Cameroon vs Tanzania

Cameroon vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Tanzania.

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

Cameroon vs Tanzania: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Tanzania.
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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: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

YearCameroonTanzaniaWorld
2018–82.988.2
201788.785.288.2
201690.385.488.3
2015––88.2
2014–85.488.3
2013–85.488.2
2012–88.888.2
201182.9–88.1
2010–93.187.9
2009––87.9
2008–98.787.6
2007––87.2
2006–96.386
2005–90.385.4
2004–85.684.7
2003–80.983.5
2002–72.881.4
2001–58.481
2000–54.480.7
1999–50.979.9
1998–50.478.9
1997–50.878.1
1996–50.377.9
1995–50.278
1994–50.478.3
1993–51.478
1992–5277.7
199166.55277.8
199068.252.877.3
1989–53.577.6
198868.953.776.6
1987–55.675.8
1986–57.475.3
1985–58.674
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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