Sources.
Every outside figure on this site, with the body that published it. Each was read at its source on 18 October 2026. If a figure is updated, tell us and we will change it.
86% of 10-year-olds in Sub-Saharan Africa could not read and understand a simple text.
World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF and partners, The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update, 2019 data.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/turning-tide-global-learning-poverty · Report (PDF)
69% of primary teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa had the minimum required training in 2022, down from 85% in 2000.
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, SCOPE, 2022.
10–12 million young Africans enter the workforce each year. About 3 million formal jobs are created.
African Development Bank, 2016.
85.8% of employment in Africa is informal.
ILO, Women and men in the informal economy: A statistical picture (3rd edition), 2018.
21.9% of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa were not in employment, education or training in 2023.
ILO, Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa brief, 2023.
38.8 million people were internally displaced in Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2024, about 46% of the world total.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025, end of 2024.