Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes (%) by country
Total enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
Countries reporting
163
Highest
125.2%
Liberia
Lowest
1.1%
Chad
Median
56.1%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,741
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 125.2% in Liberia; the lowest is 1.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.1%, and the mean is 56.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 114.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 2,009.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 70.8%).
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 125.2% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 115.1% | 2017 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.6% | 2018 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 109.7% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 109.5% | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 107.7% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 7 | France | 106.2% | 2018 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Aruba | 105.8% | 2014 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 102.8% | 2018 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 102.6% | 2016 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 101.2% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 100.7% | 2012 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 99.8% | 2018 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Malaysia | 98.1% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 15 | Slovakia | 97.3% | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 16 | Seychelles | 95.4% | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 17 | Guyana | 95.4% | 2012 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 18 | Suriname | 94.2% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 19 | Cuba | 94.0% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Italy | 93.2% | 2018 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 92.1% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 91.7% | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Norway | 91.7% | 2018 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 91.0% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 90.9% | 2013 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 26 | Macao | 90.6% | 2019 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 27 | China | 89.1% | 2019 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 28 | Netherlands | 89.0% | 2018 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Sweden | 88.8% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 30 | Belarus | 88.6% | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 31 | Poland | 87.8% | 2018 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 87.4% | 2019 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Mongolia | 86.7% | 2018 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 34 | Israel | 86.0% | 2018 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 35 | Maldives | 86.0% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 85.0% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 37 | Solomon Islands | 84.1% | 2018 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 83.9% | 2010 | up 2,009.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 82.9% | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 40 | Denmark | 81.3% | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 41 | Pakistan | 80.8% | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 80.5% | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 80.1% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 79.4% | 2018 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 79.3% | 2016 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 46 | Albania | 77.3% | 2012 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 76.9% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 48 | Barbados | 76.3% | 2011 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 49 | Kenya | 75.8% | 2016 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 50 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 74.5% | 2018 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 51 | British Virgin Islands | 73.8% | 2018 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 73.3% | 2018 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 73.2% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 73.2% | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 55 | Iceland | 73.0% | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 56 | Germany | 72.9% | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 57 | Australia | 71.7% | 2018 | up 261.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Palau | 71.6% | 2014 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 59 | Spain | 70.2% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritius | 70.0% | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 61 | Naoero | 69.3% | 2019 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 62 | San Marino | 69.1% | 2019 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 63 | Thailand | 68.9% | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 64 | Bermuda | 68.8% | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 68.7% | 2018 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 68.2% | 2018 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 67 | Republic of Moldova | 67.3% | 2019 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 67.3% | 2018 | down 22.8% | flat |
| 69 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 67.0% | 2017 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 66.1% | 2018 | up 65.7% | flat |
| 71 | Cayman Islands | 65.9% | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 72 | New Zealand | 63.5% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 73 | Brunei Darussalam | 63.3% | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 62.3% | 2019 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 75 | Lithuania | 62.2% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 62.1% | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kuwait | 60.2% | 2019 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 59.1% | 2019 | up 134.4% | rising |
| 79 | Ghana | 57.9% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 80 | Croatia | 57.9% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 81 | Cyprus | 57.6% | 2018 | down 30.3% | flat |
| 82 | Grenada | 56.1% | 2017 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia | 55.8% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 84 | Viet Nam | 55.3% | 2019 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 54.9% | 2006 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 54.6% | 2019 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 87 | Chile | 54.6% | 2018 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine, State of | 54.4% | 2019 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 89 | Ireland | 54.1% | 2018 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 90 | Iran | 53.9% | 2016 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 91 | Peru | 53.1% | 2019 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 50.9% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 93 | Romania | 48.1% | 2018 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 94 | Indonesia | 47.7% | 2018 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 47.7% | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 47.1% | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 47.0% | 2013 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 98 | Sudan | 46.6% | 2017 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 99 | Tonga | 45.8% | 2015 | up 113.0% | rising |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.8% | 2018 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 101 | Tunisia | 44.6% | 2016 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 42.4% | 2007 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 41.6% | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 40.8% | 2018 | up 263.8% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 40.7% | 2019 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 106 | Argentina | 40.5% | 2017 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 107 | Samoa | 40.5% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.4% | 2016 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 109 | Madagascar | 40.1% | 2019 | up 322.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Honduras | 39.8% | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 111 | Armenia | 39.3% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 39.1% | 2017 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 38.9% | 2016 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 38.2% | 2016 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 38.0% | 2018 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 116 | Dominica | 36.9% | 2019 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 35.9% | 2016 | down 55.3% | flat |
| 118 | Cameroon | 35.6% | 2019 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 119 | Bahrain | 35.4% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 120 | Bahamas | 34.5% | 2018 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 34.5% | 2019 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 122 | Qatar | 33.8% | 2019 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 33.0% | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 124 | Bhutan | 32.7% | 2020 | up 1,257.5% | volatile |
| 125 | El Salvador | 32.6% | 2018 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 32.3% | 2018 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 29.4% | 2015 | up 1,342.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Egypt | 29.3% | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.8% | 2019 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 130 | Jordan | 28.8% | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 28.0% | 2019 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 132 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.5% | 2019 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Timor-Leste | 25.1% | 2019 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 25.0% | 2019 | up 250.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Benin | 24.4% | 2019 | up 180.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Eritrea | 23.3% | 2018 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 137 | Morocco | 23.1% | 2019 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 138 | Türkiye | 22.1% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.7% | 2015 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 140 | Guatemala | 21.5% | 2019 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Panama | 21.5% | 2017 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 19.4% | 2019 | up 140.6% | rising |
| 143 | Fiji | 17.8% | 2009 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 144 | Oman | 17.0% | 2019 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Senegal | 16.9% | 2019 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 146 | Burundi | 16.6% | 2019 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 16.1% | 2019 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 148 | Uganda | 14.4% | 2017 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 149 | Rwanda | 13.6% | 2019 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 13.3% | 2012 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 10.5% | 2020 | up 228.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 9.9% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 153 | Cambodia | 9.6% | 2012 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 9.0% | 2011 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 155 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.3% | 2019 | up 142.5% | rising |
| 156 | Niger | 7.4% | 2019 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Mali | 7.0% | 2018 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 158 | Iraq | 6.6% | 2007 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 159 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.7% | 2018 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 160 | Syria | 5.5% | 2013 | down 42.0% | flat |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 5.5% | 2019 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 5.1% | 2011 | up 202.7% | rising |
| 163 | Chad | 1.1% | 2019 | down 36.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 78.6%
- European Union 76.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 73.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 72.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 69.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 68.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 61.8%
- Upper middle income 60.2%
- IBRD only 58.7%
- Middle income 54.7%
- Caribbean Small States 53.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 51.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 49.7%
- Low & middle income 49.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 47.5%
- IDA blend 45.3%
- Small states 39.1%
- Other small states 35.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 27.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 25.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 25.3%
- IDA only 23.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 23.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 23.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.6%
- Least developed countries 21.9%
- Arab World 21.6%
- Low income 18.5%
About this data
Total enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.