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Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Total enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official age for early childhood educational development programmes. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or...

Countries reporting
74
Highest
90.5%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Senegal
Median
22.5%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
3,062

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 90.5% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Senegal.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 26.6%.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 195.0%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 100.0%).

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 90.5% 2019 up 13.9% rising
2 South Korea 89.8% 2018 — volatile
3 Norway 85.0% 2018 — volatile
4 Sweden 71.4% 2018 up 2.1% flat
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.2% 2016 up 20.6% rising
6 Slovenia 62.0% 2018 up 12.2% rising
7 Denmark 61.9% 2018 — volatile
8 Israel 61.7% 2018 — volatile
9 British Virgin Islands 59.3% 2018 up 13.3% volatile
10 Belarus 58.2% 2018 down 0.5% flat
11 Russia 56.3% 2018 up 6.6% falling
12 Thailand 53.9% 2019 down 22.3% falling
13 Iceland 48.1% 2018 — volatile
14 Namibia 47.9% 2018 — volatile
15 Finland 47.1% 2018 — volatile
16 Latvia 43.5% 2018 up 21.1% rising
17 Indonesia 40.7% 2018 up 135.7% rising
18 Australia 40.7% 2018 — volatile
19 Spain 40.7% 2018 — volatile
20 Cayman Islands 40.4% 2018 down 15.2% rising
21 Uruguay 39.5% 2018 — volatile
22 Serbia 39.3% 2019 up 64.3% rising
23 Germany 38.9% 2018 up 16.7% rising
24 San Marino 38.2% 2019 — volatile
25 Montenegro 37.1% 2019 up 146.1% volatile
26 Saint Lucia 36.6% 2019 — volatile
27 Croatia 32.9% 2018 — volatile
28 Estonia 30.4% 2018 — volatile
29 Cyprus 29.0% 2018 — volatile
30 Lithuania 28.3% 2018 up 35.4% rising
31 Antigua and Barbuda 28.2% 2018 down 41.1% falling
32 Grenada 26.6% 2017 — volatile
33 United Kingdom 26.6% 2017 — rising
34 Ireland 26.6% 2018 — volatile
35 Chile 25.1% 2018 — volatile
36 Moldova 23.2% 2019 — volatile
37 Venezuela 22.8% 2017 up 1.6% rising
38 Austria 22.2% 2018 up 41.9% rising
39 Ghana 20.3% 2019 up 55.5% rising
40 Hungary 19.8% 2018 — volatile
41 Greece 18.4% 2017 — volatile
42 North Macedonia 18.2% 2018 — volatile
43 Kazakhstan 16.6% 2019 — volatile
44 Vietnam 15.9% 2019 — volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 15.2% 2016 — volatile
46 Mauritius 13.6% 2019 — volatile
47 Puerto Rico 11.9% 2013 — volatile
48 Sao Tome and Principe 11.5% 2016 up 82.1% volatile
49 Bahrain 10.6% 2019 up 195.0% rising
50 El Salvador 7.3% 2018 — volatile
51 Dominica 7.2% 2019 — volatile
52 Qatar 6.7% 2019 — volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 6.6% 2019 — volatile
54 Azerbaijan 6.0% 2019 down 4.5% falling
55 Argentina 5.5% 2017 up 55.3% rising
56 Peru 5.2% 2019 — volatile
57 Cambodia 5.2% 2012 — volatile
58 Jamaica 4.6% 2019 — volatile
59 Romania 3.9% 2018 — volatile
60 Mexico 3.3% 2018 — volatile
61 Laos 3.2% 2019 up 182.7% volatile
62 Costa Rica 3.2% 2019 up 25.3% rising
63 Equatorial Guinea 2.5% 2015 — volatile
64 Morocco 1.8% 2019 — volatile
65 Panama 1.4% 2017 — volatile
66 Guatemala 1.4% 2019 — volatile
67 Rwanda 0.6% 2019 — volatile
68 Turkey 0.3% 2018 — rising
69 Benin 0.0% 2019 — volatile
69 Eritrea 0.0% 2018 — volatile
69 Hong Kong 0.0% 2019 — volatile
69 Mongolia 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
69 Mauritania 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile
69 Senegal 0.0% 2019 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 3,062 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official age for early childhood educational development programmes. 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.