Preprimary School Enrollment

Africa Ranking

percent of all eligible childrenSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Liberia	125.18	2017	1	134.35
2	Ghana	116.14	2020	2	117.01
3	Mauritius	102	2021	3	102
4	Seychelles	96.46	2020	4	95.42
5 ↑	Algeria	83.93	2010	6	80.29
6 ↑	Malawi	83.58	2015	52
7 ↑	Tanzania	78.14	2020	15	40.86
8 ↓	Cape Verde	74.7	2019	7	73.23
9 ↓	Zimbabwe	72.53	2020	8	71.71
10 ↓	Kenya	65.14	2019	5	80.67
11 ↓	Morocco	60.42	2020	9	54.87
12 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	50.31	2016	11	47.37
13 ↓	Sudan	45.09	2016	12	44.77
14 ↓	Tunisia	44.62	2016	13	43.71
15 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	43.36	2015	10	54.09
16 ↑	Gabon	42.99	2019	18	35.23
17 ↓	Gambia	41.52	2021	14	43.67
18 ↓	Madagascar	40.15	2019	16	39.61
19	Lesotho	39.35	2015	19	35.21
20 ↑	Namibia	35.76	2019	21	34.2
21 ↓	Cameroon	35.62	2019	17	35.88
22 ↓	Ethiopia	33.26	2020	20	34.98
23	Togo	29.75	2020	23	24.98
24 ↓	Egypt	29.27	2019	22	28.89
25 ↑	Rwanda	27.64	2019	26	22.47
26 ↓	Swaziland	27.43	2011	25	24.06
27 ↑	Nigeria	23.46	2018	30	19.65
28 ↓	Eritrea	23.33	2018	27	21.38
29 ↓	Benin	22.22	2020	24	24.43
30 ↓	Comoros	21.81	2018	28	20.42
31 ↓	Botswana	21.45	2015	29	20.01
32 ↓	Sierra Leone	20.84	2020	31	19.35
33 ↓	South Africa	17.84	2019	32	17.63
34 ↑	Guinea	17.62	2020	36	14.45
35 ↓	Senegal	16.92	2020	33	16.92
36 ↓	Burundi	16.49	2021	34	16.63
37	Uganda	14.41	2017	37	13.72
38	Republic of the Congo	14.29	2018	38	13.31
39 ↓	Mozambique	11.62	1986	35	16.61
39	Djibouti	11.62	2021	39	10.49
41 ↓	Ivory Coast	10.62	2020	40	8.35
42 ↑	Mauritania	10.49	2015	49	1.8
43	Libya	9.82	2006	43	7.34
44 ↓	Zambia	8.7	2017	41	7.57
45 ↓	Niger	7.41	2020	42	7.39
46 ↓	Mali	6.96	2018	44	6.86
47	Guinea-Bissau	6.69	2010	47	3.68
48 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.68	2018	46	4.44
49 ↑	Somalia	5.63	2014	51	0.34
50 ↓	Burkina Faso	3.68	2017	48	3.05
51 ↓	Central African Republic	2.93	2017	45	5.09
52 ↓	Chad	1.1	2019	50	1.09

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.