What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

28.69 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

11 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

Chad

978,380 number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

29.67 million number

in 2019

Chad rank

6th

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

8th

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes over time

Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 29.67 million number against 978,380 number in Chad, a difference of 28.69 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 30.3 times Chad's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Chad ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th of 150 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	547,279 number	23.22 million number	22.67 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	568,910 number	23.67 million number	23.10 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	920,572 number	28.81 million number	27.89 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes, Chad or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 29.67 million number against 978,380 number in Chad as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 28.69 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 11 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?: Chad ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 3,686 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.