How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa?

5 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.

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.

Cameroon vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female

Cameroon

837,347 number

in 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa

35.73 million number

in 2019

Cameroon rank

12th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

11th

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

Cameroon
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 35.73 million number against 837,347 number in Cameroon, a difference of 34.89 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 42.7 times Cameroon's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 138 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	358,856 number	14.64 million number	14.28 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	841,233 number	32.03 million number	31.19 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

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, Cameroon or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 35.73 million number against 837,347 number in Cameroon as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female between Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 34.89 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female?: Cameroon ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th 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: 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/