Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.7% in Bangladesh in 2008 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1990 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 26.1 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Bangladesh.

Watch it change on the map

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

BangladeshUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
The world as a whole: 77.3% in 1990.

Every year

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

Year	Bangladesh	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	93.7	–	87.6
2007	–	87.1	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	–	88.8	78
1994	–	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	–	95.9	77.8
1990	69	95.1	77.3
1989	64.8	90.8	77.6
1988	64.6	86.2	76.6
1987	50.2	83.3	75.8
1986	51	73.2	75.3
1985	51.5	72	74
1980	43.7	–	75.8
1975	46	–	72.9
1970	32	–	69
1965	29.2	–	66
1960	24.5	–	63.1
1955	20.7	–	57.4
1950	16.9	–	51.4
1945	13.3	–	43.5
1940	10.3	–	40
1935	8	–	38.2
1930	6.1	–	36.4
1925	4.7	–	33
1920	3.5	–	30.5
1915	2.7	–	29.2
1910	2	–	28.1
1905	1.5	–	25.1
1900	1.2	–	23.3
1895	0.9	–	21.8
1890	0.7	–	20
1885	0.5	–	19
1880	0.4	–	17.2
1875	0.3	–	15.7
1870	0.2	–	13.2
1865	0.2	–	10.6
1860	0.1	–	9.3
1855	0.1	–	8
1850	0.1	–	6.8
1845	0.1	–	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 conflictsBangladesh: 2 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022