Bangladesh vs Tanzania

Bangladesh vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.7% in Bangladesh in 2008 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Bangladesh.

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

Bangladesh vs Tanzania: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 93.7% in Bangladesh in 2008 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Bangladesh.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

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

YearBangladeshTanzaniaWorld
2018–82.988.2
2017–85.288.2
2016–85.488.3
2015––88.2
2014–85.488.3
2013–85.488.2
2012–88.888.2
2011––88.1
2010–93.187.9
2009––87.9
200893.798.787.6
2007––87.2
2006–96.386
2005–90.385.4
2004–85.684.7
2003–80.983.5
2002–72.881.4
2001–58.481
2000–54.480.7
1999–50.979.9
1998–50.478.9
1997–50.878.1
1996–50.377.9
1995–50.278
1994–50.478.3
1993–51.478
1992–5277.7
1991–5277.8
19906952.877.3
198964.853.577.6
198864.653.776.6
198750.255.675.8
19865157.475.3
198551.558.674
198043.7–75.8
197546–72.9
197032–69
196529.2–66
196024.5–63.1
195520.7–57.4
195016.9–51.4
194513.3–43.5
194010.3–40
19358–38.2
19306.1–36.4
19254.7–33
19203.5–30.5
19152.7–29.2
19102–28.1
19051.5–25.1
19001.2–23.3
18950.9–21.8
18900.7–20
18850.5–19
18800.4–17.2
18750.3–15.7
18700.2–13.2
18650.2–10.6
18600.1–9.3
18550.1–8
18500.1–6.8
18450.1–5.9
18400–5.2
18350–4.5
18300–4
18250–3.5
18200–3.1

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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