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