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Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) 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
191
Highest
24.80 million number
China
Lowest
140 number
Nauru
Median
76,947 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,187

What the numbers show

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 24.80 million number in China; the lowest is 140 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 76,947 number, and the mean is 555,100 number.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 3,772.1%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 67.0%).

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 24.80 million number 2019 up 81.9% rising
2 India 22.55 million number 2019 — volatile
3 Pakistan 4.75 million number 2019 up 29.8% rising
4 United States 4.40 million number 2018 — flat
5 Russia 3.31 million number 2018 up 57.0% falling
6 Indonesia 3.17 million number 2018 up 57.9% volatile
7 Brazil 2.64 million number 2018 up 5.9% volatile
9 Vietnam 2.30 million number 2019 up 56.8% rising
10 Bangladesh 1.79 million number 2018 up 230.8% rising
11 Kenya 1.63 million number 2016 up 88.6% volatile
12 Japan 1.50 million number 1999 up 44.5% flat
13 Ethiopia 1.31 million number 2015 up 1,555.4% volatile
14 France 1.30 million number 2018 down 1.3% rising
15 Germany 1.22 million number 2018 up 6.9% flat
16 Philippines 1.18 million number 2018 up 132.6% volatile
17 Nigeria 1.04 million number 2010 up 111.0% rising
18 Ghana 938,568 number 2019 up 20.8% volatile
19 Thailand 918,808 number 2019 up 2.6% volatile
20 United Kingdom 903,693 number 2018 up 60.8% rising
21 Colombia 889,484 number 2018 up 32.4% volatile
22 Argentina 857,020 number 2017 up 23.5% rising
23 Peru 851,075 number 2019 up 24.4% volatile
24 Turkey 782,646 number 2018 up 113.7% volatile
25 Italy 776,133 number 2018 down 9.5% falling
26 Egypt 762,738 number 2019 up 78.5% volatile
27 Tanzania 722,622 number 2019 up 62.1% rising
28 Poland 699,836 number 2018 up 57.1% rising
29 Spain 667,963 number 2018 down 11.6% rising
30 South Korea 645,503 number 2018 down 1.7% volatile
31 Venezuela 604,397 number 2017 up 13.1% volatile
32 Ukraine 567,407 number 2019 down 9.0% falling
33 Sudan 535,516 number 2017 up 127.3% rising
34 Malaysia 508,757 number 2019 up 30.6% rising
35 Nepal 505,868 number 2019 up 8.5% volatile
36 Kazakhstan 501,980 number 2019 up 158.4% volatile
37 Uzbekistan 462,162 number 2019 up 71.4% falling
38 Madagascar 433,518 number 2019 up 387.3% volatile
39 Angola 416,069 number 2016 down 2.7% volatile
40 South Africa 415,310 number 2018 up 42.1% rising
41 Morocco 413,295 number 2019 down 0.7% falling
42 Iran 356,435 number 2016 up 33.4% volatile
43 Chile 318,186 number 2018 up 58.9% volatile
44 Ecuador 317,895 number 2018 up 74.0% volatile
45 Uganda 301,523 number 2017 up 76.0% rising
46 Guatemala 298,643 number 2019 up 1.6% rising
47 Israel 282,352 number 2018 up 38.7% rising
48 Australia 279,837 number 2018 up 150.2% rising
49 Cameroon 271,003 number 2019 up 89.5% volatile
50 Romania 267,505 number 2018 down 19.6% falling
51 Canada 261,518 number 1996 up 20.7% rising
52 Liberia 258,826 number 2017 — volatile
53 Algeria 248,113 number 2011 up 938.0% volatile
54 Netherlands 241,839 number 2018 down 10.9% rising
55 Sweden 238,515 number 2018 up 24.6% rising
56 Democratic Republic of Congo 233,133 number 2018 up 136.5% volatile
57 Belgium 230,705 number 2018 up 7.8% rising
58 Sri Lanka 229,099 number 2018 up 13.7% rising
