Chad vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 64.1% in Chad in 2016 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Chad, by 5.7 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Niger.

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

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What the numbers say

Chad has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.

Every year

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

Year	Chad	Niger	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	60.2	88.2
2016	64.1	58.3	88.3
2015	69.2	56.4	88.2
2014	–	55.1	88.3
2013	67.4	55.3	88.2
2012	–	54.7	88.2
2011	53.5	52.6	88.1
2010	–	48	87.9
2009	–	44.8	87.9
2008	–	41	87.6
2007	–	36.6	87.2
2006	–	35.2	86
2005	–	34.3	85.4
2004	–	33.4	84.7
2003	47.2	30.5	83.5
2002	45.3	27.2	81.4
2001	42.3	24.4	81
2000	40.6	21.6	80.7
1999	38.1	20.7	79.9
1998	35.4	19.2	78.9
1997	30.7	18.6	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	16	77.7
1991	–	17.4	77.8
1990	–	16.9	77.3
1989	–	16.5	77.6
1988	20.7	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	16.5	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	–	18.1	75.8
1975	–	12.4	72.9
1970	–	8.6	69
1965	–	6.7	66
1960	–	2.9	63.1
1955	–	1.2	57.4
1950	–	0.4	51.4
1945	–	0.3	43.5
1940	–	0.3	40
1935	–	0.2	38.2
1930	–	0.2	36.4
1925	–	0.1	33
1920	–	0.1	30.5
1915	–	0.1	29.2
1910	–	0.1	28.1
1905	–	0	25.1
1900	–	0	23.3
1895	–	0	21.8
1890	–	0	20
1885	–	0	19
1880	–	0	17.2
1875	–	0	15.7
1870	–	0	13.2
1865	–	0	10.6
1860	–	0	9.3
1855	–	0	8
1850	–	0	6.8
1845	–	0	5.9
1840	–	0	5.2
1835	–	0	4.5
1830	–	0	4
1825	–	0	3.5
1820	–	0	3.1

Each country on its own

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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.
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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