Early-demographic dividend vs South Africa: School age population, early childhood educational development

Early-demographic dividend
27.11 million number
in 2019
South Africa
1.74 million number
in 2019
Early-demographic dividend rank
6th
South Africa rank
6th

School age population, early childhood educational development over time

  • Early-demographic dividend
  • South Africa
010.0M20.0M30.0M199720082019

How they compare

Early-demographic dividend currently reports 27.11 million number against 1.74 million number in South Africa, a difference of 25.37 million number.

That makes Early-demographic dividend's figure about 15.6 times South Africa's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Early-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Early-demographic dividend ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 6th of 38 groups.

Early-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Early-demographic dividend South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 20.70 million number 1.03 million number 19.67 million number Early-demographic dividend
2000s 21.36 million number 975,848 number 20.38 million number Early-demographic dividend
2010s 25.41 million number 1.26 million number 24.15 million number Early-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, early childhood educational development, Early-demographic dividend or South Africa?
Early-demographic dividend, at 27.11 million number against 1.74 million number in South Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood educational development between Early-demographic dividend and South Africa?
25.37 million number, with Early-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and South Africa?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Early-demographic dividend and South Africa rank globally for school age population, early childhood educational development?
Early-demographic dividend ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 6th of 38 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (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, male (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

Male 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/