What is the difference in out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male between Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa?

17.86 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa?

7 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male

Afghanistan

595,767 number

in 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa

18.46 million number

in 2019

Afghanistan rank

8th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

11th

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male over time

Afghanistan
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 18.46 million number against 595,767 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 17.86 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 31.0 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 142 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	653,689 number	14.89 million number	14.23 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	556,324 number	16.82 million number	16.27 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male, Afghanistan or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 18.46 million number against 595,767 number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male between Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 17.86 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 7 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male?: Afghanistan ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 142 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school youth of upper 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 youth of upper secondary school age, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 3,012 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of upper secondary school age male youth who are not enrolled in upper secondary education.