Education
School age population, early childhood education, female (number)
number · higher is better · 201 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
166 shown- 1India31.86M
- 2China17.25M
- 3Nigeria16.43M
- 4Indonesia15.16M
- 5Pakistan6.15M
- 6Congo, Dem. Rep.5.6M
- 7Ethiopia5.4M
- 8Bangladesh4.77M
- 9Russian Federation4.12M
- 10South Africa4.07M
- 11Viet Nam4.01M
- 12Yemen, Rep.3.76M
- 13Turkiye3.25M
- 14Uganda2.32M
- 15Egypt, Arab Rep.2.3M
- 16Myanmar2.13M
- 17Ghana2.08M
- 18Kenya2.07M
- 19Angola1.82M
- 20Thailand1.69M
- 21Mozambique1.66M
- 22Peru1.58M
- 23Uzbekistan1.56M
- 24Morocco1.54M
- 25Argentina1.54M
- 26Sudan1.44M
- 27Madagascar1.33M
- 28Guatemala1.29M
- 29Niger1.29M
- 30Japan1.28M
- 31Zambia1.23M
- 32Cote d'Ivoire1.22M
- 33Mali1.17M
- 34Canada1.11M
- 35Iraq1.07M
- 36Philippines1.06M
- 37Cambodia1.05M
- 38Kazakhstan1.03M
- 39Saudi Arabia1.03M
- 40Chad1.02M
- 41Venezuela, RB1.02M
- 42Tanzania1.01M
- 43Somalia, Fed. Rep.975,621
- 44Burkina Faso966,247
- 45Malawi910,558
- 46Cameroon850,072
- 47Haiti729,321
- 48Senegal696,353
- 49Chile695,695
- 50Syrian Arab Republic667,943
- 51Korea, Dem. People's Rep.666,322
- 52Ukraine661,243
- 53Burundi637,756
- 54Iran, Islamic Rep.628,473
- 55Guinea622,023
- 56Afghanistan613,850
- 57Sierra Leone572,586
- 58Nepal538,823
- 59Israel536,420
- 60Tajikistan516,076
- 61Rwanda508,197
- 62Algeria483,568
- 63Mauritania482,159
- 64Papua New Guinea470,417
- 65Lao PDR464,121
- 66Kyrgyz Republic460,321
- 67Malaysia457,525
- 68Zimbabwe444,721
- 69South Sudan437,978
- 70Benin416,190
- 71Ecuador408,351
- 72Togo393,083
- 73Turkmenistan388,386
- 74Nicaragua386,575
- 75El Salvador336,559
- 76Honduras331,985
- 77Paraguay330,216
- 78Sri Lanka319,064
- 79Azerbaijan315,630
- 80Cuba283,008
- 81Namibia281,053
- 82Dominican Republic274,820
- 83Central African Republic267,079
- 84Tunisia267,001
- 85Congo, Rep.259,870
- 86Oman257,364
- 87Bolivia243,543
- 88United Arab Emirates243,096
- 89Liberia224,851
- 90Panama208,667
- 91Jordan195,889
- 92Gambia, The186,895
- 93Serbia185,209
- 94Costa Rica156,726
- 95Belarus155,507
- 96Equatorial Guinea148,935
- 97West Bank and Gaza139,580
- 98Mongolia138,381
- 99Singapore137,184
- 100Georgia135,446
- 101Uruguay130,916
- 102Lebanon129,486
- 103Libya127,370
- 104Gabon98,314
- 105Jamaica95,880
- 106Qatar93,639
- 107Eritrea88,904
- 108Botswana87,507
- 109Guinea-Bissau86,491
- 110Lesotho78,612
- 111Bosnia and Herzegovina73,632
- 112Hong Kong SAR, China61,800
- 113Bahrain57,258
- 114Puerto Rico (US)57,075
- 115Kuwait56,865
- 116Albania51,203
- 117Armenia51,128
- 118Timor-Leste46,822
- 119North Macedonia44,574
- 120Eswatini41,733
- 121Comoros33,360
- 122Solomon Islands29,868
- 123Fiji23,967
- 124Mauritius18,832
- 125Montenegro17,729
- 126Trinidad and Tobago16,574
- 127Guyana16,350
- 128Bhutan14,080
- 129Iceland13,603
- 130Cabo Verde11,966
- 131Maldives11,645
- 132Suriname10,406
- 133Brunei Darussalam9,080
- 134Sao Tome and Principe8,974
- 135Vanuatu8,477
- 136Barbados7,708
- 137Macao SAR, China7,600
- 138Belize6,674
- 139Samoa5,383
- 140Kiribati4,707
- 141Bahamas, The4,333
- 142Curacao4,138
- 143St. Lucia3,986
- 144Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3,471
- 145Grenada3,353
- 146Antigua and Barbuda2,716
- 147Aruba2,568
- 148Tonga2,124
- 149Dominica1,760
- 150Cayman Islands1,732
- 151Seychelles1,727
- 152Marshall Islands1,587
- 153Liechtenstein1,276
- 154St. Vincent and the Grenadines1,225
- 155St. Kitts and Nevis1,098
- 156Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,059
- 157Gibraltar918
- 158British Virgin Islands807
- 159San Marino663
- 160Andorra644
- 161Monaco533
- 162Turks and Caicos Islands520
- 163Naoero444
- 164Palau288
- 165Tuvalu286
- 166Bermuda279
School age population, early childhood education, female (number)