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School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross) by country

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 programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a...

Countries reporting
194
Highest
156.9%
Australia
Lowest
1.0%
Somalia
Median
69.6%
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
7,379

What the numbers show

School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 156.9% in Australia; the lowest is 1.0% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 69.6%, and the mean is 62.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 154.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 4,489.9%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 80.2%).

School enrollment, preprimary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 156.9% 2020 up 102.1% rising
2 Liberia 133.9% 2020 down 16.4% volatile
3 Grenada 127.8% 2020 up 10.1% rising
4 Ghana 117.2% 2020 down 2.6% volatile
5 Belgium 113.2% 2020 down 4.9% rising
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 113.2% 2020 up 34.1% rising
7 Malta 112.5% 2020 up 0.6% rising
8 Czechia 112.0% 2020 up 11.2% rising
9 Israel 110.4% 2020 up 13.3% rising
10 Gibraltar 109.6% 2021 down 38.4% volatile
11 Germany 107.7% 2020 up 0.7% rising
12 France 106.0% 2020 up 0.4% rising
13 United Kingdom 105.8% 2020 up 26.9% rising
14 Seychelles 104.9% 2021 up 2.9% rising
15 Uruguay 103.5% 2020 up 14.1% rising
16 Liechtenstein 103.0% 2020 down 2.3% flat
17 Austria 102.6% 2020 up 2.1% rising
18 Switzerland 102.3% 2020 up 3.0% rising
19 Aruba 102.3% 2015 up 2.5% rising
20 Vanuatu 102.2% 2020 up 8.9% volatile
21 Denmark 101.9% 2020 up 3.8% rising
22 French Polynesia 101.8% 1996 up 6.6% rising
23 Spain 101.7% 2020 up 4.1% rising
24 Slovakia 100.5% 2020 up 12.1% rising
25 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2021 unchanged falling
26 Sweden 99.8% 2020 up 4.9% rising
27 Mauritius 99.6% 2021 down 6.6% rising
28 Cuba 99.2% 2021 down 4.7% rising
29 Portugal 99.1% 2020 up 14.4% volatile
30 Peru 97.3% 2021 up 26.7% volatile
31 Norway 96.2% 2020 down 2.2% rising
32 Hong Kong 96.0% 2020 down 18.5% rising
33 Costa Rica 95.8% 2021 up 22.5% volatile
34 Ireland 95.3% 2020 down 7.8% flat
35 Romania 95.0% 2020 up 18.0% rising
36 Latvia 94.5% 2020 up 11.6% rising
37 Solomon Islands 94.3% 2019 down 7.0% rising
38 United Arab Emirates 94.3% 2020 up 9.3% rising
39 Iceland 94.0% 2020 down 1.3% falling
40 Vietnam 93.9% 2021 up 30.4% rising
41 Poland 93.8% 2020 up 35.1% rising
42 Belarus 93.8% 2021 down 9.4% rising
43 Greece 93.7% 2020 up 25.5% rising
44 China 93.6% 2021 up 58.9% volatile
45 Estonia 93.3% 2019 down 1.8% rising
46 Slovenia 93.1% 2020 up 5.5% rising
47 Netherlands 92.8% 2020 up 3.1% falling
48 Luxembourg 92.0% 2020 up 3.3% flat
49 Jamaica 91.9% 2011 up 17.5% rising
50 South Korea 91.9% 2020 down 1.0% volatile
51 Italy 91.8% 2020 down 7.0% rising
52 New Zealand 91.3% 2020 down 15.3% rising
53 British Virgin Islands 90.3% 2021 down 13.4% rising
54 Moldova 90.0% 2021 up 35.2% rising
