Data for 2018

Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2018

Name: Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2018
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2018, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2018 covers 139 countries on 3 measures. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 99.924; Chad is lowest, at 0.898. The middle country reads 72.683. Against 2017, 124 values changed (68 up, 56 down), 15 countries joined, 8 left.

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Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate · Data for 2018

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

99.924

LowestChad

0.898

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

139countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	99.924	99.848	100.000
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.716	99.740	99.693
3	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.699	99.562	99.829
4	Peru`PER`South America	99.158	99.559	98.770
5	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.115	100.000	98.289
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	98.712	97.347	100.000
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.473	98.919	98.047
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.093	97.879	98.295
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.004	98.027	97.982
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.989	98.033	97.947
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.031	96.900	97.159
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.019	96.838	97.192
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	96.453	—	—
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	96.038	95.664	96.373
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.828	94.716	94.933
16	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	94.781	97.588	92.231
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	94.332	94.364	94.302
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.176	94.440	93.926
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.913	92.892	94.873
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	93.069	93.151	92.992
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.484	92.005	92.940
22	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	92.008	91.567	92.455
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	91.860	90.689	92.967
24	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	91.588	91.667	91.517
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	91.045	91.085	91.006
26	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	90.848	91.972	89.767
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.626	90.384	90.855
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.450	90.535	90.370
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	90.394	90.284	90.497
30	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	89.782	93.983	86.197
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	89.761	—	—
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.361	89.954	88.796
33	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	88.807	93.462	84.561
34	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	88.700	90.081	87.468
35	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	87.354	85.901	88.789
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.088	86.536	87.614
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	86.819	86.927	86.717
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.703	86.888	86.527
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.281	86.042	86.510
40	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	86.274	88.084	84.601
41	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	86.063	72.584	100.000
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	85.818	85.041	86.550
43	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	85.714	87.234	84.091
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.600	85.983	85.233
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.453	85.017	85.866
46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.820	85.350	84.323
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	84.652	84.283	85.000
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	84.222	86.039	82.469
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	83.443	84.333	82.589
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	82.673	82.163	83.154
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81.473	81.811	81.152
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.989	78.693	79.274
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	78.235	79.799	76.797
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78.086	79.174	77.054
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	77.963	77.674	78.240
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.543	77.767	77.331
57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	77.405	78.109	76.725
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.376	78.114	76.672
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.240	78.651	75.907
60	Chile`CHL`South America	76.087	75.924	76.244
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	75.874	75.423	76.299
62	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.760	79.656	71.967
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	75.535	73.941	77.061
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	75.217	75.688	74.773
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.788	75.409	74.194
66	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	74.784	72.053	77.317
67	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	74.439	74.917	73.997
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	73.309	73.853	72.798
69	Colombia`COL`South America	72.745	73.039	72.464
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.683	72.116	73.220
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.798	72.369	71.246
72	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.744	73.549	69.976
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	71.610	71.377	71.828
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	71.301	72.465	70.194
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	69.191	70.113	68.292
76	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	68.766	64.607	72.921
77	Suriname`SUR`South America	68.760	67.315	70.158
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	67.953	64.904	70.759
79	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	66.513	67.823	65.269
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.784	67.645	64.005
81	United States`USA`Northern America	64.487	65.390	63.625
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	61.941	61.670	62.196
83	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.764	62.586	61.006
84	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.670	59.495	59.838
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.594	59.173	58.046
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.695	58.221	55.265
87	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.885	55.094	56.662
88	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	53.052	53.145	52.963
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	50.348	54.371	47.008
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	50.326	49.932	50.709
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.222	50.824	49.641
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.289	49.219	49.358
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.079	44.251	51.726
94	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.794	47.407	46.205
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.590	48.379	44.883
96	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.399	39.760	39.051
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.655	38.625	38.683
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.516	39.045	38.027
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.445	37.803	39.053
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.041	36.446	37.630
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.945	36.314	35.580
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	35.364	12.441	12.360
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.140	36.580	33.869
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.064	36.784	33.389
105	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.945	35.873	34.073
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.888	35.091	34.696
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.858	35.291	34.437
108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.299	33.842	34.748
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.190	35.416	32.988
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.975	33.520	34.413
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.086	34.206	32.011
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.454	32.857	32.046
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.024	32.113	28.032
114	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	26.910	26.960	26.863
115	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.700	27.589	25.833
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.764	25.915	25.615
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24.804	24.611	24.983
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	24.538	25.509	23.651
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.654	23.964	23.353
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	23.651	23.315	23.980
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.596	23.390	23.793
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23.042	23.495	22.608
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	21.884	22.306	21.485
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.704	22.111	21.303
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.479	21.768	21.194
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.126	21.434	20.818
127	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.099	18.265	17.937
128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.362	21.183	13.775
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.070	16.186	15.963
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.942	13.744	12.149
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.936	13.049	12.825
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.033	9.423	8.650
133	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.352	8.612	8.105
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.954	8.225	7.691
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.629	7.757	7.501
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.651	6.794	6.513
137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.321	4.338	4.304
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.002	3.980	4.023
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.898	0.884	0.911

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Saint Kitts and Nevis99.924
2France99.716
3Israel99.699
4Peru99.158
5Cuba99.115

Lowest

139Chad0.898
138Burkina Faso4.002
137Mali4.321
136Côte d’Ivoire6.651
135Burundi7.629

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.683. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestCuba100.000
LowestChad0.884
Middle country: 72.369
Male
Highest3 share it
LowestChad0.911
Middle country: 71.967

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+15 / −8countries joined / left
124values changed, of 124 in both
68 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montserrat61.458 → 85.714+24.256
Philippines59.471 → 77.376+17.905
Costa Rica72.481 → 85.600+13.119
Tuvalu80.397 → 91.588+11.190
Fiji28.063 → 33.975+5.912

Fell most

British Virgin Islands96.194 → 66.513−29.681
Barbados83.507 → 77.405−6.102
Bahamas32.363 → 26.700−5.663
Netherlands94.498 → 89.361−5.138
Mauritius87.503 → 83.443−4.060

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Benin

+ Bhutan

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Colombia

+ Cayman Islands

+ Laos

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Puerto Rico

+ Sudan

+ Singapore

+ Solomon Islands

+ San Marino

+ Togo

+ South Africa

− Gibraltar

− Honduras

− Indonesia

− Liberia

− Nepal

− Panama

− Tajikistan

− Venezuela

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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pre-primary-enrolment/2018

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