Preprimary School Enrollment

Asia Ranking

percent of all eligible childrenSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Philippines	105.1	2019	3	99.82
2 ↓	Hong Kong	101.23	2019	1	106.4
3 ↑	Malaysia	98.06	2019	4	99.22
4 ↓	Vietnam	92.76	2020	2	100.23
5	South Korea	92.24	2019	5	93.52
6 ↑	China	90.49	2020	8	89.12
7 ↓	Macao	90.42	2020	6	90.57
8 ↑	Nepal	87.43	2019	9	88.32
9 ↑	Russia	85.99	2019	11	86.35
10 ↓	Maldives	85.96	2019	7	89.49
11 ↓	Mongolia	85.87	2020	10	86.67
12	Pakistan	82.56	2019	12	83.14
13 ↑	Japan	81.76	1999	19	48.05
14 ↓	Thailand	75.22	2020	13	78.6
15 ↑	Kazakhstan	74.13	2020	18	62.48
16 ↓	Sri Lanka	70.54	2019	14	68.68
17 ↓	Brunei	63.48	2020	15	63.35
18 ↓	Indonesia	62.34	2018	16	63.19
19 ↓	India	61.09	2020	17	62.81
20	Laos	48.46	2019	20	46.68
21 ↑	Bangladesh	45.6	2020	22	40.82
22 ↓	Azerbaijan	44.69	2020	21	41.14
23 ↑	Uzbekistan	41.44	2020	25	32.96
24 ↓	Kyrgyzstan	40.72	2020	23	39.91
25 ↑	Turkmenistan	35.91	2020	29
26 ↓	Bhutan	35.71	2019	24	34.44
27 ↓	Cambodia	27.33	2020	26	25.07
28 ↓	Tajikistan	9.91	2017	27	10.48
29 ↓	Burma (Myanmar)	8.53	2018	28	9.78

Definition of Preprimary School Enrollment

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.