What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa?

17.5%, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa?

6 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2012.

Where does this data come from?

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

Central African Republic vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower

Central African Republic

41.7%

in 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa

24.2%

in 2019

Central African Republic rank

5th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

5th

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time

Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 41.7% against 24.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 17.5%.

That makes Central African Republic's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th of 149 countries.

Central African Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	56.6%	55.6%	1.0%	Central African Republic
2000s	43.9%	27.5%	16.4%	Central African Republic
2010s	42.4%	26.0%	16.4%	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower, Central African Republic or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Central African Republic, at 41.7% against 24.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2012.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 17.5%, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 6 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2012.
How do Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?: Central African Republic ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 4,615 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/