Official entrance age to early childhood educational development (years) by country
Age at which students would enter early childhood educational development. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/
Countries reporting
97
Highest
5 years
Eritrea
Lowest
0 years
Laos
Median
1 years
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
1,319
What the numbers show
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development (years) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 5 years in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 years in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 years, and the mean is 0.7423 years.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (down 100.0%).
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritrea | 5 years | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Benin | 4 years | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Namibia | 3 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 3 years | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Canada | 3 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Hungary | 2 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Guinea | 2 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Gambia | 2 years | 2020 | unchanged | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 2 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 2 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Mauritius | 2 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Belarus | 2 years | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Montenegro | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Croatia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Moldova | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Norway | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Morocco | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Latvia | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | South Korea | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Albania | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Venezuela | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Turkey | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Bahrain | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 years | 2019 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Thailand | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Sweden | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Slovenia | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 years | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cayman Islands | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Serbia | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Senegal | 1 years | 2003 | — | falling |
| 14 | Paraguay | 1 years | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Finland | 1 years | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Pakistan | 1 years | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Zambia | 0.5 years | 2013 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 50 | Japan | 0.5 years | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Chile | 0 years | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Denmark | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Dominica | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Germany | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Singapore | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | El Salvador | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Cuba | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Colombia | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Spain | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Barbados | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Austria | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Uruguay | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Argentina | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | British Virgin Islands | 0 years | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Vietnam | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Yemen | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | South Africa | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Grenada | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Lithuania | 0 years | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0 years | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Jamaica | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Mexico | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Israel | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Iceland | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Haiti | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Mauritania | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Hong Kong | 0 years | 2004 | — | flat |
| 52 | Guatemala | 0 years | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Qatar | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Greece | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | New Zealand | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Oman | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Ghana | 0 years | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Panama | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Peru | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Estonia | 0 years | 2020 | — | flat |
| 52 | Laos | 0 years | 2019 | — | flat |
About this data
Age at which students would enter early childhood educational development. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/