Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official was 56.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 2008–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 56.5%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 66.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 56.5%, in 2019.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 40 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 66.5% | — |
| 2009 | 64.9% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 64.1% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 63.0% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 59.7% | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 58.1% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 57.7% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 56.9% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 57.1% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 56.9% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 56.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 56.5% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.7% | 64.9% | 66.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 58.7% | 56.5% | 64.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 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, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 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 rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 56.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 66.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.5% in 2019.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 2nd out of 40 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population for one year before primary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for the year before primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/