Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) in Australia increased 4points from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2015 Malawi Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) increased 26points year on year attaining 167.15 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age.
  3. In 2019 Saint Vincent and Grenadines was number 7 in Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment).
  4. In 2018 Malawi was number 2 in Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) to 167.15 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age, from 145 in 2017.

Top Countries in Gross Enrollment Ratio in Preprimary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age - 1970 to 2020

# 167 Countries Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Australia
172.31 % 2019 +4.0 % +8.7 % View data
2 #2
Malawi
167.15 % 2018 NA +26.0 % View data
3 #3
Liberia
125.18 % 2017 -6.8 % NA View data
4 #4
Ghana
117.01 % 2019 +2.1 % +0.4 % View data
5 #5
Gibraltar
116.55 % 2019 NA NA View data
6 #6
Belgium
114.21 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.7 % View data
7 #7
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
112.83 % 2019 +2.0 % +9.4 % View data
8 #8
Israel
112.21 % 2019 +1.0 % +0.2 % View data
9 #9
United Kingdom
110.03 % 2019 +2.7 % +4.8 % View data
10 #10
Malta
109.31 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.2 % View data
11 #11
Czech Republic
109.21 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.9 % View data
12 #12
Germany
108.87 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.1 % View data
13 #13
France
105.90 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.3 % View data
14 #14
Peru
105.82 % 2019 +2.2 % +4.0 % View data
15 #15
Aruba
105.80 % 2014 +0.4 % +1.0 % View data
16 #16
Austria
104.72 % 2019 +1.4 % +0.7 % View data
17 #17
Switzerland
103.65 % 2019 +0.8 % -0.3 % View data
18 #18
British Virgin Islands
103.39 % 2019 +8.7 % -4.7 % View data
19 #19
Brazil
102.65 % 2019 +2.9 % +2.7 % View data
20 #20
Liechtenstein
100.72 % 2019 +1.3 % -1.0 % View data
21 #21
Philippines
99.82 % 2018 NA NA View data
22 #22
Grenada
99.18 % 2019 -1.3 % +0.3 % View data
23 #23
Denmark
98.85 % 2019 -0.8 % +0.5 % View data
24 #24
Belarus
98.60 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.7 % View data
25 #25
Malaysia
98.06 % 2019 -1.2 % +1.1 % View data
26 #26
Mauritius
97.79 % 2019 -0.3 % -1.1 % View data
27 #27
Sweden
97.65 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.4 % View data
28 #28
Slovakia
97.28 % 2019 -0.1 % +1.2 % View data
29 #29
Cuba
97.23 % 2019 -1.0 % -0.3 % View data
30 #30
Latvia
96.70 % 2019 +1.8 % +0.7 % View data
31 #31
Norway
96.50 % 2019 +0.5 % -0.3 % View data
32 #32
Uruguay
96.05 % 2019 +1.1 % +0.8 % View data
33 #33
Vietnam
95.89 % 2019 -4.3 % +3.2 % View data
34 #34
Costa Rica
95.64 % 2019 -2.4 % +3.5 % View data
35 #35
Seychelles
95.42 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.3 % View data
36 #36
Iceland
95.39 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.5 % View data
37 #37
San Marino
94.34 % 2019 -2.1 % NA View data
38 #38
Spain
94.33 % 2019 -1.3 % +0.1 % View data
39 #39
Suriname
94.19 % 2019 +9.3 % +1.4 % View data
40 #40
South Korea
94.18 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.3 % View data
41 #41
New Zealand
93.97 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.7 % View data
42 #42
Italy
93.11 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.9 % View data
