Cameroon vs Côte d’Ivoire: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 86.6% in Côte d’Ivoire in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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

CameroonCôte d’IvoireWorld

What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 1935, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Cameroon	Côte d’Ivoire	World
2018	–	86.6	88.2
2017	88.7	81.9	88.2
2016	90.3	79	88.3
2015	–	72.1	88.2
2014	–	67.6	88.3
2013	–	64.2	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	82.9	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	50.5	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	49.9	83.5
2002	–	50.5	81.4
2001	–	51.3	81
2000	–	47.4	80.7
1999	–	48.7	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	47.7	78.1
1996	–	46.8	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	66.5	–	77.8
1990	68.2	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	68.9	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	69.3	35.7	75.8
1975	63	30.2	72.9
1970	55	25.1	69
1965	54	20.6	66
1960	31	16.8	63.1
1955	22.5	13.6	57.4
1950	18.1	10.9	51.4
1945	14.4	8.6	43.5
1940	11.4	6.9	40
1935	9	5.4	38.2
1930	3.8	4.3	36.4
1925	3.1	3.3	33
1920	2.4	2.6	30.5
1915	2.4	2	29.2
1910	2.5	1.6	28.1
1905	1.9	1.2	25.1
1900	0.9	1	23.3
1895	1.1	0.8	21.8
1890	0.9	0.6	20
1885	0.7	0.5	19
1880	0.5	0.4	17.2
1875	0.4	0.3	15.7
1870	0.3	0.2	13.2
1865	0.2	0.2	10.6
1860	0.2	0.1	9.3
1855	0.1	0.1	8
1850	0.1	0.1	6.8
1845	0.1	0.1	5.9
1840	0.1	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	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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