Belgium vs Ethiopia

Belgium vs Ethiopia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.9% in Belgium in 2017 and 81.5% in Ethiopia in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Belgium, by 16.6 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Ethiopia.

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

Belgium vs Ethiopia: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 98.9% in Belgium in 2017 and 81.5% in Ethiopia in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Belgium, by 16.6 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
  • In 2012, Belgium ranked 14 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.

Every year

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

YearBelgiumEthiopiaWorld
2018––88.2
201798.9–88.2
201698.3–88.3
20159881.588.2
201497.682.288.3
201397.8–88.2
201297.876.388.2
201197.67588.1
201097.571.587.9
200997.673.687.9
200897.873.587.6
200797.267.787.2
200696.262.586
200595.957.285.4
200496.345.884.7
200397.742.183.5
200298.840.981.4
2001–38.581
20009934.280.7
1999–29.379.9
1998–26.778.9
1997––78.1
199697.720.377.9
199597.217.378
199497.315.678.3
199398–78
199296.4–77.7
199197.9–77.8
1990––77.3
1989–24.177.6
19889824.676.6
198796.724.375.8
198695.1–75.3
198593.8–74
198098–75.8
197597.5–72.9
197097.8–69
1965100–66
1960100–63.1
195587.3–57.4
195091.4–51.4
194589.7–43.5
194088–40
193586.3–38.2
193084.5–36.4
192582.8–33
192081.1–30.5
191579.4–29.2
191077.7–28.1
190573.8–25.1
190074.1–23.3
189562–21.8
189055.2–20
188529.9–19
188027–17.2
187524.3–15.7
187021.7–13.2
186519.4–10.6
186017.3–9.3
185515.3–8
185013.6–6.8
184512–5.9
184010.6–5.2
18359.3–4.5
18308.2–4
18257.2–3.5
18206.3–3.1

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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