Benin vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 83.6% in Benin in 2008 and 86.7% in South Africa in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1995 the value was higher in South Africa, by 49.6 percentage points, or 2.2 times that in Benin.

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

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 78% in 1995.

Every year

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

Year	Benin	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	86.7	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
2008	83.6	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	76.7	–	86
2005	–	88.9	85.4
2004	–	89.3	84.7
2003	–	89.7	83.5
2002	–	88.3	81.4
2001	–	87.6	81
2000	–	86.3	80.7
1999	–	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	47.6	–	78.1
1996	43.9	–	77.9
1995	41.3	90.9	78
1994	38.7	90.2	78.3
1993	36.3	–	78
1992	33	–	77.7
1991	–	89	77.8
1990	27.1	–	77.3
1989	33.2	–	77.6
1988	32.8	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	33	–	75.3
1985	34	–	74
1980	30.8	88	75.8
1975	26.1	88	72.9
1970	19.8	88	69
1965	16	78.2	66
1960	11.4	75.6	63.1
1955	7.6	68.4	57.4
1950	6	61.3	51.4
1945	4.6	54.2	43.5
1940	3.6	47.1	40
1935	2.8	39.9	38.2
1930	2.1	32.8	36.4
1925	1.7	25.7	33
1920	1.3	18.6	30.5
1915	1	11.4	29.2
1910	0.8	4.3	28.1
1905	0.6	1.7	25.1
1900	0.4	1.5	23.3
1895	0.3	1.3	21.8
1890	0.3	1	20
1885	0.2	0.8	19
1880	0.2	0.6	17.2
1875	0.1	0.4	15.7
1870	0.1	0.3	13.2
1865	0.1	0.3	10.6
1860	0.1	0.2	9.3
1855	0	0.1	8
1850	0	0.1	6.8
1845	0	0.1	5.9
1840	0	0.1	5.2
1835	0	0.1	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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