What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?

36.76 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School age population, pre-primary education, female

Nigeria

2.97 million number

in 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa

39.73 million number

in 2019

Nigeria rank

12th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

14th

School age population, pre-primary education, female over time

Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 39.73 million number against 2.97 million number in Nigeria, a difference of 36.76 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 13.4 times Nigeria's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 14th of 206 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.88 million number	13.85 million number	10.97 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	3.95 million number	18.51 million number	14.56 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	4.56 million number	23.75 million number	19.19 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	2.01 million number	27.53 million number	25.52 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	2.66 million number	35.34 million number	32.68 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, pre-primary education, female, Nigeria or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 39.73 million number against 2.97 million number in Nigeria as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 36.76 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school age population, pre-primary education, female?: Nigeria ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 14th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-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, pre-primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.