India vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary education, general pupils, per capita

India
0.0938 units per person
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0539 units per person
in 2018
India rank
34th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
35th

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita over time

  • India
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
0.020.040.060.080.1197019942018

How they compare

India currently reports 0.0938 units per person against 0.0539 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0399 units per person.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 204 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0398 units per person 0.0193 units per person 0.0205 units per person India
1980s 0.0514 units per person 0.0276 units per person 0.0238 units per person India
1990s 0.0649 units per person 0.0298 units per person 0.0351 units per person India
2000s 0.074 units per person 0.0384 units per person 0.0356 units per person India
2010s 0.0951 units per person 0.0538 units per person 0.0413 units per person India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, per capita, India or Sub-Saharan Africa?
India, at 0.0938 units per person against 0.0539 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, per capita between India and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0399 units per person, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sub-Saharan Africa?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do India and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, per capita?
India ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.