Chad vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 64.1% in Chad in 2016 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 21.3 percentage points, or 1.33 times that in Chad.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data · log scale
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 64.1 2016 | — | — |
| Tanzania | 82.9 2018 | 98.7 | 65 of 97 |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Chad | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | 82.9 | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 85.2 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 64.1 | 85.4 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 69.2 | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | 85.4 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 67.4 | 85.4 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | 88.8 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 53.5 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | 93.1 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | 98.7 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | 96.3 | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 90.3 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 85.6 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 47.2 | 80.9 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 45.3 | 72.8 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 42.3 | 58.4 | 81 |
| 2000 | 40.6 | 54.4 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 38.1 | 50.9 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | 35.4 | 50.4 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 30.7 | 50.8 | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | 50.3 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 50.2 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 50.4 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 51.4 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 52 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 52 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | 52.8 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 53.5 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 20.7 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 55.6 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 57.4 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 58.6 | 74 |
| 1980 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1975 | – | – | 72.9 |
| 1970 | – | – | 69 |
| 1965 | – | – | 66 |
| 1960 | – | – | 63.1 |
| 1955 | – | – | 57.4 |
| 1950 | – | – | 51.4 |
| 1945 | – | – | 43.5 |
| 1940 | – | – | 40 |
| 1935 | – | – | 38.2 |
| 1930 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1925 | – | – | 33 |
| 1920 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1915 | – | – | 29.2 |
| 1910 | – | – | 28.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 25.1 |
| 1900 | – | – | 23.3 |
| 1895 | – | – | 21.8 |
| 1890 | – | – | 20 |
| 1885 | – | – | 19 |
| 1880 | – | – | 17.2 |
| 1875 | – | – | 15.7 |
| 1870 | – | – | 13.2 |
| 1865 | – | – | 10.6 |
| 1860 | – | – | 9.3 |
| 1855 | – | – | 8 |
| 1850 | – | – | 6.8 |
| 1845 | – | – | 5.9 |
| 1840 | – | – | 5.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 4.5 |
| 1830 | – | – | 4 |
| 1825 | – | – | 3.5 |
| 1820 | – | – | 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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