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Preprimary education, duration (years)

Name: Preprimary education, duration (years) by country, 2025
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Preprimary education, duration (years) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Guatemala	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
2	Liechtenstein	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Hungary	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Croatia	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	El Salvador	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	South Africa	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
7	Estonia	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Indonesia	7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Lithuania	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Norway	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	San Marino	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Singapore	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Austria	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Russian Federation	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Romania	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Sweden	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Qatar	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
18	Argentina	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Belgium	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Puerto Rico (US)	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Peru	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Panama	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
24	Oman	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
25	Serbia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Nicaragua	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
27	United Arab Emirates	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
28	Mauritania	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Bahrain	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Mexico	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	Moldova	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
33	Latvia	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Lao PDR	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
35	Turkiye	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Korea, Rep.	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
37	Cambodia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Kyrgyz Republic	6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
39	Jamaica	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Brazil	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Israel	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
42	Iceland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Uruguay	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
44	Haiti	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
45	Greece	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Equatorial Guinea	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
47	Georgia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Viet Nam	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	Finland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Spain	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Yemen, Rep.	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
52	Canada	6	North America	High income
53	Denmark	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Germany	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Cyprus	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Chile	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
57	Curacao	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Cuba	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Costa Rica	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Colombia	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Morocco	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Grenada	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Aruba	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
64	Paraguay	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Antigua and Barbuda	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Nigeria	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Ukraine	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	British Virgin Islands	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
69	Kazakhstan	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Ghana	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Sierra Leone	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Venezuela, RB	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
73	Australia	5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	Albania	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	New Zealand	5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Slovenia	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	United Kingdom	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Ireland	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Turkmenistan	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	North Macedonia	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Dominica	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Gambia, The	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Myanmar	5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
84	Thailand	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Barbados	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Montenegro	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Azerbaijan	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Maldives	4	South Asia	Upper middle income
89	Bulgaria	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Uzbekistan	4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
91	Gibraltar	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	St. Kitts and Nevis	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	St. Lucia	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Tajikistan	4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Belarus	4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Poland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	4	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
98	Cayman Islands	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Papua New Guinea	4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Mongolia	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
101	Saudi Arabia	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	Zambia	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Marshall Islands	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Brunei Darussalam	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
105	Solomon Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	Syrian Arab Republic	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
107	Lebanon	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
108	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Bhutan	3	South Asia	Lower middle income
110	Tunisia	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
111	Comoros	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	China	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Liberia	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Honduras	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
115	Senegal	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Rwanda	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Guinea-Bissau	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Armenia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Lesotho	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Andorra	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Ecuador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	France	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Naoero	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
124	Macao SAR, China	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
125	Eswatini	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Mozambique	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
127	Togo	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Mauritius	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
129	Cote d'Ivoire	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Burkina Faso	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
131	Palau	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Malawi	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Timor-Leste	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
134	Gabon	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
135	Monaco	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Bangladesh	3	South Asia	Lower middle income
137	Czechia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Chad	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Congo, Rep.	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	Burundi	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Cabo Verde	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Dominican Republic	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Niger	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Mali	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Netherlands	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Madagascar	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Guinea	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	South Sudan	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Central African Republic	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Fiji	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
152	Italy	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Uganda	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Sao Tome and Principe	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	India	3	South Asia	Lower middle income
156	Slovak Republic	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Japan	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
158	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Ethiopia	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Kenya	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Hong Kong SAR, China	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
162	Angola	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Botswana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
164	Tuvalu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
165	Kiribati	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
166	Sri Lanka	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
167	Guyana	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
169	Vanuatu	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Iraq	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
171	Jordan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
172	Bolivia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
173	Samoa	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
174	Kuwait	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
175	Eritrea	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Belize	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
177	Libya	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
178	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
179	Trinidad and Tobago	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	Tonga	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Sudan	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Bahamas, The	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	Cameroon	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Malta	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
185	Djibouti	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
186	Switzerland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	West Bank and Gaza	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
188	Malaysia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
189	Namibia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
190	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
191	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
192	Pakistan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
193	Zimbabwe	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
194	Suriname	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
195	Seychelles	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
196	Benin	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
197	Philippines	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
198	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
199	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
200	Algeria	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
201	Bermuda	1	North America	High income
202	Tanzania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

Preprimary education, duration (years)