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

Brazil
6.33 million number
in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
91.59 million number
in 2019
Brazil rank
13th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
13th

School age population, primary education, male over time

  • Brazil
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M197019942019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 91.59 million number against 6.33 million number in Brazil, a difference of 85.26 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 14.5 times Brazil's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 206 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 Brazil Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 6.51 million number 54.48 million number 47.97 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 6.94 million number 62.92 million number 55.98 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 6.33 million number 74.37 million number 68.04 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, male, Brazil or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 91.59 million number against 6.33 million number in Brazil as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
85.26 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2011.
How do Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?
Brazil ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School age population, primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-primary-education-male-number/brazil/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-primary-education-male-number/brazil/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Brazil vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School age population, primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, primary education, male (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

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