Afghanistan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School age population, tertiary education, female

Afghanistan
1.86 million number
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
25.35 million number
in 2019
Afghanistan rank
28th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 25.35 million number against 1.86 million number in Afghanistan, a difference of 23.49 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.6 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 203 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 539,893 number 14.19 million number 13.65 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 529,682 number 18.52 million number 17.99 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 721,121 number 21.70 million number 20.98 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 1.08 million number 24.39 million number 23.31 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 1.48 million number 25.19 million number 23.71 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Afghanistan or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 25.35 million number against 1.86 million number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
23.49 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?
Afghanistan ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, 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, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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