Cameroon vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2017: 88.7% in Cameroon and 86.7% in South Africa, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 2 percentage points, or 1.02 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

Cameroon 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	Cameroon	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	88.7	86.7	88.2
2016	90.3	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	82.9	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	88.9	85.4
2004	–	89.3	84.7
2003	–	89.7	83.5
2002	–	88.3	81.4
2001	–	87.6	81
2000	–	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	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	66.5	89	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	88	75.8
1975	63	88	72.9
1970	55	88	69
1965	54	78.2	66
1960	31	75.6	63.1
1955	22.5	68.4	57.4
1950	18.1	61.3	51.4
1945	14.4	54.2	43.5
1940	11.4	47.1	40
1935	9	39.9	38.2
1930	3.8	32.8	36.4
1925	3.1	25.7	33
1920	2.4	18.6	30.5
1915	2.4	11.4	29.2
1910	2.5	4.3	28.1
1905	1.9	1.7	25.1
1900	0.9	1.5	23.3
1895	1.1	1.3	21.8
1890	0.9	1	20
1885	0.7	0.8	19
1880	0.5	0.6	17.2
1875	0.4	0.4	15.7
1870	0.3	0.3	13.2
1865	0.2	0.3	10.6
1860	0.2	0.2	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	0.1	5.2
1835	0	0.1	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	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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