Bangladesh vs Colombia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.7% in Bangladesh in 2008 and 93.2% in Colombia in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1986 the value was higher in Colombia, by 18 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Bangladesh.

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

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 75.3% in 1986.

Every year

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

Year	Bangladesh	Colombia	World
2018	–	93.2	88.2
2017	–	93.4	88.2
2016	–	93.2	88.3
2015	–	92	88.2
2014	–	90.5	88.3
2013	–	90.1	88.2
2012	–	89.9	88.2
2011	–	91.5	88.1
2010	–	91.4	87.9
2009	–	92.5	87.9
2008	93.7	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	93.1	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	92.4	81.4
2001	–	91.7	81
2000	–	93.8	80.7
1999	–	94.3	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	77	77.8
1990	69	–	77.3
1989	64.8	–	77.6
1988	64.6	–	76.6
1987	50.2	–	75.8
1986	51	69.1	75.3
1985	51.5	–	74
1980	43.7	95.3	75.8
1975	46	88	72.9
1970	32	80.7	69
1965	29.2	66	66
1960	24.5	59	63.1
1955	20.7	55.2	57.4
1950	16.9	42.8	51.4
1945	13.3	41.9	43.5
1940	10.3	41.1	40
1935	8	40.3	38.2
1930	6.1	39.5	36.4
1925	4.7	38.7	33
1920	3.5	37.8	30.5
1915	2.7	37	29.2
1910	2	31.2	28.1
1905	1.5	25.4	25.1
1900	1.2	19.7	23.3
1895	0.9	13.9	21.8
1890	0.7	12.3	20
1885	0.5	10.8	19
1880	0.4	12.7	17.2
1875	0.3	10.9	15.7
1870	0.2	9.4	13.2
1865	0.2	7.9	10.6
1860	0.1	6.4	9.3
1855	0.1	4.8	8
1850	0.1	3.3	6.8
1845	0.1	3.2	5.9
1840	0	3.3	5.2
1835	0	1.7	4.5
1830	0	1.4	4
1825	0	1.1	3.5
1820	0	0.9	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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