Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%) by country
Total female enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female 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
164
Highest
125.7%
Liberia
Lowest
1.1%
Chad
Median
57.4%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,633
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 125.7% in Liberia; the lowest is 1.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.4%, and the mean is 57.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 117.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 1,973.1%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 71.0%).
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 125.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 2 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 118.8% | 2018 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 115.0% | 2017 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.7% | 2018 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 108.1% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 107.1% | 2017 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 7 | France | 106.0% | 2018 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 105.7% | 2016 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | Aruba | 104.6% | 2014 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Hong Kong, China | 103.4% | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 11 | Switzerland | 101.8% | 2018 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | Malaysia | 99.8% | 2019 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 99.6% | 2012 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 98.1% | 2018 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 15 | Suriname | 96.7% | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 96.2% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 96.2% | 2019 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 18 | Guyana | 93.3% | 2012 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 19 | Cuba | 93.0% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 92.2% | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 92.1% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 91.7% | 2018 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 90.8% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 90.5% | 2013 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 90.5% | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 89.8% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Macau, China | 89.2% | 2019 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 28 | China | 89.2% | 2019 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 29 | Maldives | 88.8% | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 88.4% | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 31 | Poland | 87.6% | 2018 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 32 | Belarus | 87.1% | 2018 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 33 | Mongolia | 86.6% | 2018 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 85.9% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 85.4% | 2018 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 84.9% | 2018 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 83.2% | 2019 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Algeria | 82.1% | 2010 | up 1,973.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Denmark | 80.3% | 2018 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 79.9% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 79.2% | 2018 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 79.1% | 2012 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 79.0% | 2018 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 77.9% | 2019 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 45 | Palau | 77.5% | 2014 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 46 | Barbados | 77.5% | 2011 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 77.2% | 2012 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 48 | Latvia | 76.9% | 2018 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 49 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 75.1% | 2018 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 50 | Kenya | 74.7% | 2016 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 51 | Pakistan | 74.6% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.1% | 2016 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 53 | British Virgin Islands | 73.9% | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 73.5% | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 73.0% | 2018 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 72.6% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 57 | Iceland | 72.5% | 2018 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 58 | Hungary | 72.1% | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 59 | Naoero | 71.8% | 2019 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 70.7% | 2018 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 61 | Australia | 70.3% | 2018 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Spain | 70.0% | 2018 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 63 | Mauritius | 69.9% | 2019 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 64 | San Marino | 69.0% | 2019 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 65 | Thailand | 69.0% | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Estonia | 67.9% | 2018 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 67.9% | 2018 | up 63.2% | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 67.3% | 2018 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 69 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 66.9% | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 70 | Republic of Moldova | 66.8% | 2019 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 71 | Cayman Islands | 65.3% | 2018 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 65.2% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 73 | Brunei Darussalam | 63.7% | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 74 | Bermuda | 63.1% | 2015 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 63.0% | 2019 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 76 | New Zealand | 62.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 77 | Kuwait | 62.2% | 2019 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 78 | Lithuania | 62.1% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 79 | Austria | 61.8% | 2018 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 80 | Ghana | 58.4% | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 81 | Montenegro | 57.7% | 2019 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 57.7% | 2018 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 83 | Grenada | 57.1% | 2017 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 84 | Cyprus | 56.4% | 2018 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 85 | Viet Nam | 55.8% | 2019 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 86 | Serbia | 55.8% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 55.5% | 2019 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 88 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 54.7% | 2016 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 54.4% | 2006 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 90 | Palestine, State of | 54.2% | 2019 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 91 | Chile | 54.1% | 2018 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 54.0% | 2018 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 93 | Peru | 53.6% | 2019 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 94 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 51.0% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 95 | Indonesia | 49.5% | 2018 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 96 | Belize | 48.3% | 2019 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 97 | Romania | 48.1% | 2018 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 47.7% | 2019 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 47.5% | 2013 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 100 | Tonga | 47.4% | 2015 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 101 | Sudan | 47.1% | 2017 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46.3% | 2018 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 103 | Tunisia | 45.0% | 2016 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 104 | Colombia | 42.2% | 2007 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 105 | Madagascar | 42.2% | 2019 | up 337.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.1% | 2016 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 107 | Samoa | 41.7% | 2019 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 41.6% | 2018 | up 269.4% | rising |
| 109 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 41.6% | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 110 | Jamaica | 41.4% | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 111 | Argentina | 40.8% | 2017 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 112 | Honduras | 40.5% | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 113 | Armenia | 40.2% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 114 | Lesotho | 39.8% | 2016 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 38.5% | 2018 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 116 | Dominica | 38.0% | 2019 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 36.5% | 2016 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 36.5% | 2016 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bahrain | 36.0% | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 36.0% | 2019 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 121 | Bahamas | 35.9% | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 34.4% | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 123 | Qatar | 33.3% | 2019 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 124 | El Salvador | 33.0% | 2018 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 32.6% | 2018 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 126 | Bhutan | 32.6% | 2020 | up 1,303.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Uzbekistan | 31.9% | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 29.4% | 2019 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 29.3% | 2019 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.9% | 2019 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 131 | Jordan | 28.7% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 28.6% | 2015 | up 1,327.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.8% | 2019 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Timor-Leste | 25.6% | 2019 | up 112.6% | rising |
| 135 | Togo | 25.4% | 2019 | up 248.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Benin | 24.7% | 2019 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Eritrea | 23.2% | 2018 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.0% | 2015 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 139 | Morocco | 21.8% | 2019 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 140 | Panama | 21.7% | 2017 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 141 | Guatemala | 21.7% | 2019 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Türkiye | 21.7% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 20.4% | 2019 | up 144.7% | rising |
| 144 | Fiji | 18.5% | 2009 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 145 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2019 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 17.3% | 2019 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Burundi | 17.0% | 2019 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 16.5% | 2019 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 14.7% | 2017 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 150 | Rwanda | 13.9% | 2019 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 151 | Congo | 13.2% | 2012 | up 145.9% | rising |
| 152 | Cambodia | 10.0% | 2012 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 9.7% | 2020 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 9.2% | 2017 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 155 | Guinea | 8.8% | 2011 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.5% | 2019 | up 149.2% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 7.6% | 2019 | up 168.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Mali | 7.1% | 2018 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 159 | Iraq | 6.6% | 2007 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 160 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.8% | 2018 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 5.5% | 2019 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.4% | 2013 | down 41.3% | flat |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 5.2% | 2011 | up 198.2% | rising |
| 164 | Chad | 1.1% | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 77.2%
- European Union 75.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 73.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 72.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 69.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 68.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 68.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 61.0%
- Upper middle income 60.1%
- IBRD only 59.0%
- Middle income 54.6%
- Caribbean Small States 54.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 50.9%
- Low & middle income 49.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 49.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 47.6%
- IDA blend 44.4%
- Small states 39.5%
- Other small states 35.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 27.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 25.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 25.2%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 23.5%
- IDA only 23.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 22.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.4%
- Least developed countries 21.9%
- Arab World 21.5%
- Low income 18.6%
About this data
Total female enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female 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.