All📚 Preprimary education, duration
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.
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🇭🇷Croatia
7 years
2
🇸🇻El Salvador
7 years
3
🇪🇪Estonia
7 years
4
🇬🇹Guatemala
7 years
5
🇭🇺Hungary
7 years
6
🇮🇩Indonesia
7 years
7
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
7 years
8
🇱🇹Lithuania
7 years
9
🇿🇦South Africa
7 years
10
🇦🇷Argentina
6 years
11
🇦🇹Austria
6 years
12
🇧🇭Bahrain
6 years
13
🇧🇪Belgium
6 years
14
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 years
15
🇧🇷Brazil
6 years
16
🇰🇭Cambodia
6 years
17
🇨🇦Canada
6 years
18
🇨🇱Chile
6 years
19
🇨🇴Colombia
6 years
20
🇨🇷Costa Rica
6 years
21
🇨🇺Cuba
6 years
22
🇨🇼Curaçao
6 years
23
🇨🇾Cyprus
6 years
24
🇩🇰Denmark
6 years
25
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
6 years
26
🇫🇮Finland
6 years
27
🇬🇪Georgia
6 years
28
🇩🇪Germany
6 years
29
🇬🇷Greece
6 years
30
🇭🇹Haiti
6 years
31
🇮🇸Iceland
6 years
32
🇮🇱Israel
6 years
33
🇯🇲Jamaica
6 years
34
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
6 years
35
🇱🇦Laos
6 years
36
🇱🇻Latvia
6 years
37
🇲🇷Mauritania
6 years
38
🇲🇽Mexico
6 years
39
🇲🇩Moldova
6 years
40
🇳🇮Nicaragua
6 years
41
🇳🇴Norway
6 years
42
🇴🇲Oman
6 years
43
🇵🇦Panama
6 years
44
🇵🇪Peru
6 years
45
🇵🇷Puerto Rico
6 years
46
🇶🇦Qatar
6 years
47
🇷🇴Romania
6 years
48
🇷🇺Russia
6 years
49
🇸🇲San Marino
6 years
50
🇷🇸Serbia
6 years
Highlights
As of 2025, Croatia ranks first with 7 years, followed by El Salvador (7 years) and Estonia (7 years).
The top two are virtually level: Croatia and El Salvador differ by less than 1%.
Across 202 countries and territories, values run from 7 years (Croatia) to 1 years (Tanzania), with a median of 4 years.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 3 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Preprimary education, duration (years), 2025. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Preprimary education, duration (years) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026