What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?

14.02 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?

17 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

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

Mozambique vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male

Mozambique

387,364 number

in 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa

14.41 million number

in 2019

Mozambique rank

11th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

8th

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male over time

Mozambique
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 14.41 million number against 387,364 number in Mozambique, a difference of 14.02 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 37.2 times Mozambique's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Mozambique ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th of 134 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	301,524 number	10.24 million number	9.94 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	234,405 number	10.71 million number	10.48 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	307,086 number	12.18 million number	11.87 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male, Mozambique or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 14.41 million number against 387,364 number in Mozambique as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 14.02 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2015.
How do Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?: Mozambique ranks 11th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th of 134 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (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, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 3,016 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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