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Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

· higher is better · 207 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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207 shown
  1. 1New Caledonia3
  2. 1Guatemala3
  3. 1Hungary3
  4. 1Venezuela, RB3
  5. 1Bulgaria3
  6. 1Dominican Republic3
  7. 1El Salvador3
  8. 1Israel3
  9. 1Peru3
  10. 1Ecuador3
  11. 1France3
  12. 2Brazil2
  13. 2Mexico2
  14. 2Switzerland2
  15. 2Maldives2
  16. 2Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2
  17. 2Uruguay2
  18. 2Luxembourg2
  19. 2Tonga2
  20. 2Turks and Caicos Islands2
  21. 2Ghana2
  22. 2Bolivia2
  23. 2Naoero2
  24. 2Argentina2
  25. 2Aruba2
  26. 2Latvia2
  27. 2Costa Rica2
  28. 2Curacao2
  29. 2Panama2
  30. 3Finland1
  31. 3Gibraltar1
  32. 3Philippines1
  33. 3Sweden1
  34. 3Macao SAR, China1
  35. 3Netherlands1
  36. 3Czechia1
  37. 3Poland1
  38. 3Marshall Islands1
  39. 3Honduras1
  40. 3Paraguay1
  41. 3Kyrgyz Republic1
  42. 3Colombia1
  43. 3Viet Nam1
  44. 3Nicaragua1
  45. 3Austria1
  46. 3Puerto Rico (US)1
  47. 3Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1
  48. 3Greece1
  49. 3Belgium1
  50. 3Lithuania1
  51. 3Cayman Islands1
  52. 3Slovak Republic1
  53. 3Angola1
  54. 3Moldova1
  55. 3Guam1
  56. 3Cyprus1
  57. 3Nepal1
  58. 4Dominica0
  59. 4Denmark0
  60. 4Cuba0
  61. 4Algeria0
  62. 4Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  63. 4Eritrea0
  64. 4Spain0
  65. 4Estonia0
  66. 4Ethiopia0
  67. 4Cabo Verde0
  68. 4Fiji0
  69. 4Comoros0
  70. 4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  71. 4Gabon0
  72. 4United Kingdom0
  73. 4Georgia0
  74. 4Guinea0
  75. 4Congo, Rep.0
  76. 4Gambia, The0
  77. 4Guinea-Bissau0
  78. 4Equatorial Guinea0
  79. 4Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  80. 4Grenada0
  81. 4Guyana0
  82. 4Cameroon0
  83. 4Hong Kong SAR, China0
  84. 4Croatia0
  85. 4Cote d'Ivoire0
  86. 4Haiti0
  87. 4Indonesia0
  88. 4India0
  89. 4China0
  90. 4Ireland0
  91. 4Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  92. 4Iraq0
  93. 4Chile0
  94. 4Iceland0
  95. 4Italy0
  96. 4Jamaica0
  97. 4Jordan0
  98. 4Japan0
  99. 4Kazakhstan0
  100. 4Canada0
  101. 4Kenya0
  102. 4Cambodia0
  103. 4Kiribati0
  104. 4Central African Republic0
  105. 4St. Kitts and Nevis0
  106. 4Korea, Rep.0
  107. 4Kuwait0
  108. 4Botswana0
  109. 4Lao PDR0
  110. 4Lebanon0
  111. 4Liberia0
  112. 4Libya0
  113. 4Bhutan0
  114. 4St. Lucia0
  115. 4Liechtenstein0
  116. 4Sri Lanka0
  117. 4Brunei Darussalam0
  118. 4Lesotho0
  119. 4Barbados0
  120. 4Morocco0
  121. 4Monaco0
  122. 4Madagascar0
  123. 4North Macedonia0
  124. 4Mali0
  125. 4Malta0
  126. 4Bermuda0
  127. 4Myanmar0
  128. 4Montenegro0
  129. 4Mongolia0
  130. 4Mozambique0
  131. 4Belize0
  132. 4Mauritania0
  133. 4Mauritius0
  134. 4Malawi0
  135. 4Belarus0
  136. 4Malaysia0
  137. 4Namibia0
  138. 4Niger0
  139. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  140. 4Nigeria0
  141. 4Bahamas, The0
  142. 4Norway0
  143. 4New Zealand0
  144. 4Bahrain0
  145. 4Oman0
  146. 4Pakistan0
  147. 4Palau0
  148. 4Papua New Guinea0
  149. 4Bangladesh0
  150. 4Burkina Faso0
  151. 4Benin0
  152. 4Portugal0
  153. 4West Bank and Gaza0
  154. 4Qatar0
  155. 4Romania0
  156. 4Russian Federation0
  157. 4Rwanda0
  158. 4Saudi Arabia0
  159. 4Burundi0
  160. 4Sudan0
  161. 4Senegal0
  162. 4Singapore0
  163. 4Azerbaijan0
  164. 4Solomon Islands0
  165. 4Sierra Leone0
  166. 4San Marino0
  167. 4Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  168. 4Serbia0
  169. 4South Sudan0
  170. 4Sao Tome and Principe0
  171. 4Australia0
  172. 4Suriname0
  173. 4Slovenia0
  174. 4Antigua and Barbuda0
  175. 4Eswatini0
  176. 4Seychelles0
  177. 4Armenia0
  178. 4Syrian Arab Republic0
  179. 4Chad0
  180. 4Togo0
  181. 4Thailand0
  182. 4Tajikistan0
  183. 4Turkmenistan0
  184. 4United Arab Emirates0
  185. 4Timor-Leste0
  186. 4Trinidad and Tobago0
  187. 4Tunisia0
  188. 4Andorra0
  189. 4Turkiye0
  190. 4Tuvalu0
  191. 4Tanzania0
  192. 4Uganda0
  193. 4Albania0
  194. 4Ukraine0
  195. 4United States0
  196. 4Uzbekistan0
  197. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
  198. 4British Virgin Islands0
  199. 4Afghanistan0
  200. 4Vanuatu0
  201. 4Samoa0
  202. 4Yemen, Rep.0
  203. 4South Africa0
  204. 4Zambia0
  205. 4Zimbabwe0
  206. 4Germany0
  207. 4Djibouti0

Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks