Preprimary education, duration (years)

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About this dataset

Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE20253Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW20253Africa Western and Central
ARB20253Arab World
CSS20252Caribbean small states
CEB20256Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR20253.5Early-demographic dividend
EAS20255East Asia & Pacific
EAP20254East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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