Afghanistan vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps

Afghanistan
146,067
in 2023
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
6.62 million
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
20th
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
20th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps over time

  • Afghanistan
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
02.0M4.0M6.0M197119972024

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 6.62 million against 146,067 in Afghanistan, a difference of 6.48 million.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 45.3 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 20th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 20th of 199 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 30,799 1.82 million 1.79 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 11,692 2.61 million 2.60 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 17,696 3.17 million 3.15 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 87,738 5.93 million 5.84 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 121,914 6.34 million 6.22 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps, Afghanistan or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 6.62 million against 146,067 in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps between Afghanistan and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
6.48 million, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps?
Afghanistan ranks 20th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 20th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
419 places, 16,340 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number) with 705 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.