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Official entrance age to pre-primary education (years)
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210 countries · 1970–2025
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1
Afghanistan
6
2
Tanzania
6
3
Philippines
5
4
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
5
5
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
5
6
Nigeria
5
7
Indonesia
5
8
Marshall Islands
5
9
Algeria
5
10
Guam
5
11
Iran, Islamic Rep.
5
12
Liechtenstein
5
13
Namibia
5
14
Greece
4
15
Djibouti
4
16
United Arab Emirates
4
17
Equatorial Guinea
4
18
Iraq
4
19
Libya
4
20
Switzerland
4
21
Guyana
4
22
Ghana
4
23
Eritrea
4
24
Naoero
4
25
Bermuda
4
26
Bolivia
4
27
Cameroon
4
28
Brazil
4
29
Maldives
4
30
Mali
4
31
Niger
4
32
Kuwait
4
33
Guinea
4
34
Egypt, Arab Rep.
4
35
Ethiopia
4
36
Jordan
4
37
Guatemala
4
38
Benin
4
39
Aruba
4
40
Malaysia
4
41
Morocco
4
42
Costa Rica
4
43
Oman
4
44
El Salvador
4
45
Zimbabwe
4
46
West Bank and Gaza
4
47
Vanuatu
4
48
Seychelles
4
49
Sudan
4
50
Panama
4
51
Tonga
4
52
Suriname
4
53
Turks and Caicos Islands
4
54
Sierra Leone
3
55
Poland
3
56
Puerto Rico (US)
3
57
Samoa
3
58
Yemen, Rep.
3
59
Portugal
3
60
Paraguay
3
61
French Polynesia
3
62
Qatar
3
63
Papua New Guinea
3
64
Viet Nam
3
65
Romania
3
66
Russian Federation
3
67
Palau
3
68
Rwanda
3
69
British Virgin Islands
3
70
Saudi Arabia
3
71
Venezuela, RB
3
72
Senegal
3
73
South Africa
3
74
Singapore
3
75
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
3
76
Solomon Islands
3
77
Uzbekistan
3
78
San Marino
3
79
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
3
80
United States
3
81
Peru
3
82
Serbia
3
83
South Sudan
3
84
Uruguay
3
85
Sao Tome and Principe
3
86
Ukraine
3
87
Zambia
3
88
Slovak Republic
3
89
Slovenia
3
90
Sweden
3
91
Uganda
3
92
Eswatini
3
93
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
3
94
Pakistan
3
95
Syrian Arab Republic
3
96
Tuvalu
3
97
Chad
3
98
Turkiye
3
99
Togo
3
100
Thailand
3
101
Tajikistan
3
102
Tunisia
3
103
Turkmenistan
3
104
Timor-Leste
3
105
Trinidad and Tobago
3
106
Australia
3
107
Gibraltar
3
108
Congo, Rep.
3
109
North Macedonia
3
110
Austria
3
111
Kiribati
3
112
Ecuador
3
113
Norway
3
114
Cayman Islands
3
115
Netherlands
3
116
Angola
3
117
Nicaragua
3
118
Albania
3
119
Spain
3
120
Curacao
3
121
Estonia
3
122
Cuba
3
123
Andorra
3
124
New Caledonia
3
125
Finland
3
126
Fiji
3
127
Malawi
3
128
Mauritius
3
129
Argentina
3
130
France
3
131
Cabo Verde
3
132
Mauritania
3
133
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
3
134
Armenia
3
135
Mozambique
3
136
American Samoa
3
137
Jamaica
3
138
New Zealand
3
139
Gabon
3
140
Comoros
3
141
United Kingdom
3
142
Montenegro
3
143
Antigua and Barbuda
3
144
Myanmar
3
145
Colombia
3
146
Dominica
3
147
Malta
3
148
Germany
3
149
Nepal
3
150
Czechia
3
151
Dominican Republic
3
152
Gambia, The
3
153
Congo, Dem. Rep.
3
154
Mexico
3
155
Azerbaijan
3
156
Guinea-Bissau
3
157
Madagascar
3
158
Burundi
3
159
Moldova
3
160
Cote d'Ivoire
3
161
Belgium
3
162
Monaco
3
163
Cyprus
3
164
Grenada
3
165
Macao SAR, China
3
166
China
3
167
Latvia
3
168
Denmark
3
169
Kazakhstan
3
170
Kenya
3
171
Burkina Faso
3
172
Chile
3
173
Luxembourg
3
174
Hong Kong SAR, China
3
175
Lithuania
3
176
Bangladesh
3
177
Lesotho
3
178
Honduras
3
179
Barbados
3
180
Sri Lanka
3
181
Croatia
3
182
Bulgaria
3
183
Haiti
3
184
Canada
3
185
Italy
3
186
Kyrgyz Republic
3
187
Cambodia
3
188
Israel
3
189
Brunei Darussalam
3
190
Iceland
3
191
Belize
3
192
St. Kitts and Nevis
3
193
Bhutan
3
194
Korea, Rep.
3
195
Belarus
3
196
Botswana
3
197
Japan
3
198
Ireland
3
199
Lao PDR
3
200
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
201
Lebanon
3
202
India
3
203
Bahamas, The
3
204
Liberia
3
205
Central African Republic
3
206
Bahrain
3
207
St. Lucia
3
208
Hungary
3
209
Mongolia
2
210
Georgia
2
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