Cameroon vs Guinea

Cameroon vs Guinea: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 68.8% in Guinea in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 21.5 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Guinea.

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

Cameroon vs Guinea: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 68.8% in Guinea in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 21.5 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
  • The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.

Every year

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

YearCameroonGuineaWorld
2018––88.2
201788.7–88.2
201690.368.888.3
2015––88.2
2014–71.188.3
2013–68.488.2
2012–67.588.2
201182.967.288.1
2010–62.387.9
2009–61.687.9
2008–60.487.6
2007–61.287.2
2006–59.286
2005–56.985.4
2004–54.784.7
2003–51.683.5
2002–48.181.4
2001–41.581
2000–3880.7
1999–34.479.9
1998–31.778.9
1997––78.1
1996––77.9
1995––78
1994––78.3
1993––78
1992––77.7
199166.517.177.8
199068.215.577.3
1989–15.877.6
198868.915.776.6
1987–14.975.8
1986–16.375.3
1985–17.374
198069.3–75.8
197563–72.9
197055–69
196554–66
196031–63.1
195522.5–57.4
195018.1–51.4
194514.4–43.5
194011.4–40
19359–38.2
19303.8–36.4
19253.1–33
19202.4–30.5
19152.4–29.2
19102.5–28.1
19051.9–25.1
19000.9–23.3
18951.1–21.8
18900.9–20
18850.7–19
18800.5–17.2
18750.4–15.7
18700.3–13.2
18650.2–10.6
18600.2–9.3
18550.1–8
18500.1–6.8
18450.1–5.9
18400.1–5.2
18350–4.5
18300–4
18250–3.5
18200–3.1

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.
  • 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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