China vs France: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.4% in China in 1997 and 99.1% in France in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in France, by 11.6 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in China.

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

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What the numbers say

France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 78.1% in 1997.

Every year

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

Year	China	France	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	99.1	88.3
2015	–	98.7	88.2
2014	–	97.9	88.3
2013	–	98.7	88.2
2012	–	98.8	88.2
2011	–	98.8	88.1
2010	–	97.5	87.9
2009	–	98	87.9
2008	–	98.3	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	95.5	84.7
2003	–	95.4	83.5
2002	–	95.6	81.4
2001	–	95.7	81
2000	–	95.7	80.7
1999	–	96	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	88.4	100	78.1
1996	88.7	–	77.9
1995	89.6	98.9	78
1994	90.9	97.7	78.3
1993	92.2	97.8	78
1992	93.2	99.2	77.7
1991	93.8	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	92.4	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	88.9	–	75.8
1986	–	97.6	75.3
1985	–	95.1	74
1980	82.2	100	75.8
1975	79.8	94.8	72.9
1970	71	98	69
1965	71	98	66
1960	71	97	63.1
1955	53.1	100	57.4
1950	35.1	100	51.4
1945	17.1	100	43.5
1940	9.4	100	40
1935	8.4	100	38.2
1930	5.3	100	36.4
1925	3.6	100	33
1920	2.4	100	30.5
1915	1.6	100	29.2
1910	1.1	100	28.1
1905	0.7	100	25.1
1900	0.5	100	23.3
1895	0.3	100	21.8
1890	0.2	100	20
1885	0.1	100	19
1880	0.1	100	17.2
1875	0.1	100	15.7
1870	0	65	13.2
1865	0	29.9	10.6
1860	0	27.1	9.3
1855	0	24.6	8
1850	0	22.1	6.8
1845	0	19.9	5.9
1840	0	17.8	5.2
1835	0	16	4.5
1830	0	14.2	4
1825	0	12.7	3.5
1820	0	11.2	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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