What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

33.14 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

21 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2015.

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.

Mozambique vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Mozambique

778,675 number

in 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

33.92 million number

in 2019

Mozambique rank

7th

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

6th

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

Mozambique
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 33.92 million number against 778,675 number in Mozambique, a difference of 33.14 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 43.6 times Mozambique's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Mozambique ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 6th of 148 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.03 million number	34.84 million number	33.81 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	946,552 number	33.08 million number	32.14 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	748,525 number	31.17 million number	30.42 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

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, Mozambique or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 33.92 million number against 778,675 number in Mozambique as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 33.14 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 21 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2015.
How do Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Mozambique ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 6th 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/