Bangladesh vs Germany: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.7% in Bangladesh in 2008 and 91.3% in Germany in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 4.7 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Germany.

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

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Germany.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.

Every year

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

Year	Bangladesh	Germany	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	91.3	88.3
2015	–	90.1	88.2
2014	–	88.7	88.3
2013	–	88.7	88.2
2012	–	89	88.2
2011	–	89.1	88.1
2010	–	89.4	87.9
2009	–	88.7	87.9
2008	93.7	88.9	87.6
2007	–	89.4	87.2
2006	–	89	86
2005	–	87.8	85.4
2004	–	87	84.7
2003	–	85.7	83.5
2002	–	85.4	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	87.1	80.7
1999	–	87.5	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	69	–	77.3
1989	64.8	–	77.6
1988	64.6	–	76.6
1987	50.2	–	75.8
1986	51	–	75.3
1985	51.5	–	74
1980	43.7	83	75.8
1975	46	92	72.9
1970	32	83.8	69
1965	29.2	100	66
1960	24.5	100	63.1
1955	20.7	78.7	57.4
1950	16.9	99.4	51.4
1945	13.3	98.1	43.5
1940	10.3	96.8	40
1935	8	95.4	38.2
1930	6.1	94.1	36.4
1925	4.7	92.8	33
1920	3.5	91.4	30.5
1915	2.7	90.1	29.2
1910	2	88.8	28.1
1905	1.5	59.1	25.1
1900	1.2	56.9	23.3
1895	0.9	58.2	21.8
1890	0.7	59.1	20
1885	0.5	60	19
1880	0.4	55	17.2
1875	0.3	54.2	15.7
1870	0.2	51	13.2
1865	0.2	47.9	10.6
1860	0.1	44.4	9.3
1855	0.1	41	8
1850	0.1	37.7	6.8
1845	0.1	34.4	5.9
1840	0	31.3	5.2
1835	0	28.4	4.5
1830	0	25.7	4
1825	0	23.1	3.5
1820	0	20.7	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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