Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.9% in Belgium in 2017 and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 98.9% in Belgium in 2017 and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

YearBelgiumSaudi ArabiaWorld
2018–94.488.2
201798.995.388.2
201698.395.688.3
201598–88.2
201497.6–88.3
201397.8–88.2
201297.8–88.2
201197.697.188.1
201097.596.987.9
200997.690.687.9
200897.8–87.6
200797.2–87.2
200696.2–86
200595.9–85.4
200496.3–84.7
200397.7–83.5
200298.8–81.4
2001––81
200099–80.7
1999––79.9
1998––78.9
1997––78.1
199697.7–77.9
199597.2–78
199497.3–78.3
199398–78
199296.4–77.7
199197.9–77.8
1990––77.3
1989––77.6
198898–76.6
198796.7–75.8
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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