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School age population, early childhood education, female (number) by country

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are...

Countries reporting
199
Highest
33.24 million number
India
Lowest
274 number
Bermuda
Median
247,101 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,152

What the numbers show

School age population, early childhood education, female (number) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 33.24 million number in India; the lowest is 274 number in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 247,101 number, and the mean is 1.13 million number.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 683.2%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 66.0%).

School age population, early childhood education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 33.24 million number 2019 down 8.9% flat
2 China 24.41 million number 2019 up 6.8% falling
3 Nigeria 15.66 million number 2019 up 26.1% rising
4 Indonesia 14.32 million number 2019 up 7.1% rising
5 Brazil 8.39 million number 2011 up 72.6% rising
6 Mexico 6.54 million number 2019 up 193.9% volatile
7 Pakistan 5.08 million number 2019 down 43.0% falling
8 Russia 4.63 million number 2020 up 28.2% rising
9 Ethiopia 4.53 million number 2019 up 14.5% rising
10 Vietnam 4.42 million number 2019 up 126.1% rising
11 Bangladesh 4.26 million number 2019 down 8.5% falling
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.25 million number 2019 up 37.9% rising
13 South Africa 4.01 million number 2019 up 176.1% rising
14 Angola 3.33 million number 2019 up 683.2% volatile
15 Turkey 3.32 million number 2019 up 4.2% flat
16 Egypt 2.45 million number 2019 up 43.7% rising
17 Yemen 2.39 million number 2019 up 141.7% rising
18 Germany 2.31 million number 2020 up 127.0% rising
19 Myanmar 2.24 million number 2019 down 12.3% falling
20 Argentina 2.20 million number 2019 up 4.1% rising
21 Uganda 2.20 million number 2019 up 29.8% rising
22 Colombia 2.18 million number 2019 up 81.6% rising
23 Kenya 2.09 million number 2019 up 9.6% rising
24 Ghana 1.99 million number 2019 up 23.9% rising
25 Thailand 1.82 million number 2019 down 9.4% falling
26 Tanzania 1.70 million number 2019 up 26.9% rising
27 Morocco 1.68 million number 2019 up 182.7% rising
28 Peru 1.63 million number 2019 up 91.5% rising
29 United Kingdom 1.56 million number 2020 up 122.9% rising
30 Mozambique 1.43 million number 2019 up 23.1% rising
31 Guatemala 1.40 million number 2019 up 258.2% volatile
32 Uzbekistan 1.31 million number 2020 up 30.4% rising
33 Venezuela 1.30 million number 2019 down 7.8% flat
34 Ukraine 1.22 million number 2014 up 102.0% falling
35 Saudi Arabia 1.19 million number 2019 up 47.8% rising
36 Spain 1.19 million number 2020 up 76.7% rising
37 Niger 1.18 million number 2019 up 46.6% rising
38 Sudan 1.18 million number 2020 up 14.8% rising
39 France 1.16 million number 2019 down 0.6% rising
40 Cote d'Ivoire 1.12 million number 2019 up 20.7% rising
41 Philippines 1.12 million number 2019 up 5.7% rising
42 Madagascar 1.11 million number 2019 up 18.1% rising
43 Zambia 1.11 million number 2019 up 22.9% rising
44 Rwanda 1.06 million number 2019 up 148.5% rising
45 South Korea 1.05 million number 2019 up 362.7% volatile
46 Cambodia 1.05 million number 2019 up 10.7% rising
47 Iraq 1.03 million number 2019 up 26.9% rising
48 Kazakhstan 961,248 number 2020 up 93.6% rising
49 Guinea 956,066 number 2019 up 102.6% rising
50 Mali 942,761 number 2019 down 2.0% rising
51 Burkina Faso 938,591 number 2019 up 32.2% rising
52 Malawi 823,523 number 2019 up 15.7% rising
53 Chad 789,182 number 2019 up 29.5% rising
54 Cameroon 754,416 number 2019 up 26.0% rising
55 Haiti 745,587 number 2019 up 105.6% rising