55 Hungary 89.7% 2020 up 6.4% rising
56 Philippines 89.7% 2021 down 9.2% volatile
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 89.3% 2021 down 34.7% rising
58 Lithuania 88.8% 2020 up 14.1% rising
59 Malaysia 88.6% 2021 up 7.3% rising
60 Finland 88.3% 2020 up 30.4% rising
61 Cayman Islands 88.3% 2018 up 25.2% rising
62 Nepal 88.1% 2022 up 1.6% volatile
63 Colombia 86.7% 2020 — volatile
64 Brazil 85.7% 2020 down 2.5% flat
65 Cyprus 85.5% 2020 up 8.2% volatile
66 Russia 85.4% 2019 up 13.5% rising
67 Ukraine 85.1% 2020 down 13.0% rising
68 Macao 85.0% 2021 down 10.7% rising
69 Bulgaria 83.8% 2020 up 4.8% rising
70 Chile 83.8% 2020 down 21.1% rising
71 Japan 82.8% 1999 up 82.0% rising
72 Tuvalu 81.1% 2021 down 15.5% falling
73 American Samoa 80.3% 1990 up 20.8% rising
74 Suriname 80.1% 2021 up 4.6% flat
75 Algeria 79.7% 2011 up 2,267.4% volatile
76 Mongolia 79.5% 2021 down 0.1% rising
77 Bolivia 79.1% 2020 up 65.8% rising
78 Saint Lucia 78.8% 2020 up 11.3% rising
79 Maldives 78.0% 2020 up 55.4% rising
80 Pakistan 77.2% 2019 up 11.8% rising
81 Tanzania 76.9% 2021 up 117.9% rising
82 Barbados 76.8% 2021 down 0.9% rising
83 Argentina 76.7% 2020 up 10.5% rising
84 Cape Verde 75.6% 2019 up 8.1% rising
85 Zimbabwe 74.4% 2021 up 61.1% rising
86 Thailand 74.4% 2022 down 14.5% volatile
87 Antigua and Barbuda 74.0% 2018 down 12.4% rising
88 Sri Lanka 73.9% 2020 up 20.1% rising
89 Iran 73.7% 2020 up 77.7% volatile
90 Palau 73.6% 2020 down 8.6% flat
91 Kazakhstan 73.6% 2020 up 105.9% rising
92 United States 72.6% 2020 up 1.6% rising
93 Montenegro 71.8% 2021 up 32.0% rising
94 Mexico 71.5% 2020 down 30.3% rising
95 Croatia 70.8% 2020 up 15.6% rising
96 Nicaragua 70.4% 2020 up 24.7% volatile
97 Venezuela 70.0% 2017 up 13.5% rising
98 Albania 69.2% 2021 down 2.9% rising
99 Marshall Islands 68.2% 2021 up 50.5% rising
100 El Salvador 66.3% 2014 up 15.7% volatile
101 Dominica 65.6% 2021 down 39.3% rising
102 Trinidad and Tobago 65.1% 2021 down 21.5% flat
103 Kenya 64.4% 2019 up 29.6% rising
104 Serbia 63.9% 2021 up 15.1% rising
105 Brunei 63.1% 2020 down 5.4% rising
106 Bermuda 63.1% 2015 up 27.8% falling
107 Georgia 62.4% 2007 up 57.3% rising
108 Kuwait 62.1% 2020 down 25.8% rising
109 Guyana 59.9% 2014 down 30.9% rising
110 Morocco 59.6% 2021 up 26.4% rising
111 Indonesia 59.1% 2018 up 33.9% volatile
112 Ecuador 56.5% 2021 up 5.8% rising
113 Bahrain 55.7% 2020 up 10.5% rising
114 Qatar 54.2% 2021 down 3.3% volatile
115 Lebanon 53.9% 1985 down 14.4% falling
116 Sao Tome and Principe 52.6% 2016 up 81.3% rising
117 India 52.3% 2021 — volatile
118 Bhutan 51.8% 2021 up 783.8% volatile
119 Paraguay 51.3% 2020 up 31.0% volatile
120 Tonga 50.6% 2020 up 37.0% rising
121 Palestine 50.4% 2021 up 22.7% rising
122 Guatemala 50.4% 2021 down 26.5% rising
123 Laos 49.9% 2021 up 126.3% volatile
124 Canada 48.6% 2020 — rising
125 Sudan 47.4% 2018 up 67.9% rising
126 Azerbaijan 46.2% 2021 up 76.7% rising
127 Papua New Guinea 45.4% 2018 down 51.7% volatile
128 Tunisia 45.0% 2016 up 122.5% volatile
129 Equatorial Guinea 43.8% 2015 up 58.7% rising
130 Gambia 43.7% 2022 up 36.3% rising
