Sub-Saharan Africa vs Uganda: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Sub-Saharan Africa
0.1526 units per person
in 2024
Uganda
0.22 units per person
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
7th
Uganda rank
4th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Uganda
0.050.10.150.20.250.3197019972024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.22 units per person against 0.1526 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0674 units per person.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Uganda ranks 4th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Difference Ahead
1970s 0.103 units per person 0.0818 units per person 0.0212 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 0.1278 units per person 0.1286 units per person 0.0009 units per person Uganda
1990s 0.1243 units per person 0.1743 units per person 0.05 units per person Uganda
2000s 0.1466 units per person 0.2694 units per person 0.1228 units per person Uganda
2010s 0.1583 units per person 0.2352 units per person 0.0769 units per person Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Sub-Saharan Africa or Uganda?
Uganda, at 0.22 units per person against 0.1526 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Sub-Saharan Africa and Uganda?
0.0674 units per person, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Uganda?
47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Uganda rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Uganda ranks 4th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sub-Saharan Africa vs Uganda: Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/sub-saharan-africa/uganda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/sub-saharan-africa/uganda/">Sub-Saharan Africa vs Uganda: Primary education, pupils, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.