In 2019/20, total of 224 563 children attended preschool education and upbringing. Out of them, there were 108 842 girls (48%) and 115 721 boys (52%).

There were 54 135 (24%) children aged from six months up to 3 years and 170 428 (76%) children from 3 years up to the age of starting school.

Program of preschool education and upbringing is organized in 466 pre-primary institutions (162 state-owned and 304 private) and 2 842 facilities (2 426 state-owned and 416 private) and in 9 874 educational groups.

Compulsory preparatory preschool program (PPP) was attended by 63 733 children, i.e. 30 959 girls and 32 814 boys. Most of them (55%) attended full-time programs and 45% attended 4-hour programs.

Children coverage in PPP is 97.36%.