Canada vs Sweden: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99% in Canada in 1998 and 98.1% in Sweden in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1991 the value was higher in Sweden, by 1.7 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Canada.

Watch it change on the map

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

CanadaSwedenWorld

What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 1890, when it overtook Canada.
The world as a whole: 77.8% in 1991.

Every year

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

Year	Canada	Sweden	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	98.1	87.6
2007	–	96.1	87.2
2006	–	95	86
2005	–	95.2	85.4
2004	–	96.6	84.7
2003	–	98.8	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	99	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	95	–	77.9
1995	94.1	–	78
1994	94.9	–	78.3
1993	95.9	–	78
1992	97.9	–	77.7
1991	98.1	99.8	77.8
1990	96.1	99.5	77.3
1989	94.9	98.8	77.6
1988	95.3	98.4	76.6
1987	95.3	98.1	75.8
1986	95.2	–	75.3
1985	94.8	–	74
1980	93.2	95.7	75.8
1975	92.2	100	72.9
1970	93	93.1	69
1965	69	98	66
1960	72	95	63.1
1955	94.4	100	57.4
1950	91	100	51.4
1945	87.7	97.8	43.5
1940	84.3	95.7	40
1935	80.9	93.5	38.2
1930	77.6	91.3	36.4
1925	74.2	89.2	33
1920	70.9	87	30.5
1915	67.5	84.8	29.2
1910	67.1	82.7	28.1
1905	47.3	80.5	25.1
1900	42.1	78.3	23.3
1895	45.9	76.2	21.8
1890	62.3	74	20
1885	78.7	71.8	19
1880	76.2	69.7	17.2
1875	73.5	67.5	15.7
1870	70.5	65.3	13.2
1865	67.5	63.2	10.6
1860	64.2	61	9.3
1855	60.9	58.8	8
1850	57.4	56.7	6.8
1845	53.9	54	5.9
1840	50.3	51.3	5.2
1835	46.7	48.6	4.5
1830	43.2	46	4
1825	39.8	43.3	3.5
1820	36.4	40.7	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Canada vs Sweden: Girls in primary school

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Canada vs Sweden

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment