Norway vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female

Norway
41,522 number
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
284,951 number
in 2019
Norway rank
39th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
37th

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female over time

  • Norway
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0100.0k200.0k300.0k201120152019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 284,951 number against 41,522 number in Norway, a difference of 243,429 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.9 times Norway's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Norway ranks 39th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 103 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, isced 7 programmes, female, Norway or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 284,951 number against 41,522 number in Norway as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, isced 7 programmes, female between Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
243,429 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2018.
How do Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 7 programmes, female?
Norway ranks 39th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 103 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Norway vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-isced-7-programmes-female-number/norway/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-isced-7-programmes-female-number/norway/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Norway vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
146 places, 983 data points, 2004–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.