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

Burkina Faso
836,566 number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
35.72 million number
in 2019
Burkina Faso rank
13th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
13th

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

  • Burkina Faso
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 35.72 million number against 836,566 number in Burkina Faso, a difference of 34.89 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 42.7 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 138 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 767,522 number 28.24 million number 27.47 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 877,710 number 29.59 million number 28.72 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 815,060 number 32.63 million number 31.82 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female, Burkina Faso or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 35.72 million number against 836,566 number in Burkina Faso as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female between Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
34.89 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female?
Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,214 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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/