131 Samoa 43.4% 2021 up 6.4% rising
132 Uzbekistan 43.4% 2021 up 73.0% falling
133 Madagascar 42.2% 2019 up 337.8% volatile
134 Bahamas 41.5% 2019 up 14.6% rising
135 Turkey 39.1% 2020 up 57.1% volatile
136 Kyrgyzstan 38.7% 2021 up 90.5% rising
137 Puerto Rico 37.8% 2016 down 62.5% falling
138 Bangladesh 37.4% 2021 up 48.1% volatile
139 Namibia 37.4% 2021 up 126.2% rising
140 Angola 37.3% 2016 down 74.7% volatile
141 Cameroon 36.0% 2019 up 48.8% volatile
142 Belize 34.8% 2021 down 20.5% rising
143 Cambodia 34.5% 2021 up 205.1% volatile
144 Honduras 34.3% 2021 down 16.0% volatile
145 Dominican Republic 33.9% 2021 down 16.9% rising
146 Eswatini 33.7% 2014 — rising
147 Nauru 33.6% 2020 down 61.7% rising
148 Lesotho 33.5% 2019 down 10.5% rising
149 North Macedonia 31.7% 2020 up 29.1% rising
150 Fiji 30.5% 2021 up 64.4% volatile
151 Togo 29.8% 2021 up 222.8% volatile
152 Armenia 29.6% 2021 down 21.6% flat
153 Egypt 29.3% 2019 up 29.1% volatile
154 Ethiopia 29.3% 2021 up 539.5% volatile
155 Rwanda 29.1% 2021 up 126.2% rising
156 East Timor 28.5% 2020 up 102.4% rising
157 Panama 27.4% 2020 down 57.8% rising
158 Oman 27.0% 2021 down 51.7% volatile
159 Jordan 26.8% 2021 up 2.4% rising
160 Sierra Leone 26.0% 2021 up 306.6% rising
161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.7% 2021 up 75.4% rising
162 Eritrea 23.7% 2019 down 0.5% volatile
163 Benin 23.4% 2021 up 19.5% volatile
164 Nigeria 22.5% 2018 down 42.6% falling
165 Comoros 22.2% 2018 down 8.4% volatile
166 Botswana 21.8% 2015 up 36.7% rising
167 Guinea 19.4% 2021 up 28.7% rising
168 Saudi Arabia 19.0% 2021 up 7.3% rising
169 Senegal 18.8% 2021 up 30.5% volatile
170 South Africa 17.7% 2020 down 4.9% falling
171 Burundi 16.7% 2021 up 103.7% volatile
172 Congo 14.9% 2018 up 37.3% volatile
173 Uganda 14.7% 2017 up 33.2% rising
174 Guinea-Bissau 13.6% 2014 up 261.4% volatile
175 Cote d'Ivoire 11.3% 2022 up 140.0% volatile
176 South Sudan 10.8% 2018 up 101.4% rising
177 Mozambique 10.7% 1986 up 4,489.9% volatile
178 Djibouti 10.6% 2021 up 92.4% volatile
179 Libya 9.7% 2006 up 124.0% volatile
180 Tajikistan 9.2% 2017 up 5.8% falling
181 Zambia 9.1% 2017 up 238.7% rising
182 Myanmar 8.6% 2018 up 60.5% rising
183 Mali 7.8% 2020 up 137.2% volatile
184 Niger 7.3% 2021 up 30.3% volatile
185 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.1% 2020 up 101.5% volatile
186 Burkina Faso 6.5% 2021 up 111.1% volatile
187 Micronesia (country) 6.3% 2021 down 75.6% rising
188 Syria 5.4% 2013 down 41.3% rising
189 Iraq 3.6% 2011 down 32.5% rising
190 Central African Republic 3.0% 2017 down 9.0% falling
191 Yemen 1.5% 2016 up 69.1% rising
192 Chad 1.2% 2021 down 23.9% rising
193 Afghanistan 1.1% 2011 down 57.5% volatile
194 Somalia 1.0% 2021 down 80.2% volatile

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 enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)
Unit
% gross
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 7,379 data points, 1970–2022
Last refreshed

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 programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.