Ethiopia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female

Ethiopia
1.20 million number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
14.87 million number
in 2019
Ethiopia rank
12th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
13th

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
05.0M10.0M15.0M199720082019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 14.87 million number against 1.20 million number in Ethiopia, a difference of 13.66 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.4 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 164 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 576,139 number 4.90 million number 4.33 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 720,066 number 10.02 million number 9.30 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 1.03 million number 13.21 million number 12.18 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, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female, Ethiopia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 14.87 million number against 1.20 million number in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female between Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
13.66 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
23 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2019.
How do Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female?
Ethiopia ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary 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, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 4,244 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to post-secondary non-tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.