Mozambique vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

Mozambique
860,370 number
in 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
29.67 million number
in 2019
Mozambique rank
9th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
10th

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

  • Mozambique
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 29.67 million number against 860,370 number in Mozambique, a difference of 28.80 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 34.5 times Mozambique's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Mozambique ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 150 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 720,281 number 23.21 million number 22.49 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 599,315 number 23.87 million number 23.27 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 715,460 number 25.76 million number 25.05 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

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, Mozambique or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 29.67 million number against 860,370 number in Mozambique as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
28.80 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
17 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2015.
How do Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?
Mozambique ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 10th 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

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