Burundi vs Mozambique: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2018: 94.1% in Burundi and 92.5% in Mozambique, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Burundi, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Mozambique.

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

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What the numbers say

Burundi has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Mozambique.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2018.

Every year

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

Year	Burundi	Mozambique	World
2018	94.1	92.5	88.2
2017	96.4	88.2	88.2
2016	–	88.7	88.3
2015	–	88.8	88.2
2014	–	87.3	88.3
2013	–	86.2	88.2
2012	–	85	88.2
2011	–	84.7	88.1
2010	96.4	86.7	87.9
2009	91.2	85.5	87.9
2008	91.9	84	87.6
2007	80.9	80.4	87.2
2006	73	75.4	86
2005	54.8	71.3	85.4
2004	51.3	66	84.7
2003	48.1	–	83.5
2002	44.3	52.9	81.4
2001	45.3	55.7	81
2000	37.5	51	80.7
1999	–	47	79.9
1998	–	43.1	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	38.6	78
1994	–	36.6	78.3
1993	45.2	35.9	78
1992	–	37.3	77.7
1991	–	38.9	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	40.1	77.6
1988	44.5	–	76.6
1987	40.8	43.9	75.8
1986	35.3	47.2	75.3
1985	32.3	48	74
1980	–	34	75.8
1975	–	36.4	72.9
1970	–	12.6	69
1965	–	10.5	66
1960	–	14.6	63.1
1955	–	17.1	57.4
1950	–	11.3	51.4
1945	–	8.9	43.5
1940	–	6.9	40
1935	–	5.3	38.2
1930	–	4.1	36.4
1925	–	3.2	33
1920	–	2.4	30.5
1915	–	1.9	29.2
1910	–	1.4	28.1
1905	–	1.1	25.1
1900	–	0.8	23.3
1895	–	0.6	21.8
1890	–	0.5	20
1885	–	0.4	19
1880	–	0.3	17.2
1875	–	0.2	15.7
1870	–	0.2	13.2
1865	–	0.1	10.6
1860	–	0.1	9.3
1855	–	0.1	8
1850	–	0.1	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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