Gross enrollment rate (%), pre-primary, total - Pre-primary - Education Statistics

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Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
Gross enrollment rate (%), pre-primary, total - Pre-primary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Spain (2008)125.59
2Belgium (2008)121.66
3Mexico (2008)114.18
4Ireland (1996)113.98
5Monaco (2009)111.67
6Czech Republic (2008)111.24
7North Korea (2008)111.12
8South Korea (2008)111.12
9Cuba (2008)110.81
10France (2008)110.41
11Germany (2008)109.12
12Aruba (2008)103.83
13French Polynesia (1996)103.6
14Cayman Islands (2008)103.41
15Grenada (2008)103.14
16New Caledonia (1996)102.62
17Belarus (2007)102.26
18Netherlands Antilles (2003)102.21
19St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)101.68
20Switzerland (2008)101.67
21Sweden (2008)101.53
22Italy (2007)101.3
23Ecuador (2008)101.27
24Malta (2007)101.26
25Maldives (2008)101.25
26Euro area (2004)101.17
27Liechtenstein (2008)100.68
28Netherlands (2008)100.3
29Seychelles (2008)99.86
30Andorra (2008)98.47
31Mauritius (2008)98.37
32Ukraine (2008)98.03
33Iceland (2008)97.83
34Israel (2008)97.14
35Denmark (2007)96.09
36Estonia (2008)95.16
37Austria (2008)95.11
38Norway (2008)94.74
39Slovakia (2008)94.22
40Macau (1996)94.21
41New Zealand (2008)94.07
42St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2004)92.37
43Russia (2008)90.08
44Latvia (2008)88.9
45Japan (2008)88.79
46Thailand (2008)88.7
47Luxembourg (2008)88.03
48United Arab Emirates (2007)87.37
49Hungary (2008)87.21
50Jamaica (2008)86.16
51Guyana (2008)84.74
52Liberia (2008)84.16
53Brunei Darussalam (2008)82.85
54Slovenia (2008)82.75
55Cyprus (2008)82.64
56Australia (2008)82.29
57Trinidad and Tobago (2008)81.52
58Suriname (2008)81.29
59Bulgaria (2008)80.67
60Uruguay (2007)80.64
61United Kingdom (2008)80.53
62Portugal (2007)80.06
63High income: OECD (2004)79.97
64Hong Kong (2005)79.93
65Dominica (2008)77.06
66High income (2008)76.8
67Kuwait (2008)76.43
68Kiribati (2004)74.62
69Romania (2008)73.31
70Moldova (2008)72.63
71Lebanon (2008)72.3
72Lithuania (2008)72.24
73Peru (2008)72.04
74Antigua and Barbuda (2008)71.74
75Canada (2006)70.45
76Venezuela (2008)69.11
77Panama (2008)68.86
78Argentina (2007)68.81
79Costa Rica (2008)68.81
80Greece (2007)68.58
81Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)68.48
82St. Lucia (2008)68.35
83Ghana (2008)67.75
84Finland (2008)65.32
85Brazil (2008)65.05
86Palau (2005)63.59
87Sri Lanka (1996)62.74
88Upper middle income (2008)62.68
89Georgia (2008)62.53
90Malaysia (2007)60.59
91Cape Verde (2008)60.32
92Poland (2007)60.25
93El Salvador (2008)59.7
94Papua New Guinea (2002)59.29
95Serbia (2008)58.66
96United States (2008)57.81
97Mongolia (2008)57.35
98Morocco (2008)56.9
99Nicaragua (2008)55.77
100Chile (2007)55.76
101Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)54.6
102Equatorial Guinea (2007)54.29
103Bahrain (2008)53.81
104Iran (2008)52.24
105Qatar (2008)51.29
106South Africa (2007)51.13
107Croatia (2007)51.11
108Colombia (2008)49.38
109Bolivia (2007)49.31
110Philippines (2008)48.64
111Albania (2004)48.62
112Barbados (1996)48.08
113Kenya (2008)47.59
114India (2007)47.08
115Pakistan (2005)46.87
116Marshall Islands (2007)44.97
117East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)44.48
118China (2008)44.12
119Western Samoa (2008)43.81
120Indonesia (2008)43.01
121Lower middle income (2008)42.27
122Solomon Islands (2003)41.66
123Middle income (2002)41.37
124Vietnam (2001)40.72
125Honduras (2008)40.41
126Belize (2008)40.23
127Angola (2008)40.14
128Low & middle income (2008)39.79
129Kazakhstan (2009)39.44
130Zimbabwe (2002)38.87
131Sao Tome and Principe (2009)38.7
132Macedonia (2007)38.47
133Micronesia (1999)36.79
134Turkmenistan (1996)36.77
135Jordan (2008)36.36
136South Asia (2006)35.6
137Paraguay (2007)34.99
138Dominican Republic (2008)34.88
139Haiti (1996)34.51
140Tanzania (2008)34.24
141Oman (2008)33.7
142Armenia (2007)32.8
143West Bank and Gaza (2008)31.74
144Namibia (2006)31.44
145Bahamas (2003)30.35
146Guatemala (2008)29.44
147Sudan (2009)28.09
148Lesotho (2005)27.4
149Uzbekistan (2008)27.18
150Comoros (2008)26.56
151Azerbaijan (2008)26.48
152Cameroon (2008)24.77
153Algeria (2008)23.4
154Puerto Rico (1996)22.57
155Tunisia (2003)22.27
156Gambia (2007)22.01
157Tonga (2005)20.67
158Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)20.1
159Singapore (1996)19.23
160Uganda (2008)18.8
161Turkey (2008)17.73
162Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)16.96
163Mozambique (1985)16.84
164Kyrgyzstan (2008)16.66
165Botswana (2006)16.26
166Egypt (2007)16.13
167Nigeria (2007)15.98
168Fiji (2006)15.81
169Swaziland (2005)15.77
170Low income (2008)15.31
171Laos (2008)14.92
172Gabon (2002)14.22
173Eritrea (2008)13.24
174Benin (2008)13.19
175Cambodia (2008)12.93
176Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)12.47
177Republic of the Congo (2008)12.47
178Nepal (2002)11.93
179Guinea (2008)11.44
180Saudi Arabia (2008)10.86
181Senegal (2008)10.65
182Bangladesh (2005)10.49
183Timor-Leste (2005)10.48
184Syria (2008)9.67
185Madagascar (2008)9.24
186Tajikistan (2008)8.98
187Libya (2006)8.88
188Vanuatu (2006)7.15
189Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2001)7.03
190Burma (2008)6.26
191Iraq (2005)5.53
192Sierra Leone (2007)4.94
193Togo (2007)4.23
194Central African Republic (2008)4.1
195Mali (2008)4
196Guinea-Bissau (2000)3.71
197Ethiopia (2008)3.67
198Niger (2009)3.16
199Djibouti (2008)3.15
200Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)3.11
201Burkina Faso (2008)3.01
202Ivory Coast (2008)2.99
203Rwanda (2002)2.75
204Burundi (2007)2.62
205Zambia (1998)2.37
206Mauritania (2005)1.92
207Bhutan (2008)1.04
208Yemen (2005)0.9
209Chad (2005)0.82
210Afghanistan (2004)0.8
211Somalia (1996)0.37
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