Cambodia vs Philippines: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 90.2% in Cambodia in 2018 and 93.7% in Philippines in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Philippines, by 3.4 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Cambodia.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 90.2 2018 | 92.7 |
| Philippines | 93.7 2017 | 88.2 |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Cambodia.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Cambodia | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 90.2 | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 90.3 | 93.7 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 92.7 | 94.7 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 96.6 | 95.7 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 94 | 96.2 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 92.7 | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | 91.1 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 92.7 | 89.4 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 94 | 88.2 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 94 | 87.9 | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 89.7 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 90.4 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | 90.8 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | 90.8 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | 90.3 | 81 |
| 2000 | 87.1 | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 81.3 | 89.3 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | 78.3 | 90.3 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 76.3 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 98.3 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 96.8 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 93.3 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 93.9 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 47.6 | 94 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 40.3 | 94.8 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 33 | 100 | 69 |
| 1965 | 25.7 | 99 | 66 |
| 1960 | 18.3 | 81.6 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 11 | 100 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 3.8 | 100 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 2.6 | 93.1 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 1.8 | 86.2 | 40 |
| 1935 | 1.2 | 79.3 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 0.8 | 72.4 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 0.5 | 65.5 | 33 |
| 1920 | 0.4 | 51.7 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 0.2 | 38 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 0.2 | 24.2 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 0.1 | 28.9 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.1 | 22.9 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0 | 17.8 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0 | 13.6 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0 | 10.3 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0 | 7.8 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0 | 5.8 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0 | 4.3 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0 | 1.1 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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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