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.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 99 1998 | 95.3 |
| Sweden | 98.1 2008 | — |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
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.
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