Algeria vs Tunisia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 95.5% in Algeria in 2008 and 98.6% in Tunisia in 2009, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 1.7 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Algeria.

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

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What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Algeria.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.

Every year

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

Year	Algeria	Tunisia	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	98.6	87.9
2008	95.5	97.2	87.6
2007	94.3	97.2	87.2
2006	92	98.6	86
2005	91.9	100	85.4
2004	91.6	–	84.7
2003	91.1	–	83.5
2002	90.8	–	81.4
2001	89.6	97.4	81
2000	87.7	95	80.7
1999	86.6	93	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	84.3	92.9	78.1
1996	84.4	93.4	77.9
1995	84.4	94	78
1994	83.8	93.1	78.3
1993	83.3	92.6	78
1992	83.2	91.2	77.7
1991	81.6	90.3	77.8
1990	79.5	88.9	77.3
1989	78.7	88.9	77.6
1988	77.3	–	76.6
1987	75.8	–	75.8
1986	74.1	–	75.3
1985	72.3	84.7	74
1980	71	73	75.8
1975	64	62.6	72.9
1970	49.5	62	69
1965	45.2	50.4	66
1960	31.6	33.3	63.1
1955	18.8	18.7	57.4
1950	14.3	11.8	51.4
1945	10.9	8.9	43.5
1940	8.3	6.6	40
1935	6.2	4.9	38.2
1930	4.7	3.6	36.4
1925	3.5	2.6	33
1920	2.6	1.9	30.5
1915	1.9	1.4	29.2
1910	1.4	1	28.1
1905	1.1	0.7	25.1
1900	0.8	0.5	23.3
1895	0.6	0.4	21.8
1890	0.4	0.3	20
1885	0.3	0.2	19
1880	0.2	0.2	17.2
1875	0.2	0.1	15.7
1870	0.1	0.1	13.2
1865	0.1	0.1	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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