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