Data for 2016

Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016

Name: Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016 covers 136 countries on 3 measures. Israel is highest, at 99.663; Chad is lowest, at 0.792. The middle country reads 68.652. Against 2015, 121 values changed (77 up, 44 down), 15 countries joined, 13 left.

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Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate · Data for 2016

HighestIsrael

99.663

LowestChad

0.792

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

136countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
136distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.663	99.91	99.430
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.574	99.72	99.436
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.907	97.97	97.850
4	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.847	99.13	96.627
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	97.505	96.62	98.327
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.096	97.17	97.030
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	96.968	97.12	96.818
8	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	96.875	94.12	100.000
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.638	96.49	96.776
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	96.372	96.17	96.563
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	96.066	94.95	97.117
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.665	99.88	92.094
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	95.520	96.78	94.385
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.052	96.04	94.111
15	Peru`PER`South America	94.888	95.17	94.611
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.812	95.19	94.458
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.498	93.20	95.726
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.457	94.34	94.565
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	93.945	93.78	94.103
20	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	93.534	100.00	88.041
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93.163	93.06	93.260
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.038	91.72	94.278
23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	92.675	92.76	92.597
24	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.234	91.07	91.390
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	90.409	—	—
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	90.314	90.49	90.144
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.362	89.18	89.540
28	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	89.013	87.04	90.957
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.589	87.81	89.326
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87.936	87.72	88.145
31	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	87.669	90.94	84.590
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	87.660	87.25	88.052
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.617	86.70	86.542
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.701	85.48	83.965
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	84.651	86.10	83.231
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.497	83.44	85.493
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	84.064	84.37	83.775
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	83.755	83.74	83.764
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	83.710	83.08	84.313
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.377	82.85	83.879
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	83.316	81.83	84.751
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.175	82.59	83.731
43	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	82.763	80.31	85.115
44	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	81.818	90.00	73.469
45	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	81.130	82.60	79.717
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	78.975	79.75	78.222
47	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.056	79.56	76.672
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	77.595	80.18	75.203
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	76.791	76.87	76.718
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	76.747	76.50	76.990
51	Chile`CHL`South America	76.503	76.20	76.792
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.772	76.16	73.464
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	74.655	75.13	74.196
54	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	74.160	74.79	73.613
55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	74.019	73.75	74.276
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.657	73.10	74.182
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	73.376	73.66	73.100
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.169	73.15	73.187
59	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	73.141	73.98	72.346
60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	72.209	74.22	70.301
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	72.114	72.29	71.947
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.953	72.45	71.476
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.876	71.52	72.216
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.414	72.07	70.796
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	69.764	70.48	69.082
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.760	69.78	69.746
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	69.050	70.90	67.285
68	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	68.653	68.56	68.734
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	68.651	70.13	67.262
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.582	68.12	69.031
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	66.980	63.21	70.728
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64.984	63.62	66.271
73	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.545	63.30	65.743
74	United States`USA`Northern America	64.250	63.84	64.643
75	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.534	62.75	62.326
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.513	62.19	62.832
77	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.574	62.78	60.388
78	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.464	62.79	60.236
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.381	62.26	60.540
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61.348	60.83	61.847
81	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.827	58.70	58.950
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.641	58.77	58.521
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	57.150	55.13	59.026
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.777	58.33	55.333
85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	56.532	54.66	58.320
86	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54.226	54.41	54.050
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	54.070	56.89	51.597
88	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.255	55.50	51.048
89	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	50.911	54.31	47.901
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	49.428	49.53	49.330
91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.856	49.35	48.386
92	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	48.143	47.63	48.642
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.131	47.88	46.411
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.781	43.76	43.798
95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.255	44.39	42.159
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.048	43.47	42.641
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.976	39.03	46.734
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.491	40.65	44.240
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.929	41.87	40.019
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.607	41.22	40.021
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.176	39.96	40.391
102	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	39.223	39.47	39.004
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.898	39.36	38.448
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.897	37.31	36.484
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.117	34.89	33.384
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.739	34.22	31.427
107	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.497	32.98	32.037
108	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.231	31.53	32.899
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.292	32.42	30.189
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.438	28.60	28.279
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.150	27.52	26.802
112	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.613	27.82	25.434
113	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	25.626	25.92	25.344
114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.288	25.49	23.115
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.763	25.04	22.571
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.533	23.21	23.843
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.073	23.71	22.442
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20.401	20.33	20.463
119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.958	19.19	18.738
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.630	19.01	18.264
121	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.022	18.09	17.963
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.521	17.79	17.251
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.229	17.02	17.436
124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.167	17.36	16.994
125	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.650	17.47	15.896
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.504	11.67	11.347
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.858	11.58	10.149
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.621	10.66	10.582
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.343	7.46	9.206
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.529	7.61	7.448
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.703	6.75	6.659
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.326	6.50	6.162
133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.759	3.81	3.706
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.778	2.77	2.789
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.316	1.25	1.380
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.792	0.77	0.816

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Israel99.663
2France99.574
3Belgium97.907
4Cuba97.847
5Hong Kong97.505

Lowest

136Chad0.792
135Yemen1.316
134Burkina Faso2.778
133Mali3.759
132Côte d’Ivoire6.326

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 68.652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGibraltar100.00
LowestChad0.77
Middle country: 68.56
Male
HighestNiue100.000
LowestChad0.816
Middle country: 68.734

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+15 / −13countries joined / left
121values changed, of 121 in both
77 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niue65.789 → 96.875+31.086
Australia53.711 → 73.657+19.946
Panama46.608 → 61.381+14.773
Tanzania30.718 → 40.176+9.458
Liberia54.510 → 62.513+8.003

Fell most

Nauru66.565 → 50.911−15.654
Ghana51.562 → 38.898−12.664
British Virgin Islands92.509 → 81.130−11.380
Jamaica86.498 → 76.747−9.751
Seychelles93.750 → 84.651−9.099

+ Angola

+ Egypt

+ Fiji

+ Micronesia

+ Gibraltar

+ Greece

+ Haiti

+ Indonesia

+ Kuwait

+ Madagascar

+ Malaysia

+ Niger

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Paraguay

+ Yemen

− Anguilla

− Dominica

− Eritrea

− Ethiopia

− United Kingdom

− Equatorial Guinea

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− North Macedonia

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− South Sudan

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− South Africa

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pre-primary-enrolment/2016

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