Algeria vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 95.5% in Algeria in 2008 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Algeria, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher since 1997, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Algeria	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	95.5	–	87.6
2007	94.3	87.1	87.2
2006	92	–	86
2005	91.9	–	85.4
2004	91.6	–	84.7
2003	91.1	–	83.5
2002	90.8	–	81.4
2001	89.6	–	81
2000	87.7	–	80.7
1999	86.6	–	79.9
1998	–	79.7	78.9
1997	84.3	82.5	78.1
1996	84.4	86.1	77.9
1995	84.4	88.8	78
1994	83.8	88.5	78.3
1993	83.3	90.1	78
1992	83.2	91.9	77.7
1991	81.6	95.9	77.8
1990	79.5	95.1	77.3
1989	78.7	90.8	77.6
1988	77.3	86.2	76.6
1987	75.8	83.3	75.8
1986	74.1	73.2	75.3
1985	72.3	72	74
1980	71	–	75.8
1975	64	–	72.9
1970	49.5	–	69
1965	45.2	–	66
1960	31.6	–	63.1
1955	18.8	–	57.4
1950	14.3	–	51.4
1945	10.9	–	43.5
1940	8.3	–	40
1935	6.2	–	38.2
1930	4.7	–	36.4
1925	3.5	–	33
1920	2.6	–	30.5
1915	1.9	–	29.2
1910	1.4	–	28.1
1905	1.1	–	25.1
1900	0.8	–	23.3
1895	0.6	–	21.8
1890	0.4	–	20
1885	0.3	–	19
1880	0.2	–	17.2
1875	0.2	–	15.7
1870	0.1	–	13.2
1865	0.1	–	10.6
1860	0.1	–	9.3
1855	0.1	–	8
1850	0	–	6.8
1845	0	–	5.9
1840	0	–	5.2
1835	0	–	4.5
1830	0	–	4
1825	0	–	3.5
1820	0	–	3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsAlgeria: 10 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022