Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), at 26.55 million number against 1.97 million number in Afghanistan as of 2019.

What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

24.59 million number, with Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): School age population, tertiary education, male

Afghanistan

1.97 million number

in 2018

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

26.55 million number

in 2019

Afghanistan rank

27th

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

29th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Afghanistan
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 26.55 million number against 1.97 million number in Afghanistan, a difference of 24.59 million number.

That makes Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 13.5 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 27th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 203 countries.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1970s	549,171 number	14.64 million number	14.09 million number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s	558,253 number	18.87 million number	18.31 million number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	791,138 number	22.02 million number	21.23 million number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	1.18 million number	25.10 million number	23.92 million number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	1.59 million number	26.36 million number	24.77 million number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), at 26.55 million number against 1.97 million number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 24.59 million number, with Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Afghanistan ranks 27th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary 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, tertiary education, male (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: 04 September 2026

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