43 #43
Slovenia
93.09 % 2019 +0.9 % +0.2 % View data
44 #44
Portugal
93.02 % 2019 +2.3 % +0.3 % View data
45 #45
Estonia
92.54 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.4 % View data
46 #46
Saint Kitts and Nevis
92.23 % 2019 -2.2 % -6.1 % View data
47 #47
Luxembourg
92.21 % 2019 +0.5 % -0.4 % View data
48 #48
Ireland
91.44 % 2019 -2.2 % -3.8 % View data
49 #49
Netherlands
90.66 % 2019 +1.9 % -0.6 % View data
50 #50
Vanuatu
90.19 % 2015 NA -0.7 % View data
51 #51
Lithuania
89.94 % 2019 +1.8 % +1.2 % View data
52 #52
China
89.12 % 2019 +1.2 % +3.2 % View data
53 #53
Mongolia
88.65 % 2019 +2.3 % +2.5 % View data
54 #54
Romania
88.12 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.7 % View data
55 #55
Russia
87.87 % 2019 +1.8 % +1.4 % View data
56 #56
Poland
87.79 % 2018 +8.2 % +2.5 % View data
57 #57
Moldova
87.74 % 2019 +1.2 % +0.9 % View data
58 #58
Nepal
87.43 % 2019 NA -0.7 % View data
59 #59
Solomon Islands
87.15 % 2019 +3.7 % -1.5 % View data
60 #60
Finland
86.95 % 2019 +2.0 % +1.7 % View data
61 #61
Cyprus
86.01 % 2019 +0.8 % +2.2 % View data
62 #62
Maldives
85.96 % 2019 -4.0 % NA View data
63 #63
Dominica
85.81 % 2019 NA -1.2 % View data
64 #64
Barbados
85.75 % 2019 -1.3 % -0.6 % View data
65 #65
Hungary
84.67 % 2019 -1.3 % -0.2 % View data
66 #66
Tuvalu
82.94 % 2019 -0.5 % -2.9 % View data
67 #67
Chile
81.26 % 2019 -1.1 % -0.1 % View data
68 #68
Pakistan
80.79 % 2019 -2.8 % +3.8 % View data
69 #69
Kenya
79.62 % 2019 +1.7 % +2.0 % View data
70 #70
Bulgaria
78.72 % 2019 -0.8 % -0.3 % View data
71 #71
Thailand
78.60 % 2019 -0.5 % +2.0 % View data
72 #72
United Arab Emirates
78.58 % 2019 -0.0 % -2.4 % View data
73 #73
Colombia
78.50 % 2018 NA NA View data
74 #74
Argentina
77.90 % 2019 +1.1 % +1.2 % View data
75 #75
Greece
76.69 % 2019 -1.2 % +0.8 % View data
76 #76
Bolivia
76.58 % 2019 +2.8 % +2.6 % View data
77 #77
Jamaica
76.23 % 2019 +4.0 % -0.2 % View data
78 #78
Albania
75.75 % 2019 -5.9 % -1.9 % View data
79 #79
Cape Verde
74.40 % 2019 +1.6 % +0.8 % View data
80 #80
Montenegro
74.00 % 2019 +6.7 % NA View data
81 #81
United States
72.50 % 2019 +0.5 % -0.0 % View data
82 #82
Saint Lucia
72.33 % 2019 -2.1 % -2.8 % View data
83 #83
Bermuda
71.69 % 2019 +1.9 % +3.6 % View data
84 #84
Palau
71.65 % 2014 -8.1 % NA View data
85 #85
Venezuela
71.51 % 2019 +0.6 % -0.6 % View data
86 #86
Mexico
71.35 % 2019 -2.0 % -0.1 % View data
87 #87
Croatia
70.52 % 2019 +1.9 % +2.6 % View data
88 #88
Sri Lanka
70.44 % 2019 +2.6 % +1.2 % View data
89 #89
Antigua and Barbuda
70.25 % 2018 -3.3 % NA View data
90 #90
Ecuador
68.48 % 2019 +3.5 % -1.2 % View data
91 #91
El Salvador
67.36 % 2019 +1.0 % +0.6 % View data
92 #92
Indonesia
64.95 % 2019 +4.2 % +2.3 % View data
93 #93
Serbia
63.81 % 2019 +2.5 % +1.5 % View data
94 #94
Brunei
63.35 % 2019 -2.2 % -2.2 % View data
95 #95
India
62.81 % 2019 +3.6 % NA View data
96 #96
Kazakhstan
62.48 % 2019 NA +1.6 % View data
97 #97
Panama
62.06 % 2019 +0.9 % +5.8 % View data
98 #98
Qatar
60.79 % 2019 +0.9 % +2.1 % View data
99 #99
Kuwait
60.20 % 2019 -3.6 % -3.4 % View data
100 #100
Iran
57.52 % 2019 +2.6 % +5.7 % View data
101 #101
Dominican Republic
57.13 % 2019 +11.1 % +3.6 % View data
102 #102
Oman
56.08 % 2019 +7.4 % -0.1 % View data
103 #103
Morocco
54.87 % 2019 +7.8 % -1.2 % View data
104 #104
Palestine
54.40 % 2019 -3.7 % +1.0 % View data
105 #105
Sao Tome and Principe
52.66 % 2019 +2.2 % +6.2 % View data
106 #106
Bahrain
