Which has higher youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male, Mali or Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa, at 23.27 million number against 791,218 number in Mali as of 2019.

What is the difference in youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male between Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa?

22.47 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

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

6 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mali vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male

Mali

791,218 number

in 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa

23.27 million number

in 2019

Mali rank

9th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

7th

Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male over time

Mali
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 23.27 million number against 791,218 number in Mali, a difference of 22.47 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 29.4 times Mali's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Mali ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 86 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	717,230 number	17.19 million number	16.47 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	689,318 number	19.83 million number	19.14 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	686,677 number	21.89 million number	21.21 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male, Mali or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 23.27 million number against 791,218 number in Mali as of 2019.
What is the difference in youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male between Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 22.47 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 6 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male?: Mali ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 86 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 125 places, 2,252 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of males between age 15 and age 24 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.