Peru vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes

Peru
1.68 million number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
25.58 million number
in 2019
Peru rank
23rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
22nd

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • Peru
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
010.0M20.0M30.0M197019942019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 25.58 million number against 1.68 million number in Peru, a difference of 23.90 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 15.2 times Peru's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Peru ranks 23rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 199 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 174,754 number 4.23 million number 4.05 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 360,083 number 5.60 million number 5.24 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 678,937 number 7.25 million number 6.57 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 1.15 million number 10.80 million number 9.65 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 1.53 million number 20.32 million number 18.80 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes, Peru or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 25.58 million number against 1.68 million number in Peru as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes between Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
23.90 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
46 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes?
Peru ranks 23rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 8,121 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. 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.