Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Enrolment in pre-primary education, male was 3.16 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
3.16 million number
Change on year
up 3.8%
Rank
37th
of 45 groups
All-time high
3.16 million number
in 2019
All-time low
462,641 number
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2019

01.0M2.0M3.0M197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 3.16 million number. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 3.16 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 462,641 number, in 1970.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 37th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970 to 2019.
Year number Change
1970 462,641 number
1971 469,984 number +1.6%
1972 484,261 number +3.0%
1973 492,157 number +1.6%
1974 509,830 number +3.6%
1975 598,149 number +17.3%
1976 696,157 number +16.4%
1977 750,223 number +7.8%
1978 784,824 number +4.6%
1979 868,529 number +10.7%
1980 899,659 number +3.6%
1981 931,778 number +3.6%
1982 966,243 number +3.7%
1983 994,665 number +2.9%
1984 1.04 million number +5.0%
1985 1.04 million number -0.4%
1986 1.06 million number +2.2%
1987 1.11 million number +4.3%
1988 1.14 million number +3.3%
1989 1.22 million number +6.7%
1990 1.25 million number +2.6%
1991 1.29 million number +3.2%
1992 1.34 million number +3.6%
1993 1.32 million number -1.6%
1994 1.33 million number +0.9%
1995 1.34 million number +0.4%
1996 1.38 million number +2.9%
1997 1.44 million number +4.6%
1998 1.50 million number +4.5%
1999 1.46 million number -3.0%
2000 1.50 million number +3.1%
2001 1.52 million number +1.0%
2002 1.56 million number +3.1%
2003 1.61 million number +2.7%
2004 1.66 million number +3.2%
2005 1.76 million number +6.0%
2006 1.88 million number +6.8%
2007 1.91 million number +1.5%
2008 2.04 million number +7.1%
2009 2.19 million number +7.3%
2010 2.32 million number +5.7%
2011 2.29 million number -1.2%
2012 2.33 million number +1.7%
2013 2.38 million number +2.5%
2014 2.69 million number +13.0%
2015 2.87 million number +6.4%
2016 2.91 million number +1.6%
2017 2.99 million number +2.7%
2018 3.04 million number +1.8%
2019 3.16 million number +3.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 611,676 number 462,641 number 868,529 number 10
1980s 1.04 million number 899,659 number 1.22 million number 10
1990s 1.36 million number 1.25 million number 1.50 million number 10
2000s 1.76 million number 1.50 million number 2.19 million number 10
2010s 2.70 million number 2.29 million number 3.16 million number 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

  1. 34 Malaysia 508,757 number compare
  2. 35 Nepal 505,868 number compare
  3. 36 Kazakhstan 501,980 number compare
  4. 37 Uzbekistan 462,162 number compare
  5. 38 Madagascar 433,518 number compare
  6. 39 Angola 416,069 number compare
  7. 40 South Africa 415,310 number compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →

Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 3.16 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 3.16 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 462,641 number in 1970.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for enrolment in pre-primary education, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is enrolment in pre-primary education, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enrolment-in-pre-primary-education-male-number/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/

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/stat/enrolment-in-pre-primary-education-male-number/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/">Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan</a> — Statizoid

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.