Belgium vs China: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.9% in Belgium in 2017 and 88.4% in China in 1997, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1996 the value was higher in Belgium, by 9 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in China.

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

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 77.9% in 1996.

Every year

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

Year	Belgium	China	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	98.9	–	88.2
2016	98.3	–	88.3
2015	98	–	88.2
2014	97.6	–	88.3
2013	97.8	–	88.2
2012	97.8	–	88.2
2011	97.6	–	88.1
2010	97.5	–	87.9
2009	97.6	–	87.9
2008	97.8	–	87.6
2007	97.2	–	87.2
2006	96.2	–	86
2005	95.9	–	85.4
2004	96.3	–	84.7
2003	97.7	–	83.5
2002	98.8	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	99	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	88.4	78.1
1996	97.7	88.7	77.9
1995	97.2	89.6	78
1994	97.3	90.9	78.3
1993	98	92.2	78
1992	96.4	93.2	77.7
1991	97.9	93.8	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	92.4	77.6
1988	98	–	76.6
1987	96.7	88.9	75.8
1986	95.1	–	75.3
1985	93.8	–	74
1980	98	82.2	75.8
1975	97.5	79.8	72.9
1970	97.8	71	69
1965	100	71	66
1960	100	71	63.1
1955	87.3	53.1	57.4
1950	91.4	35.1	51.4
1945	89.7	17.1	43.5
1940	88	9.4	40
1935	86.3	8.4	38.2
1930	84.5	5.3	36.4
1925	82.8	3.6	33
1920	81.1	2.4	30.5
1915	79.4	1.6	29.2
1910	77.7	1.1	28.1
1905	73.8	0.7	25.1
1900	74.1	0.5	23.3
1895	62	0.3	21.8
1890	55.2	0.2	20
1885	29.9	0.1	19
1880	27	0.1	17.2
1875	24.3	0.1	15.7
1870	21.7	0	13.2
1865	19.4	0	10.6
1860	17.3	0	9.3
1855	15.3	0	8
1850	13.6	0	6.8
1845	12	0	5.9
1840	10.6	0	5.2
1835	9.3	0	4.5
1830	8.2	0	4
1825	7.2	0	3.5
1820	6.3	0	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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