Early Learning & School Readiness — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

pre-primary enrolment rate
children developmentally on track
early childhood education participation at ages three to five

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 27

Established 40

Transitional 46

Foundational 44

Nascent 30

Inception 6

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
18	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
19	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
23	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.83
24	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
25	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
26	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
27	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
28	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
29	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
30	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
31	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
32	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
33	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
34	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
35	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	14	Established	±0.71
36	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
37	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
38	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
39	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
40	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
41	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
42	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
43	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
44	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
45	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
46	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
47	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
48	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
49	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
50	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
51	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
52	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
53	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
54	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
55	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
56	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
57	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
58	🇺🇸United States	Americas	13	Established	±1.23
59	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
60	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
61	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
62	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
63	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
64	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
66	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
67	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
68	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
69	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
70	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
71	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
72	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
73	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.83
76	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
79	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
82	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.87
83	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
84	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
85	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
87	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
93	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
94	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
95	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
97	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
99	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
101	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
102	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
103	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
104	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
105	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
106	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.71
107	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
108	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
109	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
110	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
111	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
112	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
113	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
114	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
116	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
117	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
118	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
119	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
120	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
122	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
123	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
124	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
126	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
127	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.71
134	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
139	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
141	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
145	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
147	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
148	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
149	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
150	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.83
151	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
153	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
154	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
155	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
156	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
157	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
158	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
159	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
160	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
161	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
162	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
182	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
185	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
190	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
193	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Early Childhood Development

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Child Health & Nutrition	10.9	0–19	Finland, Japan