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School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
92
Highest
12.70 million number
Nigeria
Lowest
411 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
145,200 number
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
2,087

What the numbers show

School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 12.70 million number in Nigeria; the lowest is 411 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 145,200 number, and the mean is 635,047 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30,892.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (up 296.8%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 62.8%).

School age population, early childhood educational development program: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 12.70 million number 2019 up 25.4% rising
2 Indonesia 9.60 million number 2019 up 8.1% rising
3 Pakistan 4.83 million number 2013 up 12.1% rising
4 Mexico 3.24 million number 2019 down 0.9% flat
5 Vietnam 2.24 million number 2019 up 5.4% rising
6 South Africa 1.70 million number 2019 up 74.9% rising
7 Myanmar 1.35 million number 2019 down 10.1% falling
8 Turkey 1.31 million number 2019 up 2.1% flat
9 Ghana 1.22 million number 2019 up 25.8% rising
10 Yemen 1.21 million number 2019 up 7.0% rising
11 Germany 1.19 million number 2020 up 20.0% rising
12 Argentina 1.10 million number 2019 up 3.7% rising
13 Colombia 1.10 million number 2019 up 3.2% flat
14 Morocco 1.01 million number 2019 up 6.0% volatile
15 Russia 922,175 number 2020 up 20.4% rising
16 Peru 849,595 number 2019 up 2.7% flat
17 Guatemala 807,030 number 2019 up 5.2% rising
18 United Kingdom 768,173 number 2020 down 5.4% falling
19 Thailand 714,479 number 2019 down 9.8% falling
20 Spain 576,287 number 2020 down 20.6% falling
21 Cambodia 524,186 number 2019 up 6.8% rising
22 Senegal 512,067 number 2003 — falling
23 Venezuela 488,128 number 2019 down 13.6% flat
24 Australia 484,100 number 2019 up 16.9% rising
25 Guinea 395,634 number 2019 up 15.9% rising
26 South Korea 393,379 number 2019 down 13.9% falling
27 Canada 378,501 number 2019 up 10.5% rising
28 Kazakhstan 377,404 number 2020 down 0.3% flat
29 Haiti 374,805 number 2019 down 0.4% flat
30 Chile 336,947 number 2019 up 42.9% rising
31 North Korea 336,710 number 2019 down 8.5% falling
32 Saudi Arabia 298,118 number 2019 up 1.2% flat
33 Benin 281,629 number 2011 up 21.4% rising
34 Romania 278,713 number 2020 down 12.9% falling
35 Zambia 268,498 number 2013 down 50.1% falling
36 Israel 247,295 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
37 Laos 234,253 number 2019 up 0.5% flat
38 El Salvador 226,211 number 2019 down 5.7% falling
39 Mauritania 200,757 number 2019 up 38.2% rising
40 United Arab Emirates 196,792 number 2019 down 0.1% flat
41 Nicaragua 193,352 number 2019 down 1.8% flat
42 Oman 174,115 number 2019 up 25.4% rising
43 Cuba 171,288 number 2019 down 2.8% falling
44 Greece 161,293 number 2020 down 22.3% falling
45 Panama 152,026 number 2019 up 34.7% rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 149,774 number 2020 up 4.1% flat
47 Azerbaijan 140,626 number 2019 up 22.3% rising
48 Paraguay 136,899 number 2019 up 2.1% rising
49 Costa Rica 136,532 number 2019 down 1.5% falling
50 Turkmenistan 134,929 number 2019 up 6.5% rising
51 Austria 130,991 number 2020 up 15.2% flat
52 Sweden 116,650 number 2020 up 9.0% rising
53 Namibia 99,034 number 2019 up 28.6% rising
54 Eritrea 92,054 number 2012 up 46.9% rising
55 Denmark 91,151 number 2020 up 0.3% flat
56 Mongolia 87,750 number 2009 down 36.6% falling
57 New Zealand 87,183 number 2019 up 182.6% volatile
58 Uruguay 69,487 number 2019 up 1.8% flat
59 Jamaica 68,655 number 2019 down 1.2% flat
60 Serbia 62,523 number 2019 down 1.9% flat
61 Norway 58,337 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
62 Belarus 56,924 number 2019 down 39.8% falling
63 Equatorial Guinea 56,505 number 2019 up 23.2% rising
64 Finland 52,095 number 2020 down 13.9% falling
65 Hungary 44,185 number 2020 down 5.6% falling
66 Lithuania 42,491 number 2019 up 49.9% rising
67 Gambia 39,714 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
68 Qatar 39,573 number 2019 up 20.6% rising
69 Hong Kong 37,358 number 2004 down 32.1% falling
70 Croatia 36,773 number 2019 down 17.2% rising
71 Moldova 34,049 number 2019 down 10.9% falling
72 Albania 32,580 number 2019 up 2.4% rising
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,684 number 2019 — rising
74 North Macedonia 22,145 number 2019 up 4.0% falling
75 Bahrain 21,325 number 2019 up 23.6% rising
76 Latvia 20,582 number 2019 down 8.7% rising
77 Slovenia 19,888 number 2020 down 0.2% rising
78 Estonia 19,517 number 2020 down 12.3% falling
79 Cyprus 13,673 number 2019 — flat
80 Montenegro 7,105 number 2019 down 7.3% falling
81 Mauritius 6,280 number 2019 down 16.7% falling
82 Iceland 5,852 number 2020 down 16.8% falling
83 Barbados 4,469 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
84 Sao Tome and Principe 3,126 number 2019 down 45.8% falling
85 Grenada 2,650 number 2019 down 4.6% flat
86 Antigua and Barbuda 2,184 number 2019 up 62.0% rising
87 Saint Lucia 2,164 number 2019 down 2.6% rising
88 Dominica 1,382 number 2019 up 3.0% flat
89 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 861 number 2019 up 296.8% rising
90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 695 number 2019 down 2.9% falling
91 Cayman Islands 686 number 2019 down 62.8% volatile
92 British Virgin Islands 411 number 2019 down 15.6% 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 educational development programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,087 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood educational development education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. 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/