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Official entrance age to pre-primary education (years)

years · higher is better · 210 countries

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  1. 1Tanzania6
  2. 1Afghanistan6
  3. 2Marshall Islands5
  4. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.5
  5. 2Korea, Dem. People's Rep.5
  6. 2Liechtenstein5
  7. 2Philippines5
  8. 2Nigeria5
  9. 2Guam5
  10. 2Virgin Islands (U.S.)5
  11. 2Namibia5
  12. 2Indonesia5
  13. 2Algeria5
  14. 3Benin4
  15. 3Panama4
  16. 3Morocco4
  17. 3Ghana4
  18. 3Vanuatu4
  19. 3Eritrea4
  20. 3Maldives4
  21. 3Djibouti4
  22. 3Switzerland4
  23. 3Ethiopia4
  24. 3Guinea4
  25. 3Tonga4
  26. 3Mali4
  27. 3El Salvador4
  28. 3West Bank and Gaza4
  29. 3Kuwait4
  30. 3Costa Rica4
  31. 3Zimbabwe4
  32. 3Suriname4
  33. 3Sudan4
  34. 3Equatorial Guinea4
  35. 3Iraq4
  36. 3Greece4
  37. 3Bermuda4
  38. 3Libya4
  39. 3Malaysia4
  40. 3Turks and Caicos Islands4
  41. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.4
  42. 3Brazil4
  43. 3Niger4
  44. 3Bolivia4
  45. 3Jordan4
  46. 3Guatemala4
  47. 3Naoero4
  48. 3Guyana4
  49. 3Cameroon4
  50. 3Seychelles4
  51. 3Oman4
  52. 3United Arab Emirates4
  53. 3Aruba4
  54. 4American Samoa3
  55. 4Angola3
  56. 4Andorra3
  57. 4Albania3
  58. 4Argentina3
  59. 4Antigua and Barbuda3
  60. 4Armenia3
  61. 4Hungary3
  62. 4Tuvalu3
  63. 4India3
  64. 4Ireland3
  65. 4Turkiye3
  66. 4Iceland3
  67. 4Israel3
  68. 4Italy3
  69. 4Jamaica3
  70. 4Tunisia3
  71. 4Japan3
  72. 4Kazakhstan3
  73. 4Canada3
  74. 4South Africa3
  75. 4Kenya3
  76. 4Bulgaria3
  77. 4Trinidad and Tobago3
  78. 4Kyrgyz Republic3
  79. 4Cambodia3
  80. 4Kiribati3
  81. 4St. Kitts and Nevis3
  82. 4Korea, Rep.3
  83. 4Bangladesh3
  84. 4Central African Republic3
  85. 4Lao PDR3
  86. 4Lebanon3
  87. 4Botswana3
  88. 4Liberia3
  89. 4Timor-Leste3
  90. 4St. Lucia3
  91. 4Burkina Faso3
  92. 4Sri Lanka3
  93. 4Lesotho3
  94. 4Turkmenistan3
  95. 4Lithuania3
  96. 4Luxembourg3
  97. 4Latvia3
  98. 4Macao SAR, China3
  99. 4Tajikistan3
  100. 4Monaco3
  101. 4Moldova3
  102. 4Madagascar3
  103. 4Thailand3
  104. 4Serbia3
  105. 4Mexico3
  106. 4Belgium3
  107. 4Bhutan3
  108. 4North Macedonia3
  109. 4Togo3
  110. 4Malta3
  111. 4Myanmar3
  112. 4Montenegro3
  113. 4Mozambique3
  114. 4Chad3
  115. 4Mauritania3
  116. 4Brunei Darussalam3
  117. 4Zambia3
  118. 4Mauritius3
  119. 4Malawi3
  120. 4New Caledonia3
  121. 4Burundi3
  122. 4Nicaragua3
  123. 4Syrian Arab Republic3
  124. 4Netherlands3
  125. 4Norway3
  126. 4Nepal3
  127. 4New Zealand3
  128. 4Azerbaijan3
  129. 4Samoa3
  130. 4Pakistan3
  131. 4Peru3
  132. 4Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3
  133. 4Palau3
  134. 4Austria3
  135. 4Barbados3
  136. 4Eswatini3
  137. 4Papua New Guinea3
  138. 4Poland3
  139. 4Puerto Rico (US)3
  140. 4Sweden3
  141. 4Portugal3
  142. 4Paraguay3
  143. 4Australia3
  144. 4French Polynesia3
  145. 4Qatar3
  146. 4Slovenia3
  147. 4Romania3
  148. 4Russian Federation3
  149. 4Rwanda3
  150. 4Saudi Arabia3
  151. 4Senegal3
  152. 4Singapore3
  153. 4Solomon Islands3
  154. 4Sierra Leone3
  155. 4Slovak Republic3
  156. 4Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  157. 4Congo, Rep.3
  158. 4Colombia3
  159. 4Comoros3
  160. 4Cabo Verde3
  161. 4British Virgin Islands3
  162. 4Cuba3
  163. 4Curacao3
  164. 4Cayman Islands3
  165. 4Cyprus3
  166. 4Venezuela, RB3
  167. 4Czechia3
  168. 4Germany3
  169. 4Dominica3
  170. 4Belize3
  171. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines3
  172. 4Denmark3
  173. 4Dominican Republic3
  174. 4Ecuador3
  175. 4Uzbekistan3
  176. 4Spain3
  177. 4Estonia3
  178. 4Viet Nam3
  179. 4Yemen, Rep.3
  180. 4United States3
  181. 4Sao Tome and Principe3
  182. 4Finland3
  183. 4Fiji3
  184. 4France3
  185. 4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3
  186. 4Belarus3
  187. 4Cote d'Ivoire3
  188. 4Gabon3
  189. 4Uruguay3
  190. 4South Sudan3
  191. 4United Kingdom3
  192. 4Gibraltar3
  193. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina3
  194. 4China3
  195. 4Ukraine3
  196. 4Gambia, The3
  197. 4Guinea-Bissau3
  198. 4Uganda3
  199. 4Grenada3
  200. 4Bahamas, The3
  201. 4Chile3
  202. 4Hong Kong SAR, China3
  203. 4Honduras3
  204. 4Croatia3
  205. 4Haiti3
  206. 4Bahrain3
  207. 4San Marino3
  208. 4Somalia, Fed. Rep.3
  209. 5Mongolia2
  210. 5Georgia2

Official entrance age to pre-primary education (years)