 2019 up 6.3% rising
28 Kazakhstan, Republic of 568,665 number 2019 up 112.2% rising
29 Colombia 547,293 number 2007 up 9.5% rising
30 South Africa 544,328 number 2012 up 111.2% rising
31 Sudan 535,516 number 2017 up 63.7% rising
32 Malaysia 508,757 number 2019 up 30.6% rising
33 Nepal 505,868 number 2019 up 8.5% rising
34 Australia 486,627 number 2018 up 335.1% volatile
35 Uzbekistan, Republic of 462,162 number 2019 up 71.4% rising
36 Israel 446,127 number 2018 up 119.1% rising
37 Madagascar, Republic of 433,518 number 2019 up 387.3% volatile
38 Morocco 432,963 number 2019 up 4.0% falling
39 Chile 408,695 number 2018 up 104.1% rising
40 Cuba 358,459 number 2019 up 2.4% falling
41 Iran, Islamic Republic of 356,435 number 2016 up 33.4% rising
42 Sweden 324,434 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
43 Ecuador 317,895 number 2018 up 74.0% rising
44 Guatemala 310,593 number 2019 up 5.6% rising
45 Uganda 301,523 number 2017 up 76.0% rising
46 Romania 278,479 number 2018 down 16.3% falling
47 Cameroon 271,003 number 2019 up 89.5% volatile
48 Algeria 260,629 number 2010 up 913.5% volatile
49 Liberia 258,826 number 2017 — rising
50 Netherlands, The 241,839 number 2018 down 10.9% falling
51 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 233,133 number 2018 up 136.5% rising
52 Belgium 231,944 number 2012 up 13.1% rising
53 Sri Lanka 229,099 number 2018 up 13.7% rising
54 Belarus, Republic of 219,247 number 2018 up 32.2% rising
55 Saudi Arabia 193,402 number 2019 up 103.4% rising
56 Czech Republic 190,761 number 2018 up 24.9% rising
57 Zimbabwe 185,557 number 2013 down 24.7% falling
58 Dominican Republic 181,912 number 2019 up 41.5% rising
59 Bolivia 179,418 number 2018 up 53.1% rising
60 Hungary 170,719 number 2018 up 1.8% flat
61 Austria 162,584 number 2018 up 15.3% rising
62 Denmark 146,397 number 2018 up 13.6% rising
63 Norway 144,472 number 2018 up 71.2% rising
64 Rwanda 142,201 number 2019 up 90.1% rising
65 Kyrgyz Republic 139,143 number 2019 up 275.3% volatile
66 Finland 134,311 number 2018 up 78.2% rising
67 El Salvador 133,310 number 2018 up 18.3% rising
68 Mongolia 130,110 number 2018 up 104.4% rising
69 Tunisia 128,467 number 2016 up 139.0% rising
70 Portugal 124,044 number 2018 down 9.7% rising
71 Guinea 123,432 number 2016 up 205.2% rising
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 121,018 number 2019 up 184.4% volatile
73 Senegal 120,596 number 2019 up 101.6% rising
74 Honduras 118,301 number 2019 down 1.9% flat
75 Azerbaijan, Republic of 114,533 number 2019 up 106.7% rising
76 Bulgaria 113,996 number 2018 up 6.1% rising
77 Serbia, Republic of 112,595 number 2019 up 16.3% rising
78 Lebanon 111,002 number 2019 up 41.6% rising
79 United Arab Emirates 108,395 number 2016 up 133.2% rising
80 New Zealand 98,802 number 2018 — flat
81 Uruguay 98,389 number 2018 up 49.0% rising
82 Cambodia 96,456 number 2012 up 119.1% rising
83 Côte d'Ivoire 93,241 number 2019 up 186.2% volatile
84 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 91,910 number 2019 up 26.4% rising
85 Switzerland 90,177 number 2018 up 15.7% rising
86 Ireland 88,730 number 2018 up 140.3% rising
87 Niger 87,809 number 2019 up 247.4% volatile
88 Slovak Republic 85,985 number 2018 up 15.5% flat
89 Greece 85,468 number 2012 up 17.4% rising
90 Togo 85,067 number 2019 up 322.4% volatile
91 Benin 84,714 number 2019 up 76.1% volatile
92 Moldova, Republic of 77,610 number 2019 up 36.4% rising
93 Palestine, State of 76,046 number 2019 up 62.4% rising
94 Costa Rica 74,735 number 2019 up 25.7% rising
95 Croatia, Republic of 72,115 number 2018 up 47.8% rising
96 Jordan 68,913 number 2019 up 24.5% rising
97 Lithuania, Republic of 66,361 number 2018 up 15.0% rising
98 Mali 65,568 number 2018 up 114.0% volatile
99 Sierra Leone 60,416 number 2019 up 155.6% rising
100 Burundi 59,270 number 2019 up 114.9% volatile
101 Jamaica 57,868 number 2019 down 22.1% falling
102 Burkina Faso 53,756 number 2019 up 153.8% rising
103 Panama 50,475 number 2017 up 1.4% rising
104 Tajikistan, Republic of 50,077 number 2017 up 43.3% rising
105 Latvia, Republic of 49,987 number 2018 up 4.3% flat
