Colombia vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.2% in Colombia in 2018 and 86.7% in South Africa in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Colombia, by 6.7 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in South Africa.

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

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 1999, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Colombia	South Africa	World
2018	93.2	–	88.2
2017	93.4	86.7	88.2
2016	93.2	–	88.3
2015	92	–	88.2
2014	90.5	–	88.3
2013	90.1	–	88.2
2012	89.9	–	88.2
2011	91.5	–	88.1
2010	91.4	–	87.9
2009	92.5	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	88.9	85.4
2004	93.1	89.3	84.7
2003	–	89.7	83.5
2002	92.4	88.3	81.4
2001	91.7	87.6	81
2000	93.8	86.3	80.7
1999	94.3	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	77	89	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	69.1	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	95.3	88	75.8
1975	88	88	72.9
1970	80.7	88	69
1965	66	78.2	66
1960	59	75.6	63.1
1955	55.2	68.4	57.4
1950	42.8	61.3	51.4
1945	41.9	54.2	43.5
1940	41.1	47.1	40
1935	40.3	39.9	38.2
1930	39.5	32.8	36.4
1925	38.7	25.7	33
1920	37.8	18.6	30.5
1915	37	11.4	29.2
1910	31.2	4.3	28.1
1905	25.4	1.7	25.1
1900	19.7	1.5	23.3
1895	13.9	1.3	21.8
1890	12.3	1	20
1885	10.8	0.8	19
1880	12.7	0.6	17.2
1875	10.9	0.4	15.7
1870	9.4	0.3	13.2
1865	7.9	0.3	10.6
1860	6.4	0.2	9.3
1855	4.8	0.1	8
1850	3.3	0.1	6.8
1845	3.2	0.1	5.9
1840	3.3	0.1	5.2
1835	1.7	0.1	4.5
1830	1.4	0	4
1825	1.1	0	3.5
1820	0.9	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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