China vs Philippines: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 88.4% in China in 1997 and 93.7% in Philippines in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1989 the value was higher in Philippines, by 5.9 percentage points, or 1.06 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

Philippines has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 77.6% in 1989.

Every year

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

Year	China	Philippines	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	93.7	88.2
2016	–	94.7	88.3
2015	–	95.7	88.2
2014	–	96.2	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	91.1	87.9
2008	–	89.4	87.6
2007	–	88.2	87.2
2006	–	87.9	86
2005	–	89.7	85.4
2004	–	90.4	84.7
2003	–	90.8	83.5
2002	–	90.8	81.4
2001	–	90.3	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	89.3	79.9
1998	–	90.3	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	98.3	77.6
1988	–	96.8	76.6
1987	88.9	93.3	75.8
1986	–	93.9	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	82.2	94	75.8
1975	79.8	94.8	72.9
1970	71	100	69
1965	71	99	66
1960	71	81.6	63.1
1955	53.1	100	57.4
1950	35.1	100	51.4
1945	17.1	93.1	43.5
1940	9.4	86.2	40
1935	8.4	79.3	38.2
1930	5.3	72.4	36.4
1925	3.6	65.5	33
1920	2.4	51.7	30.5
1915	1.6	38	29.2
1910	1.1	24.2	28.1
1905	0.7	28.9	25.1
1900	0.5	22.9	23.3
1895	0.3	17.8	21.8
1890	0.2	13.6	20
1885	0.1	10.3	19
1880	0.1	7.8	17.2
1875	0.1	5.8	15.7
1870	0	4.3	13.2
1865	0	3.2	10.6
1860	0	1.5	9.3
1855	0	1.1	8
1850	0	0.8	6.8
1845	0	0.6	5.9
1840	0	0.5	5.2
1835	0	0.4	4.5
1830	0	0.3	4
1825	0	0.3	3.5
1820	0	0.2	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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