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Official entrance age to early childhood education (years)

years · higher is better · 202 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Tanzania6
  2. 1Afghanistan6
  3. 2Algeria5
  4. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.5
  5. 2Philippines5
  6. 2Namibia5
  7. 3Libya4
  8. 3Zimbabwe4
  9. 3Sudan4
  10. 3Niger4
  11. 3Turks and Caicos Islands4
  12. 3Mali4
  13. 3Vanuatu4
  14. 3Suriname4
  15. 3Malaysia4
  16. 3Seychelles4
  17. 3West Bank and Gaza4
  18. 3Tonga4
  19. 3Iraq4
  20. 3Cameroon4
  21. 3Ethiopia4
  22. 3Kuwait4
  23. 3Switzerland4
  24. 3Bermuda4
  25. 3Benin4
  26. 3Eritrea4
  27. 3Bolivia4
  28. 3Djibouti4
  29. 3Guinea4
  30. 3Guyana4
  31. 3Jordan4
  32. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.4
  33. 4Armenia3
  34. 4Guinea-Bissau3
  35. 4Central African Republic3
  36. 4Angola3
  37. 4Ecuador3
  38. 4Belize3
  39. 4Bhutan3
  40. 4China3
  41. 4India3
  42. 4Cabo Verde3
  43. 4Cote d'Ivoire3
  44. 4Hong Kong SAR, China3
  45. 4Fiji3
  46. 4Bahamas, The3
  47. 4Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  48. 4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3
  49. 4Honduras3
  50. 4Congo, Rep.3
  51. 4Brunei Darussalam3
  52. 4Czechia3
  53. 4Gabon3
  54. 4Kiribati3
  55. 4Botswana3
  56. 4Japan3
  57. 4Bangladesh3
  58. 4Liberia3
  59. 4Italy3
  60. 4Lebanon3
  61. 4Comoros3
  62. 4Burundi3
  63. 4Dominican Republic3
  64. 4Kenya3
  65. 4Bulgaria3
  66. 4Burkina Faso3
  67. 4Andorra3
  68. 4France3
  69. 4Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3
  70. 4Malta3
  71. 4Madagascar3
  72. 4Monaco3
  73. 4Macao SAR, China3
  74. 4Lesotho3
  75. 4Tajikistan3
  76. 4Togo3
  77. 4Chad3
  78. 4Syrian Arab Republic3
  79. 4Samoa3
  80. 4Eswatini3
  81. 4Slovak Republic3
  82. 4Sao Tome and Principe3
  83. 4South Sudan3
  84. 4Trinidad and Tobago3
  85. 4Somalia, Fed. Rep.3
  86. 4Tunisia3
  87. 4Solomon Islands3
  88. 4Senegal3
  89. 4Rwanda3
  90. 4Tuvalu3
  91. 4Poland3
  92. 4Papua New Guinea3
  93. 4Uganda3
  94. 4Palau3
  95. 4Pakistan3
  96. 4Uzbekistan3
  97. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines3
  98. 4Naoero3
  99. 4Nepal3
  100. 4Timor-Leste3
  101. 4Netherlands3
  102. 4Sri Lanka3
  103. 4Malawi3
  104. 4Zambia3
  105. 4Mozambique3
  106. 5Marshall Islands2
  107. 5Maldives2
  108. 5Mauritius2
  109. 5Mongolia2
  110. 5Saudi Arabia2
  111. 5Gambia, The2
  112. 5Belarus2
  113. 6Cayman Islands1
  114. 6Kazakhstan1
  115. 6Finland1
  116. 6Albania1
  117. 6Azerbaijan1
  118. 6Equatorial Guinea1
  119. 6Gibraltar1
  120. 6Ghana1
  121. 6St. Kitts and Nevis1
  122. 6Kyrgyz Republic1
  123. 6Aruba1
  124. 6Paraguay1
  125. 6Russian Federation1
  126. 6Turkmenistan1
  127. 6Venezuela, RB1
  128. 6Morocco1
  129. 6Nigeria1
  130. 6Sierra Leone1
  131. 6Ukraine1
  132. 6Serbia1
  133. 6Slovenia1
  134. 6Sweden1
  135. 6Thailand1
  136. 6Moldova1
  137. 6St. Lucia1
  138. 6North Macedonia1
  139. 6Latvia1
  140. 6Montenegro1
  141. 7Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
  142. 7Yemen, Rep.0
  143. 7San Marino0
  144. 7El Salvador0
  145. 7Singapore0
  146. 7Romania0
  147. 7Qatar0
  148. 7Puerto Rico (US)0
  149. 7South Africa0
  150. 7Peru0
  151. 7Panama0
  152. 7Oman0
  153. 7New Zealand0
  154. 7Norway0
  155. 7Nicaragua0
  156. 7Mauritania0
  157. 7Myanmar0
  158. 7Mexico0
  159. 7Lithuania0
  160. 7Liechtenstein0
  161. 7Viet Nam0
  162. 7British Virgin Islands0
  163. 7Uruguay0
  164. 7Turkiye0
  165. 7Israel0
  166. 7Colombia0
  167. 7Austria0
  168. 7Argentina0
  169. 7Spain0
  170. 7Costa Rica0
  171. 7Cuba0
  172. 7United Arab Emirates0
  173. 7Bahrain0
  174. 7Curacao0
  175. 7Guatemala0
  176. 7Estonia0
  177. 7Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  178. 7Lao PDR0
  179. 7Grenada0
  180. 7United Kingdom0
  181. 7Cyprus0
  182. 7Greece0
  183. 7Iceland0
  184. 7Cambodia0
  185. 7Germany0
  186. 7Croatia0
  187. 7Barbados0
  188. 7Dominica0
  189. 7Brazil0
  190. 7Denmark0
  191. 7Jamaica0
  192. 7Belgium0
  193. 7Korea, Rep.0
  194. 7Chile0
  195. 7Indonesia0
  196. 7Australia0
  197. 7Antigua and Barbuda0
  198. 7Hungary0
  199. 7Georgia0
  200. 7Ireland0
  201. 7Canada0
  202. 7Haiti0

Official entrance age to early childhood education (years)