Which has higher out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both, Egypt or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 68.57 million number against 1.34 million number in Egypt as of 2019.

What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both between Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

67.24 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both

Egypt

1.34 million number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

68.57 million number

in 2019

Egypt rank

15th

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

13th

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both over time

Egypt
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 68.57 million number against 1.34 million number in Egypt, a difference of 67.24 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 51.3 times Egypt's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 142 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both, Egypt or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 68.57 million number against 1.34 million number in Egypt as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both between Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 67.24 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.
How do Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both?: Egypt ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 142 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,335 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents and youth of secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/