Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS) in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS) was 0.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS) in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1997–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) in WB: Low Income (july 2025) stood at 0.8%.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 1.4% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2016.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 41st out of 218 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS) in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.4% | — |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +35.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS) in WB: Low Income (july 2025) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +35.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 0.8% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1997.
- What is the lowest outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis)?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 41st out of 218 groups with data for 2021.
- Is outbound mobility ratio to sub-saharan africa, both sexes (uis) rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release