Mexico vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School age population, early childhood education, female

Mexico
6.54 million number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
58.97 million number
in 2019
Mexico rank
6th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
9th

School age population, early childhood education, female over time

  • Mexico
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 58.97 million number against 6.54 million number in Mexico, a difference of 52.43 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 9.0 times Mexico's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 2.26 million number 36.20 million number 33.94 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 2.23 million number 39.07 million number 36.84 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 5.26 million number 51.22 million number 45.95 million number Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, early childhood education, female, Mexico or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 58.97 million number against 6.54 million number in Mexico as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood education, female between Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa?
52.43 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa?
22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school age population, early childhood education, female?
Mexico ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th 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/