Benin vs Zambia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 83.6% in Benin in 2008 and 84.9% in Zambia in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in Zambia, by 13.5 percentage points, or 1.18 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

Zambia has been higher since 1925, when it overtook Benin.
The world as a whole: 86% in 2006.

Every year

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

Year	Benin	Zambia	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	84.9	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	87.4	88.2
2012	–	90.4	88.2
2011	–	88.7	88.1
2010	–	85.6	87.9
2009	–	88	87.9
2008	83.6	–	87.6
2007	–	90.2	87.2
2006	76.7	90.2	86
2005	–	90	85.4
2004	–	81.1	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	67.2	81.4
2001	–	65.3	81
2000	–	65.1	80.7
1999	–	65.1	79.9
1998	–	67	78.9
1997	47.6	–	78.1
1996	43.9	–	77.9
1995	41.3	69.8	78
1994	38.7	71.5	78.3
1993	36.3	–	78
1992	33	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	27.1	–	77.3
1989	33.2	–	77.6
1988	32.8	78.2	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	33	79.7	75.3
1985	34	–	74
1980	30.8	81	75.8
1975	26.1	78	72.9
1970	19.8	73.4	69
1965	16	49.5	66
1960	11.4	37	63.1
1955	7.6	33	57.4
1950	6	29.2	51.4
1945	4.6	19.9	43.5
1940	3.6	12.8	40
1935	2.8	7.8	38.2
1930	2.1	4.4	36.4
1925	1.7	2.4	33
1920	1.3	1.1	30.5
1915	1	0.4	29.2
1910	0.8	0	28.1
1905	0.6	0	25.1
1900	0.4	0	23.3
1895	0.3	0	21.8
1890	0.3	0	20
1885	0.2	0	19
1880	0.2	0	17.2
1875	0.1	0	15.7
1870	0.1	0	13.2
1865	0.1	0	10.6
1860	0.1	0	9.3
1855	0	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	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.
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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