51.56 % 2019 -3.9 % -2.0 % View data
107 #107
Sudan
49.26 % 2019 +2.7 % +2.7 % View data
108 #108
Guatemala
49.07 % 2019 -3.3 % +1.7 % View data
109 #109
Laos
48.46 % 2019 +3.8 % +8.8 % View data
110 #110
Belize
47.67 % 2019 +0.5 % -1.1 % View data
111 #111
Tonga
45.81 % 2015 +10.9 % NA View data
112 #112
Tunisia
44.62 % 2016 +2.1 % NA View data
113 #113
Paraguay
43.79 % 2016 NA +3.0 % View data
114 #114
Marshall Islands
43.68 % 2019 NA NA View data
115 #115
Equatorial Guinea
43.36 % 2015 NA NA View data
116 #116
Gambia
43.25 % 2019 +3.8 % +2.7 % View data
117 #117
Papua New Guinea
43.16 % 2016 NA NA View data
118 #118
Bangladesh
42.94 % 2019 +5.2 % NA View data
119 #119
Macedonia
42.74 % 2019 +2.2 % +4.5 % View data
120 #120
Tanzania
41.59 % 2019 +0.4 % +4.6 % View data
121 #121
Azerbaijan
41.14 % 2019 +3.6 % +12.2 % View data
122 #122
Samoa
40.50 % 2019 -16.9 % +3.7 % View data
123 #123
Madagascar
40.15 % 2019 +1.4 % +23.8 % View data
124 #124
Kyrgyzstan
39.91 % 2019 +0.2 % +9.4 % View data
125 #125
Honduras
39.76 % 2019 NA +0.3 % View data
126 #126
Angola
39.61 % 2016 NA -11.6 % View data
127 #127
Armenia
39.34 % 2019 +3.5 % -4.5 % View data
128 #128
Lesotho
39.08 % 2019 +0.2 % +2.1 % View data
129 #129
Turkey
37.01 % 2019 +0.9 % +6.5 % View data
130 #130
Ethiopia
36.27 % 2019 +5.7 % +8.1 % View data
131 #131
Cameroon
35.62 % 2019 +3.4 % +1.0 % View data
132 #132
Bahamas
34.29 % 2019 -0.7 % -1.7 % View data
133 #133
Nauru
34.06 % 2019 NA NA View data
134 #134
Uzbekistan
32.96 % 2019 +17.9 % +6.5 % View data
135 #135
Bhutan
32.69 % 2020 NA +7.4 % View data
136 #136
Egypt
29.27 % 2019 +2.0 % -0.4 % View data
137 #137
Federated States of Micronesia
28.99 % 2019 NA NA View data
138 #138
Jordan
28.81 % 2019 +6.2 % +1.5 % View data
139 #139
Rwanda
27.64 % 2019 +23.0 % +10.8 % View data
140 #140
East Timor
25.09 % 2019 +10.2 % +7.6 % View data
141 #141
Cambodia
25.07 % 2019 +5.3 % +7.3 % View data
142 #142
Togo
24.98 % 2019 +9.4 % +10.7 % View data
143 #143
Benin
24.43 % 2019 -4.0 % +3.3 % View data
144 #144
Eritrea
22.96 % 2019 -1.6 % +1.4 % View data
145 #145
Comoros
21.81 % 2018 +6.8 % -1.5 % View data
146 #146
Saudi Arabia
21.46 % 2019 +1.1 % +4.0 % View data
147 #147
Botswana
21.45 % 2015 +7.2 % NA View data
148 #148
Sierra Leone
19.35 % 2019 +39.4 % NA View data
149 #149
Puerto Rico
17.86 % 2018 -23.6 % -20.1 % View data
150 #150
South Africa
17.63 % 2018 -28.4 % NA View data
151 #151
Senegal
16.92 % 2019 NA +2.3 % View data
152 #152
Burundi
16.63 % 2019 +8.2 % +8.5 % View data
153 #153
Uganda
14.57 % 2019 +1.7 % +5.6 % View data
154 #154
South Sudan
11.26 % 2015 NA +16.6 % View data
155 #155
Mauritania
10.49 % 2015 NA NA View data
156 #156
Djibouti
10.49 % 2020 +14.3 % +15.2 % View data
157 #157
Tajikistan
10.08 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
158 #158
Myanmar
8.53 % 2018 -12.8 % NA View data
159 #159
Ivory Coast
8.35 % 2019 +1.7 % +5.3 % View data
160 #160
Zambia
7.57 % 2016 +9.8 % NA View data
161 #161
Niger
7.39 % 2019 -8.1 % +0.9 % View data
162 #162
Mali
7.14 % 2019 +2.6 % +12.6 % View data
163 #163
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.68 % 2018 NA +7.5 % View data
164 #164
Burkina Faso
5.52 % 2019 +26.5 % +5.7 % View data
165 #165
Central African Republic
2.93 % 2017 NA NA View data
166 #166
Yemen
1.59 % 2016 NA +1.9 % View data
167 #167
Chad
1.10 % 2019 +1.2 % NA View data

Source: World Bank

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