Bangladesh vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School age population, early childhood education, female

Bangladesh
4.26 million number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
58.95 million number
in 2019
Bangladesh rank
11th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
11th

School age population, early childhood education, female over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
020.0M40.0M60.0M199720082019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 58.95 million number against 4.26 million number in Bangladesh, a difference of 54.68 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.8 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 199 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 4.70 million number 34.61 million number 29.91 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 4.73 million number 39.05 million number 34.32 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 4.39 million number 51.19 million number 46.80 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, early childhood education, female, Bangladesh or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 58.95 million number against 4.26 million number in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood education, female between Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
54.68 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school age population, early childhood education, female?
Bangladesh ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, early childhood education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School age population, early childhood education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/