Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks by country
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/
What the numbers show
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 3 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Comoros.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5, and the mean is 1.54.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 100.0%).
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 3 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2020 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 3 | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 3 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Panama | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Naoero | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Nepal | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Tonga | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 2 | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Curacao | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Aruba | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Ghana | 2 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Sweden | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Austria | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 1 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | 1 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 29 | North Korea | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Poland | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 1 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Honduras | 1 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Finland | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Cyprus | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Macao | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Montenegro | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Mongolia | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Comoros | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/