Iran vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Iran
714,329 number
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
15.83 million number
in 2019
Iran rank
18th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
15th

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male over time

  • Iran
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
05.0M10.0M15.0M197019952020

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 15.83 million number against 714,329 number in Iran, a difference of 15.12 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 22.2 times Iran's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Iran ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 206 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 476,954 number 5.07 million number 4.59 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 701,838 number 6.73 million number 6.03 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 917,150 number 8.68 million number 7.76 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 617,493 number 10.97 million number 10.35 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 633,854 number 14.30 million number 13.67 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of the official entrance age to primary education, male, Iran or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 15.83 million number against 714,329 number in Iran as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
15.12 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Iran ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.