What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?

85.31 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

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

10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2011.

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.

Brazil vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School age population, primary education, male

Brazil

6.33 million number

in 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

91.64 million number

in 2019

Brazil rank

13th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

11th

School age population, primary education, male over time

Brazil
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 91.64 million number against 6.33 million number in Brazil, a difference of 85.31 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 14.5 times Brazil's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 206 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	6.51 million number	54.55 million number	48.04 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	6.94 million number	62.99 million number	56.05 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	6.33 million number	74.43 million number	68.10 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

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?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 91.64 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?: 85.31 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2011.
How do Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?: Brazil ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th 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.

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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: 04 September 2026

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