56 Somalia 741,440 number 2019 up 23.9% rising
57 Italy 740,476 number 2020 down 9.6% flat
58 Senegal 735,513 number 2019 up 32.7% falling
59 Poland 727,408 number 2020 up 3.8% falling
60 Chile 704,681 number 2019 up 199.8% rising
61 Iran 673,763 number 2019 up 21.7% flat
62 North Korea 662,806 number 2019 down 10.5% falling
63 Australia 642,146 number 2019 up 17.6% rising
64 Canada 571,643 number 2019 up 11.4% flat
65 Romania 548,135 number 2020 up 35.7% rising
66 Nepal 543,316 number 2019 down 11.9% falling
67 Afghanistan 530,275 number 2019 up 14.2% rising
68 Syria 517,421 number 2019 down 34.2% falling
69 Malaysia 500,140 number 2020 up 1.4% falling
70 Israel 491,903 number 2019 up 151.8% rising
71 Tajikistan 485,721 number 2019 up 48.7% rising
72 South Sudan 483,081 number 2019 up 19.0% rising
73 Ecuador 477,398 number 2019 up 5.0% rising
74 Algeria 467,603 number 2020 up 60.2% falling
75 Laos 462,046 number 2019 up 1.9% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 461,585 number 2020 up 133.1% rising
77 Zimbabwe 452,841 number 2019 up 28.1% rising
78 Papua New Guinea 410,162 number 2019 up 351.3% volatile
79 El Salvador 393,791 number 2019 down 6.7% rising
80 Mauritania 389,499 number 2019 up 34.1% rising
81 Nicaragua 388,304 number 2019 up 0.0% rising
82 Azerbaijan 375,108 number 2019 up 29.5% flat
83 Belgium 372,551 number 2020 up 109.9% rising
84 Burundi 358,488 number 2019 up 44.9% flat
85 Cuba 357,109 number 2019 down 1.8% falling
86 Sweden 347,179 number 2020 up 11.6% rising
87 Turkmenistan 344,038 number 2019 up 73.0% rising
88 Togo 343,757 number 2019 up 19.6% rising
89 Benin 340,759 number 2019 down 36.7% rising
90 Paraguay 338,479 number 2019 up 2.6% rising
91 Sri Lanka 329,624 number 2019 down 7.4% falling
92 Sierra Leone 328,005 number 2019 up 15.7% rising
93 Tunisia 304,769 number 2019 up 32.6% rising
94 United Arab Emirates 298,468 number 2019 up 355.9% volatile
95 Honduras 289,699 number 2019 down 5.9% flat
96 Dominican Republic 285,113 number 2019 down 3.2% flat
97 Netherlands 257,048 number 2020 up 31.4% rising
98 Austria 255,989 number 2020 up 11.3% flat
99 Oman 250,952 number 2019 up 428.0% volatile
100 Greece 247,101 number 2020 up 136.8% volatile
101 Congo 233,995 number 2019 up 28.6% rising
102 Bolivia 232,410 number 2019 down 0.0% rising
103 Belarus 231,712 number 2019 up 2.6% flat
104 Jordan 229,271 number 2019 up 34.4% rising
105 Panama 228,106 number 2019 up 229.0% volatile
106 Hungary 216,243 number 2020 up 15.3% flat
107 Central African Republic 212,510 number 2019 up 4.6% rising
108 Costa Rica 206,434 number 2019 down 0.5% falling
109 Liberia 204,362 number 2019 up 20.9% rising
110 Serbia 190,082 number 2019 up 25.8% rising
111 Gambia 187,180 number 2020 up 32.7% rising
112 Denmark 175,395 number 2020 up 37.9% rising
113 Finland 167,681 number 2020 up 48.5% rising
114 Namibia 163,629 number 2019 up 28.7% rising
115 Czechia 158,199 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
116 Ireland 154,463 number 2019 up 415.7% volatile
117 Mongolia 149,431 number 2019 down 3.1% falling
118 Norway 147,919 number 2020 up 71.9% rising
119 New Zealand 146,747 number 2019 up 66.6% rising
120 Uruguay 139,615 number 2019 up 94.2% rising
121 Jamaica 138,346 number 2019 up 93.4% rising
122 Palestine 133,196 number 2019 up 20.4% rising
123 Libya 129,212 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
124 Bulgaria 128,516 number 2019 up 0.2% flat
125 Puerto Rico 126,784 number 2013 up 134.5% rising
126 Portugal 122,322 number 2020 down 19.8% falling
127 Croatia 114,141 number 2019 up 44.9% rising
128 Equatorial Guinea 107,898 number 2019 up 203.9% volatile
129 Moldova 107,647 number 2019 up 50.4% rising
130 Lithuania 100,201 number 2019 up 20.6% falling
131 Eritrea 94,276 number 2019 down 39.4% rising
