Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions (%) by country
Total number of students in early childhood education programmes enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business...
Countries reporting
147
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
0.1%
Belarus
Median
33.2%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
1,849
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in private institutions (%) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.1% in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.2%, and the mean is 41.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,401.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 1,001.2%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 98.2%).
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Ireland | 99.3% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 5 | Hong Kong, China | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 98.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 7 | British Virgin Islands | 98.3% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 96.6% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | Macau, China | 96.4% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94.8% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 93.2% | 2015 | up 1,001.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 90.4% | 2015 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89.1% | 2018 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 14 | Dominica | 86.2% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 15 | Cayman Islands | 84.9% | 2018 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | 84.7% | 2019 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 17 | Morocco | 84.4% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 18 | Qatar | 83.6% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 19 | Jamaica | 83.2% | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.7% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 21 | Syrian Arab Republic | 82.6% | 2013 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 22 | Republic of Korea | 81.7% | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 80.9% | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 24 | Belize | 80.5% | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritius | 80.5% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 80.0% | 2016 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 79.4% | 2018 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 78.9% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 29 | Oman | 77.7% | 2019 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.7% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 31 | Djibouti | 77.7% | 2020 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 32 | Japan | 76.4% | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 75.5% | 2011 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 34 | Aruba | 74.9% | 2014 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 35 | Lebanon | 74.7% | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 36 | Chad | 74.4% | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 37 | Jordan | 72.2% | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 67.5% | 2019 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 39 | Germany | 67.2% | 2018 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 40 | Congo | 66.5% | 2012 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 41 | Cyprus | 62.1% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.4% | 2016 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 43 | Israel | 59.3% | 2018 | up 806.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 58.7% | 2018 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 58.6% | 2018 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Grenada | 57.6% | 2017 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 47 | Eritrea | 57.4% | 2018 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 48 | China | 56.7% | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 54.8% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 53.5% | 2018 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 51 | Uruguay | 53.5% | 2018 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 52 | Belgium | 52.9% | 2012 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 52.5% | 2018 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 51.4% | 2018 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 55 | Malaysia | 50.5% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 56 | Norway | 49.7% | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49.6% | 2018 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 47.2% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 46.9% | 2018 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 60 | Kuwait | 45.0% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 43.8% | 2018 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 43.6% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 63 | Suriname | 42.3% | 2019 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | 41.0% | 2007 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 40.5% | 2018 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 66 | Pakistan | 40.1% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 67 | Timor-Leste | 39.6% | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 68 | Rwanda | 38.4% | 2018 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 37.1% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 70 | Nepal | 36.6% | 2019 | up 218.0% | rising |
| 71 | Maldives | 35.8% | 2019 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 72 | Austria | 35.7% | 2018 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 33.6% | 2019 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 33.2% | 2017 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 75 | Kenya | 33.0% | 2016 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 76 | Togo | 30.9% | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 77 | Burundi | 30.0% | 2019 | up 48.2% | falling |
| 78 | Monaco | 30.0% | 2020 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 29.3% | 2018 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 80 | Madagascar | 28.9% | 2019 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | 28.8% | 2019 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 82 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.5% | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 28.1% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 84 | Italy | 28.1% | 2018 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 85 | Sudan | 28.1% | 2017 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 86 | Malta | 28.0% | 2017 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 87 | Netherlands | 27.8% | 2018 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 88 | Brazil | 27.7% | 2018 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 27.6% | 2019 | up 480.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Poland | 24.9% | 2018 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 24.7% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 92 | Thailand | 23.7% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 93 | Solomon Islands | 21.1% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20.4% | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 95 | Denmark | 19.6% | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 96 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.4% | 2017 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 18.9% | 2018 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 98 | Greece | 18.7% | 2017 | up 503.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 18.2% | 2015 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 100 | Viet Nam | 18.2% | 2019 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Sweden | 18.2% | 2018 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 102 | Mexico | 17.6% | 2018 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 16.4% | 2017 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 16.3% | 2018 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 105 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2018 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 106 | Türkiye | 16.2% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 107 | Guatemala | 16.0% | 2019 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 108 | Finland | 15.3% | 2018 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 109 | Seychelles | 14.8% | 2019 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 110 | Barbados | 14.6% | 2011 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 14.5% | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 112 | Algeria | 14.4% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Mongolia | 14.3% | 2018 | up 325.6% | rising |
| 114 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.1% | 2018 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 13.7% | 2020 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Honduras | 13.6% | 2019 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 117 | France | 13.4% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 118 | Hungary | 11.3% | 2018 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 10.9% | 2018 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 10.7% | 2018 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 121 | Serbia | 10.0% | 2019 | up 510.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Niger | 9.9% | 2019 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.6% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 9.1% | 2018 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 125 | Guyana | 8.0% | 2012 | up 494.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Albania | 7.1% | 2012 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 7.1% | 2018 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6.6% | 2019 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 129 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2018 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovenia | 5.3% | 2018 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 131 | Switzerland | 5.1% | 2018 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 132 | Romania | 4.9% | 2018 | up 189.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Montenegro | 4.5% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 134 | Estonia | 4.3% | 2018 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.0% | 2019 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Czechia | 3.9% | 2018 | up 172.5% | rising |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 3.2% | 2018 | up 945.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2019 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Armenia | 2.7% | 2019 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 2.4% | 2019 | up 808.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Andorra | 2.2% | 2019 | up 24.2% | flat |
| 142 | Liechtenstein | 1.9% | 2016 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2018 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Russian Federation | 1.6% | 2018 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Ukraine | 0.8% | 2019 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2019 | up 547.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2018 | down 98.2% | volatile |
About this data
Total number of students in early childhood education programmes enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise), expressed as a percentage of total number of students enrolled in early childhood education programmes. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.