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Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development (years)

Name: Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development (years) by country, 2025
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Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development (years) league table
#	Country	years	Region	Income
1	Liechtenstein	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Namibia	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Indonesia	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
4	Panama	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
5	Brazil	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Costa Rica	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Oman	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
8	Nigeria	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Guatemala	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
10	Greece	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	El Salvador	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	British Virgin Islands	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	Spain	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Qatar	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
15	Puerto Rico (US)	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
16	Argentina	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Bahrain	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
18	Estonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Aruba	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Uruguay	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Cuba	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	Curacao	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
23	Israel	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
24	Barbados	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
25	Turkiye	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Peru	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Cyprus	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Germany	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	South Africa	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Myanmar	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
32	Dominica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	New Zealand	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
34	Denmark	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	United Kingdom	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Marshall Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
38	Nicaragua	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
39	Ghana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Austria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Romania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Mexico	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Equatorial Guinea	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
44	Viet Nam	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Antigua and Barbuda	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
46	Lithuania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Lao PDR	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
48	Grenada	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Norway	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Korea, Rep.	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
51	Australia	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
52	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Yemen, Rep.	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
54	Haiti	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
55	Hungary	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Cambodia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Morocco	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
58	Jamaica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Ireland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	San Marino	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Mauritania	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Iceland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Singapore	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
64	Chile	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Canada	3	North America	High income
66	Colombia	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Belgium	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Finland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Turkmenistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Moldova	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Kyrgyz Republic	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
72	St. Lucia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Sierra Leone	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Paraguay	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Montenegro	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Venezuela, RB	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
77	Georgia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Azerbaijan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	North Macedonia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	St. Kitts and Nevis	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Sweden	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Kazakhstan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Albania	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Russian Federation	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Latvia	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Gibraltar	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Thailand	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Ukraine	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Slovenia	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Maldives	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
91	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	2	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
92	Serbia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	United Arab Emirates	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	Cayman Islands	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Naoero	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	Saudi Arabia	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
97	Gambia, The	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Belarus	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Mauritius	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income

Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development (years)