Kenya vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School age population, last grade of primary education, female

Kenya
679,701 number
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
13.56 million number
in 2019
Kenya rank
17th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
16th

School age population, last grade of primary education, female over time

  • Kenya
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 13.56 million number against 679,701 number in Kenya, a difference of 12.88 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 19.9 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 204 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 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 182,108 number 4.16 million number 3.98 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 272,616 number 5.48 million number 5.21 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 389,554 number 7.31 million number 6.92 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 469,717 number 9.27 million number 8.80 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 609,206 number 12.06 million number 11.45 million number 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, female, Kenya or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 13.56 million number against 679,701 number in Kenya as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, female between Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
12.88 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, female?
Kenya ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 12,245 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.