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