Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, male, Kenya or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 13.85 million number against 690,996 number in Kenya as of 2019.

What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, male between Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

13.16 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): School age population, last grade of primary education, male

Kenya

690,996 number

in 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

13.85 million number

in 2019

Kenya rank

18th

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

16th

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

Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 13.85 million number against 690,996 number in Kenya, a difference of 13.16 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 20.0 times Kenya's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 16th of 204 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1970s	180,923 number	4.21 million number	4.03 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s	273,398 number	5.56 million number	5.29 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	392,000 number	7.41 million number	7.02 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	471,290 number	9.41 million number	8.94 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	617,432 number	12.29 million number	11.68 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, male, Kenya or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 13.85 million number against 690,996 number in Kenya as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, male between Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 13.16 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, male?: Kenya ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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, male (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, male (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: 07 September 2026

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