Benin vs Madagascar

Benin vs Madagascar: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 83.6% in Benin in 2008 and 77.8% in Madagascar in 2003, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1996 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 13.1 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Benin.

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

Benin vs Madagascar: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 83.6% in Benin in 2008 and 77.8% in Madagascar in 2003, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1996 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 13.1 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Benin.
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What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
  • The world as a whole: 77.9% in 1996.

Every year

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

YearBeninMadagascarWorld
2018––88.2
2017––88.2
2016––88.3
2015––88.2
2014––88.3
2013––88.2
2012––88.2
2011––88.1
2010––87.9
2009––87.9
200883.6–87.6
2007––87.2
200676.7–86
2005––85.4
2004––84.7
2003–77.883.5
2002–68.381.4
2001–67.681
2000–66.580.7
1999–64.879.9
1998––78.9
199747.6–78.1
199643.95777.9
199541.357.578
199438.7–78.3
199336.3–78
199233–77.7
1991––77.8
199027.163.877.3
198933.264.977.6
198832.8–76.6
1987––75.8
198633–75.3
198534–74
198030.8–75.8
197526.1–72.9
197019.8–69
196516–66
196011.4–63.1
19557.6–57.4
19506–51.4
19454.6–43.5
19403.6–40
19352.8–38.2
19302.1–36.4
19251.7–33
19201.3–30.5
19151–29.2
19100.8–28.1
19050.6–25.1
19000.4–23.3
18950.3–21.8
18900.3–20
18850.2–19
18800.2–17.2
18750.1–15.7
18700.1–13.2
18650.1–10.6
18600.1–9.3
18550–8
18500–6.8
18450–5.9
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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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