Congo - Kinshasa vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 35.9% in Congo - Kinshasa in 1999 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 15.2 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Niger.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 1905, when it overtook Niger.
The world as a whole: 79.9% in 1999.

Every year

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Niger	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	60.2	88.2
2016	–	58.3	88.3
2015	–	56.4	88.2
2014	–	55.1	88.3
2013	–	55.3	88.2
2012	–	54.7	88.2
2011	–	52.6	88.1
2010	–	48	87.9
2009	–	44.8	87.9
2008	–	41	87.6
2007	–	36.6	87.2
2006	–	35.2	86
2005	–	34.3	85.4
2004	–	33.4	84.7
2003	–	30.5	83.5
2002	–	27.2	81.4
2001	–	24.4	81
2000	–	21.6	80.7
1999	35.9	20.7	79.9
1998	–	19.2	78.9
1997	–	18.6	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	56	–	78
1994	52.7	–	78.3
1993	52.5	–	78
1992	53.1	16	77.7
1991	54.1	17.4	77.8
1990	–	16.9	77.3
1989	–	16.5	77.6
1988	56.5	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	16.5	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	62.1	18.1	75.8
1975	54.6	12.4	72.9
1970	50	8.6	69
1965	43.9	6.7	66
1960	28.8	2.9	63.1
1955	4.4	1.2	57.4
1950	4.1	0.4	51.4
1945	2.8	0.3	43.5
1940	1.8	0.3	40
1935	1.2	0.2	38.2
1930	0.8	0.2	36.4
1925	0.5	0.1	33
1920	0.3	0.1	30.5
1915	0.2	0.1	29.2
1910	0.1	0.1	28.1
1905	0.1	0	25.1
1900	0	0	23.3
1895	0	0	21.8
1890	0	0	20
1885	0	0	19
1880	0	0	17.2
1875	0	0	15.7
1870	0	0	13.2
1865	0	0	10.6
1860	0	0	9.3
1855	0	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	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

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Niger: 651 deaths in 2022