School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female was 5.51 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5.51 million
Change on year
down 68.7%
Rank
63rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
17.60 million
in 2023
All-time low
1.93 million
in 1997
Years of data
28
1997–2024

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1997–2024

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M1997201020241997: 1.9M1998: 5.1M1999: 8.4M2000: 8.6M2001: 8.8M2002: 9.7M2003: 10.4M2004: 10.6M2005: 10.8M2006: 11.1M2007: 11.3M2008: 11.7M2009: 10.4M2010: 11.3M2011: 12.5M2012: 13.2M2013: 13.2M2014: 13.4M2015: 14.0M2016: 14.2M2017: 14.5M2018: 14.8M2019: 15.4M2020: 15.8M2021: 16.0M2022: 16.4M2023: 17.6M2024: 5.5M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 5.51 million, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 68.7% on the previous year and down 58.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 17.60 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.93 million, in 1997.

That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 63rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year

Annual values for School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1997 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1997 1.93 million
1998 5.11 million +164.4%
1999 8.38 million +64.0%
2000 8.55 million +2.1%
2001 8.75 million +2.4%
2002 9.72 million +11.1%
2003 10.39 million +6.9%
2004 10.57 million +1.8%
2005 10.84 million +2.5%
2006 11.15 million +2.8%
2007 11.32 million +1.5%
2008 11.66 million +3.1%
2009 10.41 million -10.8%
2010 11.29 million +8.5%
2011 12.54 million +11.1%
2012 13.18 million +5.0%
2013 13.20 million +0.2%
2014 13.42 million +1.6%
2015 14.03 million +4.6%
2016 14.20 million +1.2%
2017 14.52 million +2.3%
2018 14.84 million +2.2%
2019 15.41 million +3.9%
2020 15.77 million +2.3%
2021 15.95 million +1.1%
2022 16.37 million +2.6%
2023 17.60 million +7.5%
2024 5.51 million -68.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5.14 million 1.93 million 8.38 million 3
2000s 10.34 million 8.55 million 11.66 million 10
2010s 13.66 million 11.29 million 15.41 million 10
2020s 14.24 million 5.51 million 17.60 million 5

Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

  1. 60 Romania 205,379 compare
  2. 61 Libya 163,153 compare
  3. 62 Australia 162,576 compare
  4. 63 Kazakhstan 161,473 compare
  5. 64 Tunisia 160,530 compare
  6. 65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 143,940 compare
  7. 66 Nicaragua 127,601 compare

See the full ranking of 395 places →

More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

All data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 5.51 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
The highest recorded value was 17.60 million in 2023.
What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
The lowest recorded value was 1.93 million in 1997.
How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female?
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 63rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
Over the last ten years it is down 58.9%. 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 School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126). Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-post-secondary-non-tertiary-education-female-number-2/eca-sub-saharan-africa-unsdcode-98126/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-post-secondary-non-tertiary-education-female-number-2/eca-sub-saharan-africa-unsdcode-98126/">School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
395 places, 10,351 data points, 1972–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release