What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?

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

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

5 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Yemen: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

63.47 million number

in 2019

Yemen

1.19 million number

in 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

8th

Yemen rank

11th

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Yemen

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 63.47 million number against 1.19 million number in Yemen, a difference of 62.28 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 53.2 times Yemen's.

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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Yemen ranks 11th of 45 groups.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1990s	68.14 million number	1.84 million number	66.30 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s	57.73 million number	1.22 million number	56.51 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 children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Yemen?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 63.47 million number against 1.19 million number in Yemen as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?: 62.28 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Yemen ranks 11th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower 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 children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower 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/