China vs Egypt: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.4% in China in 1997 and 98.8% in Egypt in 2012, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in China, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Egypt.

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

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1950, when it overtook Egypt.
The world as a whole: 78.1% in 1997.

Every year

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

Year	China	Egypt	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	98.8	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	89.9	84.7
2003	–	88.2	83.5
2002	–	86.8	81.4
2001	–	85.5	81
2000	–	84.3	80.7
1999	–	84.3	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	88.4	84.2	78.1
1996	88.7	–	77.9
1995	89.6	–	78
1994	90.9	80.9	78.3
1993	92.2	–	78
1992	93.2	–	77.7
1991	93.8	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	92.4	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	88.9	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	82.2	63	75.8
1975	79.8	57	72.9
1970	71	52	69
1965	71	56	66
1960	71	47	63.1
1955	53.1	30.7	57.4
1950	35.1	31.4	51.4
1945	17.1	27.9	43.5
1940	9.4	24.3	40
1935	8.4	20.8	38.2
1930	5.3	17.3	36.4
1925	3.6	13.8	33
1920	2.4	10.2	30.5
1915	1.6	6.7	29.2
1910	1.1	3.2	28.1
1905	0.7	2.2	25.1
1900	0.5	1.7	23.3
1895	0.3	1.2	21.8
1890	0.2	0.9	20
1885	0.1	0.7	19
1880	0.1	0.5	17.2
1875	0.1	0.4	15.7
1870	0	0.3	13.2
1865	0	0.2	10.6
1860	0	0.1	9.3
1855	0	0.1	8
1850	0	0.1	6.8
1845	0	0.1	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	3.1

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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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