Burundi vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 94.1% in Burundi in 2018 and 86.7% in South Africa in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Burundi, by 9.7 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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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 2017, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Burundi	South Africa	World
2018	94.1	–	88.2
2017	96.4	86.7	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	96.4	–	87.9
2009	91.2	–	87.9
2008	91.9	–	87.6
2007	80.9	–	87.2
2006	73	–	86
2005	54.8	88.9	85.4
2004	51.3	89.3	84.7
2003	48.1	89.7	83.5
2002	44.3	88.3	81.4
2001	45.3	87.6	81
2000	37.5	86.3	80.7
1999	–	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	45.2	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	89	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	44.5	–	76.6
1987	40.8	–	75.8
1986	35.3	–	75.3
1985	32.3	–	74
1980	–	88	75.8
1975	–	88	72.9
1970	–	88	69
1965	–	78.2	66
1960	–	75.6	63.1
1955	–	68.4	57.4
1950	–	61.3	51.4
1945	–	54.2	43.5
1940	–	47.1	40
1935	–	39.9	38.2
1930	–	32.8	36.4
1925	–	25.7	33
1920	–	18.6	30.5
1915	–	11.4	29.2
1910	–	4.3	28.1
1905	–	1.7	25.1
1900	–	1.5	23.3
1895	–	1.3	21.8
1890	–	1	20
1885	–	0.8	19
1880	–	0.6	17.2
1875	–	0.4	15.7
1870	–	0.3	13.2
1865	–	0.3	10.6
1860	–	0.2	9.3
1855	–	0.1	8
1850	–	0.1	6.8
1845	–	0.1	5.9
1840	–	0.1	5.2
1835	–	0.1	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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