Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) stood at 0.5%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1998.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 202nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.3% | — |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- 199 Guatemala 0.2% compare
- 200 Sierra Leone 0.2% compare
- 201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% compare
- 202 Madagascar 0.2% compare
- 203 Mozambique 0.2% compare
- 204 Papua New Guinea 0.2% compare
- 205 Uganda 0.1% compare
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1998.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 202nd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release