China vs Germany: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.4% in China in 1997 and 91.3% in Germany in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.01 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

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.

Every year

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

Year	China	Germany	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	91.3	88.3
2015	–	90.1	88.2
2014	–	88.7	88.3
2013	–	88.7	88.2
2012	–	89	88.2
2011	–	89.1	88.1
2010	–	89.4	87.9
2009	–	88.7	87.9
2008	–	88.9	87.6
2007	–	89.4	87.2
2006	–	89	86
2005	–	87.8	85.4
2004	–	87	84.7
2003	–	85.7	83.5
2002	–	85.4	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	87.1	80.7
1999	–	87.5	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	88.4	–	78.1
1996	88.7	–	77.9
1995	89.6	–	78
1994	90.9	–	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	83	75.8
1975	79.8	92	72.9
1970	71	83.8	69
1965	71	100	66
1960	71	100	63.1
1955	53.1	78.7	57.4
1950	35.1	99.4	51.4
1945	17.1	98.1	43.5
1940	9.4	96.8	40
1935	8.4	95.4	38.2
1930	5.3	94.1	36.4
1925	3.6	92.8	33
1920	2.4	91.4	30.5
1915	1.6	90.1	29.2
1910	1.1	88.8	28.1
1905	0.7	59.1	25.1
1900	0.5	56.9	23.3
1895	0.3	58.2	21.8
1890	0.2	59.1	20
1885	0.1	60	19
1880	0.1	55	17.2
1875	0.1	54.2	15.7
1870	0	51	13.2
1865	0	47.9	10.6
1860	0	44.4	9.3
1855	0	41	8
1850	0	37.7	6.8
1845	0	34.4	5.9
1840	0	31.3	5.2
1835	0	28.4	4.5
1830	0	25.7	4
1825	0	23.1	3.5
1820	0	20.7	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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