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Official entrance age to pre-primary education (years)

years · higher is better · 210 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Afghanistan6
  2. 1Tanzania6
  3. 2Algeria5
  4. 2Guam5
  5. 2Virgin Islands (U.S.)5
  6. 2Philippines5
  7. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.5
  8. 2Marshall Islands5
  9. 2Indonesia5
  10. 2Liechtenstein5
  11. 2Korea, Dem. People's Rep.5
  12. 2Namibia5
  13. 2Nigeria5
  14. 3Zimbabwe4
  15. 3Bolivia4
  16. 3Malaysia4
  17. 3Brazil4
  18. 3Mali4
  19. 3Switzerland4
  20. 3Benin4
  21. 3Maldives4
  22. 3Cameroon4
  23. 3Niger4
  24. 3Morocco4
  25. 3Sudan4
  26. 3Costa Rica4
  27. 3Vanuatu4
  28. 3Djibouti4
  29. 3Tonga4
  30. 3Libya4
  31. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.4
  32. 3Eritrea4
  33. 3El Salvador4
  34. 3Kuwait4
  35. 3Ethiopia4
  36. 3Naoero4
  37. 3United Arab Emirates4
  38. 3Ghana4
  39. 3Oman4
  40. 3Turks and Caicos Islands4
  41. 3Guinea4
  42. 3Jordan4
  43. 3Equatorial Guinea4
  44. 3Greece4
  45. 3Seychelles4
  46. 3Panama4
  47. 3Guatemala4
  48. 3Aruba4
  49. 3Guyana4
  50. 3Suriname4
  51. 3Iraq4
  52. 3West Bank and Gaza4
  53. 3Bermuda4
  54. 4Fiji3
  55. 4Bhutan3
  56. 4Uruguay3
  57. 4British Virgin Islands3
  58. 4Liberia3
  59. 4Malta3
  60. 4Venezuela, RB3
  61. 4Romania3
  62. 4Central African Republic3
  63. 4Haiti3
  64. 4India3
  65. 4Botswana3
  66. 4Timor-Leste3
  67. 4Bangladesh3
  68. 4Malawi3
  69. 4Mauritius3
  70. 4Bahamas, The3
  71. 4American Samoa3
  72. 4San Marino3
  73. 4Kiribati3
  74. 4Antigua and Barbuda3
  75. 4Korea, Rep.3
  76. 4Ecuador3
  77. 4Mauritania3
  78. 4Dominican Republic3
  79. 4St. Lucia3
  80. 4France3
  81. 4Cambodia3
  82. 4Solomon Islands3
  83. 4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3
  84. 4Denmark3
  85. 4Togo3
  86. 4New Zealand3
  87. 4Samoa3
  88. 4Tajikistan3
  89. 4Poland3
  90. 4Dominica3
  91. 4Argentina3
  92. 4Gabon3
  93. 4Norway3
  94. 4Somalia, Fed. Rep.3
  95. 4Kyrgyz Republic3
  96. 4Puerto Rico (US)3
  97. 4Sri Lanka3
  98. 4United Kingdom3
  99. 4Kenya3
  100. 4Singapore3
  101. 4Myanmar3
  102. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina3
  103. 4Australia3
  104. 4South Africa3
  105. 4Chad3
  106. 4Trinidad and Tobago3
  107. 4Germany3
  108. 4Andorra3
  109. 4Netherlands3
  110. 4Armenia3
  111. 4Kazakhstan3
  112. 4Yemen, Rep.3
  113. 4Czechia3
  114. 4Lesotho3
  115. 4Brunei Darussalam3
  116. 4Cyprus3
  117. 4Belarus3
  118. 4Gibraltar3
  119. 4Austria3
  120. 4Qatar3
  121. 4Lithuania3
  122. 4Serbia3
  123. 4Albania3
  124. 4Tunisia3
  125. 4Paraguay3
  126. 4Luxembourg3
  127. 4Japan3
  128. 4Senegal3
  129. 4Estonia3
  130. 4Cayman Islands3
  131. 4Barbados3
  132. 4Curacao3
  133. 4South Sudan3
  134. 4Latvia3
  135. 4Sierra Leone3
  136. 4Spain3
  137. 4Pakistan3
  138. 4Angola3
  139. 4Azerbaijan3
  140. 4Finland3
  141. 4Gambia, The3
  142. 4Turkiye3
  143. 4Guinea-Bissau3
  144. 4Cuba3
  145. 4Syrian Arab Republic3
  146. 4Macao SAR, China3
  147. 4Jamaica3
  148. 4Nicaragua3
  149. 4Lebanon3
  150. 4Cabo Verde3
  151. 4Belize3
  152. 4Slovenia3
  153. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines3
  154. 4Tuvalu3
  155. 4Lao PDR3
  156. 4Saudi Arabia3
  157. 4Zambia3
  158. 4Sao Tome and Principe3
  159. 4Italy3
  160. 4Montenegro3
  161. 4Comoros3
  162. 4Uzbekistan3
  163. 4Papua New Guinea3
  164. 4Colombia3
  165. 4Turkmenistan3
  166. 4Hungary3
  167. 4Burundi3
  168. 4Monaco3
  169. 4Congo, Rep.3
  170. 4Moldova3
  171. 4Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  172. 4Grenada3
  173. 4Israel3
  174. 4Belgium3
  175. 4French Polynesia3
  176. 4Madagascar3
  177. 4Rwanda3
  178. 4Iceland3
  179. 4Uganda3
  180. 4Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3
  181. 4Cote d'Ivoire3
  182. 4Palau3
  183. 4Viet Nam3
  184. 4St. Kitts and Nevis3
  185. 4China3
  186. 4Mozambique3
  187. 4Eswatini3
  188. 4Mexico3
  189. 4Russian Federation3
  190. 4Bulgaria3
  191. 4Chile3
  192. 4Bahrain3
  193. 4Nepal3
  194. 4Portugal3
  195. 4Peru3
  196. 4Hong Kong SAR, China3
  197. 4Ukraine3
  198. 4New Caledonia3
  199. 4Canada3
  200. 4Honduras3
  201. 4North Macedonia3
  202. 4United States3
  203. 4Croatia3
  204. 4Sweden3
  205. 4Burkina Faso3
  206. 4Thailand3
  207. 4Slovak Republic3
  208. 4Ireland3
  209. 5Georgia2
  210. 5Mongolia2

Official entrance age to pre-primary education (years)