What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Rwanda and Somalia?

50,430 number, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Somalia?

45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.

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.

Rwanda vs Somalia: School age population, tertiary education, male

Rwanda

572,928 number

in 2019

Somalia

623,358 number

in 2014

Rwanda rank

70th

Somalia rank

69th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Rwanda
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 623,358 number against 572,928 number in Rwanda, a difference of 50,430 number.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 70th and Somalia ranks 69th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	200,254 number	186,144 number	14,110 number	Rwanda
1980s	247,183 number	315,915 number	68,732 number	Somalia
1990s	293,057 number	345,019 number	51,962 number	Somalia
2000s	433,256 number	431,643 number	1,612 number	Rwanda
2010s	522,442 number	573,720 number	51,278 number	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Rwanda or Somalia?: Somalia, at 623,358 number against 572,928 number in Rwanda as of 2014.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Rwanda and Somalia?: 50,430 number, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Somalia?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
How do Rwanda and Somalia rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Rwanda ranks 70th and Somalia ranks 69th 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: 21 August 2026

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