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

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

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

11 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.

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

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

Chad

672,766 number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

29.56 million number

in 2019

Chad rank

8th

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

7th

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

Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 29.56 million number against 672,766 number in Chad, a difference of 28.88 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 43.9 times Chad's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Chad ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th 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	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	503,026 number	30.76 million number	30.26 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	508,082 number	29.03 million number	28.53 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	625,280 number	28.75 million number	28.13 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, Chad or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 29.56 million number against 672,766 number in Chad as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 28.88 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 11 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Chad ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th 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, male (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, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,440 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/