106 Syrian Arab Republic 45,015 number 2013 down 38.5% rising
107 Slovenia, Republic of 44,855 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
108 Oman 44,490 number 2019 up 54.2% rising
109 Albania 42,335 number 2012 up 3.8% flat
110 Georgia 41,197 number 2006 up 7.7% flat
111 Kuwait 38,764 number 2019 up 7.9% rising
112 Estonia, Republic of 34,479 number 2018 up 37.0% rising
113 Qatar 28,171 number 2019 up 110.5% volatile
114 Congo, Republic of 27,308 number 2012 up 271.4% volatile
115 Armenia, Republic of 26,415 number 2019 down 2.2% rising
116 Lesotho, Kingdom of 26,371 number 2016 up 1.8% falling
117 Solomon Islands 24,881 number 2018 up 3.4% rising
118 Eritrea, The State of 24,152 number 2018 up 31.0% rising
119 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 21,115 number 2015 up 52.7% rising
120 Puerto Rico 21,083 number 2018 down 56.4% falling
121 Bahrain, Kingdom of 19,953 number 2019 up 52.3% rising
122 North Macedonia, Republic of 19,281 number 2018 up 134.8% falling
123 Cyprus 17,063 number 2018 up 60.7% rising
124 Botswana 16,615 number 2015 up 56.0% rising
125 Trinidad and Tobago 16,229 number 2019 up 8.0% rising
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14,855 number 2019 up 50.7% rising
127 Guyana 14,185 number 2012 down 21.9% falling
128 Mauritius 13,893 number 2019 down 23.2% falling
129 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 11,995 number 2019 up 249.9% rising
130 Cabo Verde 11,843 number 2018 up 6.6% rising
131 Montenegro 11,494 number 2019 up 81.2% rising
132 Central African Republic 10,455 number 2011 up 257.1% rising
133 Suriname 10,068 number 2019 up 12.7% rising
134 Maldives 10,014 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
135 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 9,705 number 2019 up 104.5% rising
136 Iceland 9,684 number 2018 up 55.2% rising
137 Luxembourg 9,112 number 2018 up 18.2% rising
138 Chad 8,926 number 2019 down 25.4% falling
139 Vanuatu 6,950 number 2013 up 55.7% rising
140 Brunei Darussalam 6,885 number 2019 up 3.9% rising
141 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 5,471 number 2017 up 48.8% rising
142 Malta 4,822 number 2017 up 8.4% falling
143 Fiji, Republic of 4,431 number 2006 up 6.8% rising
144 Bhutan 4,089 number 2020 up 1,081.8% volatile
145 Belize 3,726 number 2019 up 24.9% rising
146 Barbados 2,836 number 2011 up 5.7% flat
147 Grenada 2,551 number 2017 up 48.1% rising
148 St. Lucia 2,411 number 2019 up 26.6% rising
149 Djibouti 2,278 number 2020 up 259.3% volatile
150 Samoa 2,121 number 2019 up 6.4% falling
151 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,806 number 2018 up 22.7% falling
152 Bahamas, The 1,781 number 2018 down 20.5% rising
153 Antigua and Barbuda 1,628 number 2018 down 13.9% falling
154 Seychelles 1,565 number 2019 up 6.1% rising
155 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1,449 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
156 St. Kitts and Nevis 1,190 number 2016 down 12.7% flat
157 Tonga 1,153 number 2015 up 134.8% rising
158 Andorra, Principality of 1,075 number 2019 down 15.2% falling
159 Cayman Islands 1,022 number 2018 up 109.0% rising
160 Dominica 823 number 2019 down 13.8% falling
161 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 619 number 2016 down 16.9% falling
162 San Marino, Republic of 609 number 2019 up 5.4% rising
163 Monaco 509 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
164 British Virgin Islands 508 number 2018 down 24.9% rising
165 Turks and Caicos Islands 507 number 2018 down 11.5% rising
166 Liechtenstein, Principality of 407 number 2016 down 1.2% flat
167 Tuvalu 366 number 2019 up 7.3% rising
168 Naoero 279 number 2019 down 16.0% flat
169 Palau, Republic of 249 number 2014 down 19.2% falling
170 Bermuda 242 number 2015 up 15.2% rising

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Indicator
Enrolment in early childhood education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 2,350 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of male 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.