Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%) by country
Total female enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female 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...
Countries reporting
172
Highest
89.4%
South Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Zimbabwe
Median
0.0%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,961
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%) is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 89.4% in South Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 11.3%.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 183.2%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 100.0%).
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 89.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Cuba | 89.0% | 2019 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 3 | Norway | 84.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sweden | 70.8% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 67.9% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 61.9% | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 61.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Israel | 60.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 9 | British Virgin Islands | 58.8% | 2018 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Belarus | 57.8% | 2018 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Russia | 55.7% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 54.1% | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 13 | Namibia | 50.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Finland | 47.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Iceland | 46.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Indonesia | 44.9% | 2018 | up 141.4% | rising |
| 17 | Latvia | 44.0% | 2018 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cayman Islands | 40.3% | 2018 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 40.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 40.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Serbia | 39.5% | 2019 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 22 | Uruguay | 39.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Germany | 38.9% | 2018 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 37.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 25 | San Marino | 37.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Montenegro | 36.7% | 2019 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Croatia | 32.8% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Estonia | 30.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 28.2% | 2018 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.2% | 2018 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cyprus | 28.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Ireland | 26.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Grenada | 26.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 26.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 24.8% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Moldova | 23.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Venezuela | 22.4% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Austria | 22.2% | 2018 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 20.6% | 2019 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 40 | Hungary | 19.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 18.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 16.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Vietnam | 15.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 14.7% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritius | 13.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 12.3% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.2% | 2016 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Bahrain | 10.2% | 2019 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 49 | El Salvador | 7.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Dominica | 7.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Qatar | 6.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 5.8% | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 54 | Cambodia | 5.6% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | 5.4% | 2017 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 5.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Jamaica | 4.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 3.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Laos | 3.1% | 2019 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 3.0% | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 1.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 1.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 1.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Rwanda | 0.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Turkey | 0.3% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 68 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Albania | 0.0% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 68 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Benin | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Belize | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 68 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 68 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | China | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Congo | 0.0% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 68 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2007 | — | flat |
| 68 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | France | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 68 | Greece | 0.0% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 68 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | India | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Iran | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Italy | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Japan | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Macao | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 68 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Mali | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Malta | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Niger | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Oman | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Palau | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 68 | Poland | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Syria | 0.0% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 68 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Chad | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Togo | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 68 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2013 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific 37.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 36.1%
- Euro area 32.5%
- European Union 30.8%
- Upper middle income 29.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 28.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 26.3%
- IBRD only 24.9%
- Middle income 24.0%
- Other small states 23.6%
- IDA blend 23.2%
About this data
Total female enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female 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.