Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of children enrolled in early childhood educational development institutions (ISCED 0.1) 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...

Countries reporting
66
Highest
8.06 million number
Indonesia
Lowest
0 number
Saudi Arabia
Median
32,270 number
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
1,146

What the numbers show

Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 8.06 million number in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 number in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 32,270 number, and the mean is 325,405 number.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 1,067.2%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 52.9%).

Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 8.06 million number 2018 up 150.3% rising
2 Brazil 3.59 million number 2018 up 102.7% rising
3 Russia 1.09 million number 2018 up 36.3% rising
4 Germany 885,609 number 2018 up 30.6% rising
5 Thailand 792,446 number 2019 down 26.8% falling
6 Vietnam 757,959 number 2019 up 26.9% rising
7 South Korea 725,876 number 2018 down 2.0% flat
8 Japan 625,696 number 2012 up 28.3% rising
9 Ghana 506,166 number 2019 up 67.5% rising
10 Spain 473,209 number 2018 up 5.3% rising
11 United Kingdom 419,587 number 2018 up 62.7% rising
12 Australia 397,710 number 2018 down 15.5% falling
13 Cuba 318,941 number 2019 up 10.4% falling
14 Israel 315,068 number 2018 up 100.4% rising
15 South Africa 295,942 number 2014 up 19.9% rising
16 Venezuela 258,372 number 2017 down 0.3% rising
17 Mexico 219,992 number 2018 down 9.9% falling
18 Ukraine 184,246 number 2019 falling
19 Chile 175,834 number 2018 up 21.3% rising
20 Sweden 166,244 number 2018 up 3.7% flat
21 Argentina 124,541 number 2017 up 61.0% rising
22 Denmark 104,402 number 2018 down 8.2% falling
23 Norway 101,722 number 2018 down 0.7% flat
24 Peru 91,622 number 2019 up 55.7% rising
25 New Zealand 76,269 number 2018 flat
26 Belarus 69,460 number 2018 up 20.8% rising
27 Austria 57,102 number 2018 up 55.5% rising
28 Uruguay 56,617 number 2018 up 22.4% rising
29 Cambodia 55,846 number 2012 volatile
30 Finland 53,498 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
31 Serbia 50,645 number 2019 up 61.0% rising
32 Morocco 38,211 number 2019 up 532.7% volatile
33 El Salvador 33,628 number 2018 up 1,067.2% volatile
34 Mongolia 30,912 number 2012 up 27.3% rising
35 Slovenia 26,039 number 2018 up 4.8% rising
36 Lithuania 25,478 number 2018 up 34.0% rising
37 Croatia 24,702 number 2018 up 7.2% rising
38 Guatemala 23,154 number 2019 down 33.0% falling
39 Kyrgyzstan 20,697 number 2019 up 38.4% rising
40 Latvia 19,235 number 2018 up 41.3% rising
41 Azerbaijan 17,919 number 2019 up 16.3% flat
42 Moldova 16,319 number 2019 down 5.3% flat
43 Laos 15,208 number 2019 up 185.2% volatile
44 Estonia 11,692 number 2018 down 13.8% falling
45 Costa Rica 8,846 number 2019 up 23.4% rising
46 North Macedonia 8,628 number 2018 up 145.5% rising
47 Turkey 8,387 number 2018 volatile
48 Rwanda 6,690 number 2019 volatile
49 Jamaica 6,429 number 2019 down 52.9% falling
50 Iceland 5,972 number 2018 down 1.7% flat
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,663 number 2019 up 68.8% rising
52 Montenegro 5,479 number 2019 up 125.8% volatile
53 Qatar 5,382 number 2019 down 16.6% flat
54 Bahrain 4,559 number 2019 up 260.4% volatile
55 Panama 4,467 number 2017 rising
56 Mauritius 1,739 number 2019 down 7.5% falling
57 Saint Lucia 1,605 number 2019 up 7.0% rising
58 Antigua and Barbuda 1,264 number 2018 down 5.0% flat
59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 968 number 2016 up 11.6% rising
60 Brunei 922 number 2008 down 43.2% falling
61 Cayman Islands 587 number 2018 up 71.6% rising
62 British Virgin Islands 477 number 2018 down 3.0% rising
63 Dominica 202 number 2019 down 10.2% falling
64 Oman 0 number 2019 flat
64 Palestine 0 number 2012 flat
64 Saudi Arabia 0 number 2019 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
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,146 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of children enrolled in early childhood educational development institutions (ISCED 0.1) 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.