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

· higher is better · 188 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Russian Federation4
  2. 1Tajikistan4
  3. 1Poland4
  4. 1Latvia4
  5. 1Moldova4
  6. 1Kyrgyz Republic4
  7. 1Bulgaria4
  8. 1Mongolia4
  9. 1Uzbekistan4
  10. 2Luxembourg3
  11. 2Dominican Republic3
  12. 2Turkmenistan3
  13. 2Tuvalu3
  14. 2Madagascar3
  15. 2Monaco3
  16. 2Colombia3
  17. 2Lebanon3
  18. 2Turkiye3
  19. 2Comoros3
  20. 2Romania3
  21. 2Israel3
  22. 2Burundi3
  23. 2Paraguay3
  24. 2Congo, Rep.3
  25. 2Guatemala3
  26. 2France3
  27. 2Armenia3
  28. 2Albania3
  29. 2El Salvador3
  30. 2Mauritania3
  31. 2Venezuela, RB3
  32. 2Macao SAR, China3
  33. 2Argentina3
  34. 2Mali3
  35. 2Japan3
  36. 2Spain3
  37. 2Ecuador3
  38. 2Syrian Arab Republic3
  39. 2Cuba3
  40. 2Korea, Rep.3
  41. 2Hungary3
  42. 2Belgium3
  43. 2Kazakhstan3
  44. 2Honduras3
  45. 2Thailand3
  46. 2Peru3
  47. 3Malta2
  48. 3Aruba2
  49. 3Greece2
  50. 3United Arab Emirates2
  51. 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines2
  52. 3Sudan2
  53. 3Iraq2
  54. 3Georgia2
  55. 3Grenada2
  56. 3New Zealand2
  57. 3Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2
  58. 3Switzerland2
  59. 3Bahamas, The2
  60. 3Barbados2
  61. 3Bolivia2
  62. 3Portugal2
  63. 3Uruguay2
  64. 3Costa Rica2
  65. 3Ghana2
  66. 3Brazil2
  67. 3Cayman Islands2
  68. 3Mexico2
  69. 3Maldives2
  70. 3Panama2
  71. 3Libya2
  72. 3Liechtenstein2
  73. 3Belize2
  74. 3Netherlands2
  75. 3Naoero2
  76. 3Chile2
  77. 3United Kingdom2
  78. 3Turks and Caicos Islands2
  79. 4Slovak Republic1
  80. 4Djibouti1
  81. 4Marshall Islands1
  82. 4Canada1
  83. 4Algeria1
  84. 4Jordan1
  85. 4Puerto Rico (US)1
  86. 4Gibraltar1
  87. 4Austria1
  88. 4Nepal1
  89. 4West Bank and Gaza1
  90. 4Angola1
  91. 4Finland1
  92. 4Tanzania1
  93. 4Bermuda1
  94. 4Australia1
  95. 4United States1
  96. 4Cyprus1
  97. 4Afghanistan1
  98. 4Philippines1
  99. 4Sweden1
  100. 4Lithuania1
  101. 4Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1
  102. 5Tunisia0
  103. 5Guinea0
  104. 5Equatorial Guinea0
  105. 5Guyana0
  106. 5Hong Kong SAR, China0
  107. 5Croatia0
  108. 5Gabon0
  109. 5Haiti0
  110. 5Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  111. 5Indonesia0
  112. 5India0
  113. 5Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  114. 5Ethiopia0
  115. 5Italy0
  116. 5Jamaica0
  117. 5Estonia0
  118. 5Eritrea0
  119. 5Kenya0
  120. 5Cambodia0
  121. 5Kiribati0
  122. 5Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  123. 5St. Kitts and Nevis0
  124. 5Kuwait0
  125. 5Lao PDR0
  126. 5Liberia0
  127. 5St. Lucia0
  128. 5Denmark0
  129. 5Sri Lanka0
  130. 5Lesotho0
  131. 5Dominica0
  132. 5Germany0
  133. 5Morocco0
  134. 5Czechia0
  135. 5North Macedonia0
  136. 5Myanmar0
  137. 5Cabo Verde0
  138. 5Montenegro0
  139. 5Mauritius0
  140. 5Malawi0
  141. 5Malaysia0
  142. 5Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  143. 5Namibia0
  144. 5Nigeria0
  145. 5Nicaragua0
  146. 5Cameroon0
  147. 5Cote d'Ivoire0
  148. 5Norway0
  149. 5China0
  150. 5Oman0
  151. 5Pakistan0
  152. 5Central African Republic0
  153. 5Bhutan0
  154. 5Palau0
  155. 5Qatar0
  156. 5Belarus0
  157. 5Rwanda0
  158. 5Saudi Arabia0
  159. 5Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  160. 5Senegal0
  161. 5Sierra Leone0
  162. 5San Marino0
  163. 5Bahrain0
  164. 5Serbia0
  165. 5South Sudan0
  166. 5Sao Tome and Principe0
  167. 5Bangladesh0
  168. 5Burkina Faso0
  169. 5Slovenia0
  170. 5Benin0
  171. 5Eswatini0
  172. 5Seychelles0
  173. 5Chad0
  174. 5Togo0
  175. 5Timor-Leste0
  176. 5Antigua and Barbuda0
  177. 5Tonga0
  178. 5Gambia, The0
  179. 5Ukraine0
  180. 5Andorra0
  181. 5British Virgin Islands0
  182. 5Viet Nam0
  183. 5Samoa0
  184. 5Yemen, Rep.0
  185. 5South Africa0
  186. 5Zambia0

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