Burkina Faso vs Zambia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 77.7% in Burkina Faso in 2018 and 84.9% in Zambia in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 9.5 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Burkina Faso.

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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 in every year both have figures for since 1986.
In 2012, Burkina Faso ranked 90 and Zambia ranked 54 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Burkina Faso	Zambia	World
2018	77.7	–	88.2
2017	75.5	84.9	88.2
2016	74.1	–	88.3
2015	68.1	–	88.2
2014	66.5	–	88.3
2013	65.3	87.4	88.2
2012	64	90.4	88.2
2011	62.8	88.7	88.1
2010	57.4	85.6	87.9
2009	58.9	88	87.9
2008	55.5	–	87.6
2007	49.1	90.2	87.2
2006	43.7	90.2	86
2005	40.5	90	85.4
2004	35.9	81.1	84.7
2003	33	–	83.5
2002	31.1	67.2	81.4
2001	31.1	65.3	81
2000	30	65.1	80.7
1999	29	65.1	79.9
1998	28.3	67	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	24.9	69.8	78
1994	23.7	71.5	78.3
1993	22.7	–	78
1992	21.8	–	77.7
1991	21.4	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	19.7	–	77.6
1988	19.3	78.2	76.6
1987	18.8	–	75.8
1986	17.7	79.7	75.3
1985	16	–	74
1980	–	81	75.8
1975	–	78	72.9
1970	–	73.4	69
1965	–	49.5	66
1960	–	37	63.1
1955	–	33	57.4
1950	–	29.2	51.4
1945	–	19.9	43.5
1940	–	12.8	40
1935	–	7.8	38.2
1930	–	4.4	36.4
1925	–	2.4	33
1920	–	1.1	30.5
1915	–	0.4	29.2
1910	–	0	28.1
1905	–	0	25.1
1900	–	0	23.3
1895	–	0	21.8
1890	–	0	20
1885	–	0	19
1880	–	0	17.2
1875	–	0	15.7
1870	–	0	13.2
1865	–	0	10.6
1860	–	0	9.3
1855	–	0	8
1850	–	0	6.8
1845	–	0	5.9
1840	–	0	5.2
1835	–	0	4.5
1830	–	0	4
1825	–	0	3.5
1820	–	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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