South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School age population, early childhood educational development

South Africa
1.70 million number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
19.24 million number
in 2019
South Africa rank
6th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
8th

School age population, early childhood educational development over time

  • South Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M199820082019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 19.24 million number against 1.70 million number in South Africa, a difference of 17.54 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 11.3 times South Africa's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th of 92 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 1.01 million number 10.74 million number 9.74 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 957,698 number 11.53 million number 10.58 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 1.23 million number 15.34 million number 14.11 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 educational development, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 19.24 million number against 1.70 million number in South Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood educational development between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
17.54 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school age population, early childhood educational development?
South Africa ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th of 92 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, 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 educational development programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,087 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood educational development education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. 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/