Malaysia vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes

Malaysia
566,782
in 2025
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
31.56 million
in 2024
Malaysia rank
48th
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
46th

School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Malaysia
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
010.0M20.0M30.0M197019972025

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 31.56 million against 566,782 in Malaysia, a difference of 30.99 million.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 55.7 times Malaysia's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 48th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 46th of 222 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 302,802 8.52 million 8.22 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 347,243 11.30 million 10.95 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 455,712 14.99 million 14.53 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 539,656 19.35 million 18.81 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 554,693 25.20 million 24.64 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 549,804 30.58 million 30.03 million WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes, Malaysia or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 31.56 million against 566,782 in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes between Malaysia and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
30.99 million, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes?
Malaysia ranks 48th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 46th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number). 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

Malaysia vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/malaysia/wb-sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/malaysia/wb-sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Malaysia vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,702 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release