Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Uganda: School age population, primary education, female

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
89.54 million number
in 2019
Uganda
4.67 million number
in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
12th
Uganda rank
15th

School age population, primary education, female over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Uganda
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M197019952020

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 89.54 million number against 4.67 million number in Uganda, a difference of 84.87 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 19.2 times Uganda'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 12th and Uganda ranks 15th 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) Uganda Difference Ahead
1970s 27.86 million number 1.06 million number 26.80 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 36.67 million number 1.43 million number 35.24 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 48.32 million number 2.07 million number 46.25 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 61.36 million number 2.90 million number 58.46 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 80.31 million number 3.96 million number 76.36 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, primary education, female, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Uganda?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 89.54 million number against 4.67 million number in Uganda as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, female between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uganda?
84.87 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 Uganda?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uganda rank globally for school age population, primary education, female?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 12th and Uganda ranks 15th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, 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, primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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