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Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary

26 years, 1999–2024 · 112 countries · 3 measures

This is the share of children already in organised learning — pre-primary or primary school — one year before the age at which their country starts primary school. It is SDG indicator 4.2.2, the world's yardstick for whether children get a start in learning before formal schooling begins.

This site holds every year from 1999 to 2024, read from UIS’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024
Held
26 years · 2,761 rows
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

0126 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1999bar height: countries covered, up to 1382024
Every year of Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Newest112+13 −38October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2023137+21 −20October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2022136+8 −10October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2021138+17 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2020136+19 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2019132+19 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2018128+18 −13October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2017123+13 −20October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2016130+21 −14October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2015123+16 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2014122+17 −9October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2013114+24 −18October 3, 2026CSV
Show all 26 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2012108+13 −16October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2011111+25 −19October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2010105+22 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200998+11 −8October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200895+17 −12October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200790+13 −13October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200690+6 −9October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200593+14 −5October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200484+15 −13October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200382+19 −17October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200280+9 −8October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200179+32 −15October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 200062+19 −10October 3, 2026CSV
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 199953—October 3, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: early-learning-participation-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

025 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2024DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1120
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1120
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)early_learning_participationHeadlineThe headline figure: Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%).Number · up to 14 decimals9.45South Sudan100.00United Arab Emiratesmiddle 85.901120
FemalefemaleWomenThe same measure, for women.Number · up to 14 decimals2.941South Sudan100.0007 share itmiddle 85.9291006
MalemaleMenThe same measure, for men.Number · up to 14 decimals15.819South Sudan100.000United Arab Emiratesmiddle 85.1471066

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

03196 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, by continent.
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Africa222323242324242021212322
Americas242825272423262631293023
Asia292629303333323834353231
Europe363738383840403842403823
Oceania3881158101410111413
All114122123130123128132136138136137112

The newest 12 of 26 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2024
    + Brazil+ Comoros+ Ethiopia+ Kyrgyzstan+ Monaco+ Oman+ Peru+ Saudi Arabia+ South Sudan+ Turkmenistan+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+ British Virgin Islands+ Zambia− Angola− Anguilla− Albania− Argentina− Belgium− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Canada− Czechia− Greece− Grenada− Guyana− Croatia− Iceland− Italy− Jamaica− Japan− Kenya− Saint Lucia− Sri Lanka− North Macedonia− Mali− Malta− Montenegro− Montserrat− Nigeria− Nicaragua− Netherlands− Papua New Guinea− Portugal− Palestine− Romania− Russia− Singapore− Slovenia− Turks and Caicos Islands− Türkiye− Uruguay− South Africa
  • 2023
    + Angola+ Anguilla+ Bangladesh+ Bahrain+ Bahamas+ Curaçao+ Egypt+ Guyana+ Kenya+ Mali+ Mauritius+ Nigeria+ Nicaragua+ Niue+ Papua New Guinea+ Puerto Rico+ Rwanda+ Solomon Islands+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Tuvalu+ Ukraine− Brazil− Botswana− Cabo Verde− Dominica− Ecuador− Eritrea− Ethiopia− India− Ireland− Kyrgyzstan− Liberia− Moldova− Oman− Palau− Saudi Arabia− Serbia− United States− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− British Virgin Islands− Vietnam
  • 2022
    + Botswana+ Cabo Verde+ Eritrea+ Hong Kong+ Saint Lucia+ Maldives+ Nauru+ Palau− Bahamas− Comoros− Egypt− Ghana− Guyana− Kuwait− Liechtenstein− Papua New Guinea− Turks and Caicos Islands− Ukraine
  • 2021
    + Albania+ Bahamas+ Cameroon+ Comoros+ Dominica+ Algeria+ Ethiopia+ Gibraltar+ Ireland+ Jamaica+ Moldova+ Niger+ Pakistan+ Panama+ Chad+ Uruguay+ British Virgin Islands− Burundi− Bhutan− Cabo Verde− Curaçao− Guinea− Hong Kong− Iran− Lesotho− Maldives− Mauritius− Niue− Nauru− Solomon Islands− Timor-Leste− Tuvalu
  • 2020
    + Bhutan+ Cook Islands+ Curaçao+ Cayman Islands+ Guinea+ Grenada+ Hong Kong+ India+ Cambodia+ Liberia+ Mexico+ Niue+ Nepal+ Paraguay+ Sierra Leone+ Syria+ Tonga+ Tuvalu+ Vietnam− Bahrain− Bahamas− Cameroon− Dominica− Gabon− Gibraltar− Ireland− Saint Lucia− Niger− Rwanda− Sudan− Chad− Togo− Uruguay− British Virgin Islands
  • 2019
    + Côte d’Ivoire+ Cameroon+ Dominica+ Gabon+ Gibraltar+ Guyana+ Honduras+ Indonesia+ Iran+ Kazakhstan+ Kuwait+ Marshall Islands+ Niger+ Nauru+ Senegal+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+ Vanuatu− Albania− Benin− Bhutan− Colombia− Comoros− Eritrea− Hong Kong− Cambodia− Mali− Myanmar− Peru− Puerto Rico− Sierra Leone− Tuvalu− Vietnam
  • 2018
    + United Arab Emirates+ Benin+ Bhutan+ Canada+ Croatia+ Saint Lucia+ New Zealand+ Papua New Guinea+ Puerto Rico+ Sudan+ Singapore+ Solomon Islands+ San Marino+ Chad+ Togo+ Tuvalu+ British Virgin Islands+ South Africa− Côte d’Ivoire− Cameroon− Cook Islands− Grenada− Honduras− Kuwait− Liberia− Niger− Nepal− Panama− Tajikistan− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Venezuela
  • 2017
    + Colombia+ Comoros+ Eritrea+ Jordan+ Macau+ North Macedonia+ Myanmar+ Montserrat+ Namibia+ Poland+ Palestine+ Thailand+ Vietnam− Angola− Benin− Guinea− Croatia− Haiti− Iran− Jamaica− Kazakhstan− Moldova− Marshall Islands− Niue− Nauru− New Zealand− Papua New Guinea− Puerto Rico− Paraguay− Chad− Tuvalu− British Virgin Islands− Yemen

Not in this dataset · 29 places this site covers

UIS gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AfghanistanAmerican SamoaChannel IslandsChinaDjiboutiDR CongoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGreenlandGuamIsle of ManKiribatiKosovoLibyaMalawiMauritaniaMozambiqueNew CaledoniaNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsSaint Kitts and NevisSaint MartinSint MaartenSomaliaSomalilandTaiwanUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    databrowser.uis.unesco.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 2024

    indicators

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    October 3, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    26 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as early-learning-participation-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/early-learning-participationA key for Education & Knowledge in the Country Index.

Precision

The headline is stored to 14 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (NERA.AGM1.CP). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written, which drops 1998 and the 2025 stub.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked October 3, 2026

CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed
  • Publish anything adapted from it under the same licence

Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

A credit line

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 1999–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/early-learning-participation

The publisher’s own citation: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Where it is used

Around the site

Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.

07Questions

Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary: questions and answers

What is the Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary?

This is the share of children already in organised learning — pre-primary or primary school — one year before the age at which their country starts primary school. It is SDG indicator 4.2.2, the world's yardstick for whether children get a start in learning before formal schooling begins.

Which years of the Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary can I download?

All 26, from 1999 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does UIS rank countries on it?

No. UIS publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY-SA 4.0, with credit to UIS. The licence text is linked on this page.

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