Austria vs Spain: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 89.7% in Austria in 2016 and 97.6% in Spain in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Spain, by 9.5 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Austria.

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

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.

Every year

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

Year	Austria	Spain	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	97.6	88.2
2016	89.7	99.1	88.3
2015	89.4	–	88.2
2014	89.5	–	88.3
2013	88.9	–	88.2
2012	89	–	88.2
2011	87.8	–	88.1
2010	87.9	–	87.9
2009	88	–	87.9
2008	88.1	–	87.6
2007	88.7	–	87.2
2006	88.9	–	86
2005	88.9	–	85.4
2004	88.9	–	84.7
2003	88.3	–	83.5
2002	89	–	81.4
2001	90.9	–	81
2000	91.8	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	99.8	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	99.2	77.3
1989	94.7	99.4	77.6
1988	–	98.7	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	88	100	75.8
1975	88	100	72.9
1970	89.7	95	69
1965	91.5	83	66
1960	91.5	84.5	63.1
1955	100	80.3	57.4
1950	100	64.6	51.4
1945	97.4	60.5	43.5
1940	94.8	56.5	40
1935	92.2	52.4	38.2
1930	89.5	48.3	36.4
1925	86.9	44.3	33
1920	84.3	44.2	30.5
1915	81.7	44.1	29.2
1910	79.1	44	28.1
1905	79.8	43.9	25.1
1900	80.9	43.8	23.3
1895	71.4	43.7	21.8
1890	45.4	43.6	20
1885	64.2	43.5	19
1880	52.4	37.9	17.2
1875	40.5	32.5	15.7
1870	28.7	27.6	13.2
1865	26.3	23.2	10.6
1860	24	19.3	9.3
1855	21.9	15.9	8
1850	19.9	13.1	6.8
1845	18.1	10.6	5.9
1840	16.3	8.6	5.2
1835	14.8	7	4.5
1830	13.3	5.6	4
1825	12	4.5	3.5
1820	10.8	3.6	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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