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

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

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

17 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2007.

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, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Iraq

647,239 number

in 2007

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

33.92 million number

in 2019

Iraq rank

11th

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

8th

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

Iraq
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 33.92 million number against 647,239 number in Iraq, a difference of 33.27 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 52.4 times Iraq's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 148 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1970s	684,576 number	23.84 million number	23.16 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s	473,667 number	26.75 million number	26.28 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s	779,852 number	35.22 million number	34.44 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s	700,088 number	33.89 million number	33.19 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, Iraq or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 33.92 million number against 647,239 number in Iraq as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Iraq and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 33.27 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2007.
How do Iraq and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Iraq ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 148 countries.
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, 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 children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,451 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/