Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry was 8.93 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 2008–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 8.93 million number. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 8.93 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.08 million number, in 2013.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 42 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8.12 million number | — |
| 2009 | 8.14 million number | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 8.25 million number | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 8.32 million number | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 8.09 million number | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 8.08 million number | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 8.23 million number | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 8.29 million number | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.50 million number | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 8.64 million number | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 8.83 million number | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 8.93 million number | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.13 million number | 8.12 million number | 8.14 million number | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.41 million number | 8.08 million number | 8.93 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 5 Kenya 333,298 number
- 6 Iraq 327,232 number
- 7 Iran, Islamic Republic of 312,479 number compare
- 8 Niger 287,766 number compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 283,053 number compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 247,526 number compare
- 11 Chad 222,383 number compare
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 8.93 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.93 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.08 million number in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 42 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children one year before primary entry age who are not enrolled or attending pre-primary education during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/