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

18.02 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

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

18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

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.

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

Burkina Faso

440,523 number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa

18.46 million number

in 2019

Burkina Faso rank

13th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

11th

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

Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 18.46 million number against 440,523 number in Burkina Faso, a difference of 18.02 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 41.9 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 142 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	321,874 number	13.29 million number	12.97 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	371,282 number	14.40 million number	14.03 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	413,656 number	16.55 million number	16.14 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, Burkina Faso or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 18.46 million number against 440,523 number in Burkina Faso as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male between Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 18.02 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male?: Burkina Faso ranks 13th 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.