Cameroon vs Mozambique: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 92.5% in Mozambique in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Mozambique.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data · log scale
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 88.7 2017 | — | — |
| Mozambique | 92.5 2018 | 84 | 77 of 97 |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Mozambique.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Cameroon | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | 92.5 | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 88.7 | 88.2 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 90.3 | 88.7 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | 88.8 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | 87.3 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | 86.2 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | 85 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 82.9 | 84.7 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | 86.7 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | 85.5 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | 84 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | 80.4 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | 75.4 | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 71.3 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 66 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | 52.9 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | 55.7 | 81 |
| 2000 | – | 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 | – | 35.9 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 37.3 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | 66.5 | 38.9 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 68.2 | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 40.1 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 68.9 | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 43.9 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 47.2 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 48 | 74 |
| 1980 | 69.3 | 34 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 63 | 36.4 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 55 | 12.6 | 69 |
| 1965 | 54 | 10.5 | 66 |
| 1960 | 31 | 14.6 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 22.5 | 17.1 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 18.1 | 11.3 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 14.4 | 8.9 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1935 | 9 | 5.3 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 33 |
| 1920 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 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 | 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.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time