59 Saudi Arabia 193,402 number 2019 up 103.4% rising
60 Cuba 191,929 number 2019 down 9.1% volatile
61 Czechia 190,761 number 2018 up 24.9% flat
62 Papua New Guinea 186,363 number 2016 up 100.0% volatile
63 Zimbabwe 185,557 number 2013 down 24.7% falling
64 Belarus 183,219 number 2018 up 30.0% rising
65 Bolivia 179,418 number 2018 up 53.1% rising
66 Dominican Republic 166,569 number 2019 up 29.6% rising
67 Hungary 162,050 number 2018 down 3.4% falling
68 Rwanda 138,911 number 2019 up 85.7% rising
69 Austria 133,263 number 2018 up 15.1% rising
70 Cambodia 132,549 number 2019 up 124.5% volatile
71 Mongolia 130,110 number 2018 up 165.1% volatile
72 Tunisia 128,467 number 2016 up 139.0% volatile
73 Kyrgyzstan 128,377 number 2019 up 246.2% volatile
74 Portugal 124,044 number 2018 down 9.7% volatile
75 Senegal 120,596 number 2019 up 101.6% volatile
76 Honduras 118,301 number 2019 up 1.9% volatile
77 El Salvador 116,305 number 2018 up 3.2% volatile
78 Bulgaria 113,996 number 2018 up 6.1% falling
79 Laos 113,179 number 2019 up 184.3% volatile
80 Lebanon 111,002 number 2019 up 41.6% rising
81 Nicaragua 109,836 number 2010 up 31.6% volatile
82 Finland 106,949 number 2018 up 41.9% rising
83 Azerbaijan 104,776 number 2019 up 123.3% rising
84 Cote d'Ivoire 93,241 number 2019 up 186.2% volatile
85 Denmark 92,443 number 2018 down 28.3% volatile
86 Norway 92,289 number 2018 up 9.4% rising
87 Paraguay 91,972 number 2016 up 23.2% volatile
89 Switzerland 90,177 number 2018 up 15.7% rising
90 Niger 87,809 number 2019 up 247.4% volatile
91 Serbia 86,623 number 2019 up 7.0% falling
92 Slovakia 85,985 number 2018 up 15.5% flat
93 Togo 85,067 number 2019 up 322.4% volatile
94 Benin 84,714 number 2019 up 131.4% volatile
95 United Arab Emirates 80,792 number 2017 up 55.5% volatile
96 Greece 78,200 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
97 Guinea 77,823 number 2011 up 125.8% volatile
98 Myanmar 76,947 number 2018 up 38.1% rising
99 Palestine 76,046 number 2019 up 62.4% rising
100 Costa Rica 69,973 number 2019 up 25.4% volatile
101 Uruguay 69,345 number 2018 up 5.0% rising
102 Moldova 69,214 number 2019 up 21.7% falling
103 Jordan 68,913 number 2019 up 24.5% volatile
104 Mali 65,568 number 2018 up 113.5% volatile
105 Ireland 63,205 number 2018 up 71.2% falling
106 Gambia 61,164 number 2019 up 102.1% rising
107 Sierra Leone 60,416 number 2019 up 231.1% rising
108 Croatia 59,289 number 2018 up 21.5% rising
109 New Zealand 59,288 number 2018 — rising
110 Burundi 59,270 number 2019 up 103.0% volatile
111 Iraq 55,944 number 2007 up 27.5% rising
112 Jamaica 54,503 number 2019 down 19.1% flat
113 Burkina Faso 53,756 number 2019 up 153.8% volatile
114 Lithuania 53,204 number 2018 up 18.2% flat
115 Tajikistan 50,077 number 2017 up 52.4% falling
117 Syria 45,015 number 2013 down 38.5% volatile
118 Oman 44,490 number 2019 up 99.8% volatile
119 Albania 41,221 number 2019 up 3.8% falling
120 Latvia 40,065 number 2018 up 12.9% rising
121 Kuwait 38,764 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
122 Georgia 38,001 number 2007 up 4.8% flat
123 Slovenia 31,465 number 2018 up 34.5% falling
124 Estonia 28,474 number 2018 up 13.1% falling
125 Congo 27,308 number 2012 up 271.4% volatile
126 Armenia 26,415 number 2019 down 2.2% rising
127 Lesotho 26,371 number 2016 up 19.9% rising
128 Qatar 25,233 number 2019 up 88.5% volatile
129 Solomon Islands 24,881 number 2018 up 3.4% volatile
130 Mozambique 24,278 number 1986 up 3,772.1% volatile
131 Eritrea 24,152 number 2018 up 31.0% volatile
