Sub-Saharan Africa vs Vietnam: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Sub-Saharan Africa
15.84 million number
in 2019
Vietnam
804,343 number
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
13th
Vietnam rank
16th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Vietnam
05.0M10.0M15.0M197019952020

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 15.84 million number against 804,343 number in Vietnam, a difference of 15.03 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 19.7 times Vietnam's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 45 groups.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Vietnam Difference Ahead
1970s 5.08 million number 702,596 number 4.38 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 6.74 million number 803,802 number 5.94 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s 8.69 million number 918,177 number 7.77 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 10.98 million number 777,323 number 10.20 million number Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 14.31 million number 741,315 number 13.57 million number Sub-Saharan Africa

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, Sub-Saharan Africa or Vietnam?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 15.84 million number against 804,343 number in Vietnam as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam?
15.03 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 45 groups.
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.