Egypt vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Enrolment in pre-primary education, female

Egypt
717,683 number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
12.61 million number
in 2019
Egypt rank
25th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
22nd

Enrolment in pre-primary education, female over time

  • Egypt
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
05.0M10.0M15.0M197119952019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 12.61 million number against 717,683 number in Egypt, a difference of 11.90 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 17.6 times Egypt's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 196 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 64,560 number 2.91 million number 2.85 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 122,155 number 3.53 million number 3.41 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 253,969 number 5.31 million number 5.05 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 552,611 number 10.14 million number 9.59 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, female, Egypt or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 12.61 million number against 717,683 number in Egypt as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, female between Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
11.90 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2019.
How do Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for enrolment in pre-primary education, female?
Egypt ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,204 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female 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.