132 Namibia 21,336 number 2018 up 30.0% volatile
133 Equatorial Guinea 19,889 number 2015 up 43.8% rising
134 Yemen 19,507 number 2016 up 97.0% rising
135 Bahrain 17,563 number 2019 up 39.9% volatile
136 Botswana 16,615 number 2015 up 56.0% rising
137 Trinidad and Tobago 16,229 number 2019 up 8.0% rising
138 Puerto Rico 15,932 number 2018 down 67.0% falling
139 North Macedonia 14,877 number 2018 up 81.2% falling
140 Guyana 14,185 number 2012 down 21.9% rising
141 Afghanistan 13,837 number 2003 up 37.6% volatile
142 Mauritius 13,010 number 2019 down 28.1% rising
143 Cyprus 12,774 number 2018 up 20.3% rising
144 East Timor 11,995 number 2019 up 249.9% rising
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11,907 number 2019 up 40.1% rising
146 Cape Verde 11,843 number 2018 up 6.6% rising
147 Libya 11,554 number 2006 up 113.8% volatile
148 Suriname 10,068 number 2019 up 12.7% falling
149 Maldives 10,014 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
150 Macao 9,705 number 2019 up 104.5% rising
152 Luxembourg 9,112 number 2018 up 18.2% rising
153 Chad 8,926 number 2019 down 19.8% rising
154 Montenegro 8,621 number 2019 up 70.8% rising
155 French Polynesia 8,253 number 1996 up 35.7% rising
156 Comoros 7,607 number 2018 up 4.5% volatile
157 Vanuatu 7,515 number 2015 up 28.1% volatile
158 Brunei 6,885 number 2019 up 3.9% rising
159 Iceland 6,606 number 2018 up 5.9% rising
160 Central African Republic 6,152 number 2017 up 3.0% rising
161 New Caledonia 5,900 number 1991 up 43.6% rising
162 Malta 4,960 number 2018 up 14.6% rising
163 Sao Tome and Principe 4,458 number 2016 up 66.2% volatile
164 Fiji 4,431 number 2006 up 2.3% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 4,360 number 2010 up 115.1% volatile
166 Bhutan 4,089 number 2020 up 1,081.8% volatile
167 Belize 3,726 number 2019 up 24.9% rising
168 Barbados 2,638 number 2019 down 14.5% rising
170 Samoa 2,121 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
171 Grenada 1,859 number 2018 down 2.8% rising
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,806 number 2018 up 22.7% rising
173 Bahamas 1,781 number 2018 down 20.5% rising
174 Saint Lucia 1,624 number 2019 down 14.7% falling
175 Seychelles 1,565 number 2019 up 6.1% rising
176 Aruba 1,449 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
177 American Samoa 1,420 number 1990 up 37.7% rising
178 Tonga 1,153 number 2015 up 134.8% rising
179 Andorra 1,075 number 2019 down 15.2% rising
180 Micronesia (country) 1,073 number 2019 — volatile
181 Antigua and Barbuda 987 number 2018 down 18.0% rising
182 Cayman Islands 723 number 2018 up 96.5% rising
183 Dominica 721 number 2019 down 24.5% falling
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 705 number 2016 down 24.2% flat
185 Somalia 676 number 1986 up 16.4% volatile
186 Marshall Islands 641 number 2019 down 21.7% falling
187 Monaco 509 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 507 number 2018 down 14.1% rising
189 Gibraltar 491 number 2019 — volatile
190 San Marino 456 number 2019 down 21.1% rising
191 Liechtenstein 419 number 2018 up 10.0% flat
192 Tuvalu 366 number 2019 up 7.3% rising
193 British Virgin Islands 265 number 2018 down 28.8% rising
194 Palau 249 number 2014 down 19.2% falling
195 Bermuda 242 number 2015 up 15.2% volatile
196 Nauru 140 number 2019 down 57.8% rising

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 pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,187 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) 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.