132 Gabon 86,798 number 2019 up 45.4% rising
133 Guinea-Bissau 85,398 number 2019 up 31.3% rising
134 Switzerland 84,678 number 2020 up 17.4% flat
135 Georgia 83,564 number 2020 up 27.8% flat
136 Slovakia 82,580 number 2020 up 7.5% falling
137 Albania 82,488 number 2019 up 44.0% falling
138 Hong Kong 81,545 number 2019 up 26.5% falling
139 Botswana 80,858 number 2019 up 13.0% rising
140 Qatar 78,970 number 2019 up 252.7% volatile
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72,925 number 2019 — falling
142 Lesotho 71,469 number 2019 down 1.4% falling
143 Latvia 61,477 number 2019 down 0.8% flat
144 Armenia 60,504 number 2020 down 10.5% falling
145 Kuwait 59,848 number 2019 up 43.3% rising
146 North Macedonia 56,027 number 2019 up 56.4% falling
147 Bahrain 52,653 number 2019 up 26.1% rising
148 Slovenia 51,260 number 2020 up 9.8% falling
149 Estonia 47,690 number 2020 down 8.1% rising
150 East Timor 46,912 number 2019 up 43.9% rising
151 Eswatini 41,827 number 2019 down 2.2% falling
152 Comoros 34,714 number 2019 up 21.5% rising
153 Solomon Islands 28,641 number 2019 up 31.8% rising
154 Cyprus 27,288 number 2019 up 121.5% rising
155 Fiji 26,251 number 2019 up 6.2% flat
156 Guyana 22,026 number 2019 up 37.9% rising
157 Djibouti 20,559 number 2020 up 19.5% falling
158 Mauritius 19,056 number 2019 up 7.2% flat
159 Trinidad and Tobago 18,644 number 2019 up 0.6% rising
160 Montenegro 17,626 number 2019 down 22.8% falling
161 Cape Verde 15,918 number 2019 down 0.5% falling
162 Iceland 12,339 number 2020 up 91.1% rising
163 Sao Tome and Principe 12,317 number 2019 down 12.7% rising
164 Bhutan 12,066 number 2020 down 10.4% falling
165 Maldives 10,795 number 2019 up 32.9% rising
166 Brunei 10,245 number 2019 up 6.9% rising
167 Suriname 10,196 number 2019 up 0.4% flat
168 Macao 9,996 number 2019 up 91.1% rising
169 Luxembourg 9,641 number 2020 up 15.6% rising
170 Belize 7,778 number 2019 up 2.1% rising
171 Vanuatu 7,499 number 2019 up 31.7% rising
172 Barbados 7,411 number 2019 up 104.2% rising
173 Samoa 4,991 number 2019 up 4.8% rising
174 Bahamas 4,803 number 2019 down 21.4% falling
175 Grenada 4,431 number 2019 up 174.7% rising
176 Saint Lucia 4,375 number 2019 down 4.7% falling
177 Malta 4,174 number 2019 up 12.9% falling
178 Kiribati 4,132 number 2019 up 28.8% rising
179 Antigua and Barbuda 3,645 number 2019 up 35.2% rising
180 Micronesia (country) 3,429 number 2019 down 3.7% falling
181 Tonga 2,445 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
182 Dominica 2,221 number 2019 up 139.3% rising
183 Curacao 2,008 number 2019 down 1.4% flat
184 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,717 number 2019 up 162.9% rising
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,661 number 2019 down 3.5% falling
186 Seychelles 1,560 number 2019 up 13.3% rising
187 Cayman Islands 1,439 number 2019 down 44.2% falling
188 Marshall Islands 1,414 number 2019 down 11.6% rising
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,404 number 2019 down 1.0% rising
190 Aruba 1,086 number 2019 down 17.2% falling
191 San Marino 820 number 2019 up 99.5% rising
192 Gibraltar 807 number 2019 up 241.9% volatile
193 British Virgin Islands 672 number 2019 down 22.1% rising
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 485 number 2019 down 66.0% falling
195 Nauru 408 number 2019 up 16.6% flat
196 Tuvalu 398 number 2019 up 9.6% rising
197 Palau 348 number 2019 down 15.5% falling
198 Liechtenstein 347 number 2019 down 1.4% falling
199 Bermuda 274 number 2019 down 23.2% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
School age population, early childhood education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. 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. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/