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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
13.56 million number
in 2019
Turkey
664,942 number
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
16th
Turkey rank
18th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Turkey
05.0M10.0M15.0M197019952020

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 13.56 million number against 664,942 number in Turkey, a difference of 12.89 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 20.4 times Turkey's.

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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Turkey ranks 18th of 45 groups.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Turkey Difference Ahead
1970s 4.16 million number 472,309 number 3.69 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 5.48 million number 574,183 number 4.90 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 7.31 million number 636,438 number 6.67 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 9.27 million number 629,509 number 8.64 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 12.06 million number 648,891 number 11.41 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, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Turkey?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 13.56 million number against 664,942 number in Turkey as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, female between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey?
12.89 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, female?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Turkey ranks 18th of 45 groups.
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.