Algeria vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 95.5% in Algeria in 2008 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Algeria, by 54.5 percentage points, or 2.33 times that in Niger.

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% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

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What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.

Every year

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

Year	Algeria	Niger	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	60.2	88.2
2016	–	58.3	88.3
2015	–	56.4	88.2
2014	–	55.1	88.3
2013	–	55.3	88.2
2012	–	54.7	88.2
2011	–	52.6	88.1
2010	–	48	87.9
2009	–	44.8	87.9
2008	95.5	41	87.6
2007	94.3	36.6	87.2
2006	92	35.2	86
2005	91.9	34.3	85.4
2004	91.6	33.4	84.7
2003	91.1	30.5	83.5
2002	90.8	27.2	81.4
2001	89.6	24.4	81
2000	87.7	21.6	80.7
1999	86.6	20.7	79.9
1998	–	19.2	78.9
1997	84.3	18.6	78.1
1996	84.4	–	77.9
1995	84.4	–	78
1994	83.8	–	78.3
1993	83.3	–	78
1992	83.2	16	77.7
1991	81.6	17.4	77.8
1990	79.5	16.9	77.3
1989	78.7	16.5	77.6
1988	77.3	–	76.6
1987	75.8	–	75.8
1986	74.1	16.5	75.3
1985	72.3	–	74
1980	71	18.1	75.8
1975	64	12.4	72.9
1970	49.5	8.6	69
1965	45.2	6.7	66
1960	31.6	2.9	63.1
1955	18.8	1.2	57.4
1950	14.3	0.4	51.4
1945	10.9	0.3	43.5
1940	8.3	0.3	40
1935	6.2	0.2	38.2
1930	4.7	0.2	36.4
1925	3.5	0.1	33
1920	2.6	0.1	30.5
1915	1.9	0.1	29.2
1910	1.4	0.1	28.1
1905	1.1	0	25.1
1900	0.8	0	23.3
1895	0.6	0	21.8
1890	0.4	0	20
1885	0.3	0	19
1880	0.2	0	17.2
1875	0.2	0	15.7
1870	0.1	0	13.2
1865	0.1	0	10.6
1860	0.1	0	9.3
1855	0.1	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	3.1

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The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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