Congo - Kinshasa vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 35.9% in Congo - Kinshasa in 1999 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1992 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 43.7 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

Watch it change on the map

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

Congo - KinshasaUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 77.7% in 1992.

Every year

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	United Kingdom	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	99.4	88.2
2016	–	99.6	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	99.6	88.2
2012	–	98.3	88.2
2011	–	98.2	88.1
2010	–	98	87.9
2009	–	97.8	87.9
2008	–	98.6	87.6
2007	–	96.8	87.2
2006	–	98.7	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	98.2	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	99.9	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	35.9	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	56	–	78
1994	52.7	–	78.3
1993	52.5	–	78
1992	53.1	96.8	77.7
1991	54.1	98.4	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	56.5	99.9	76.6
1987	–	98.2	75.8
1986	–	95.3	75.3
1985	–	93.7	74
1980	62.1	97	75.8
1975	54.6	98	72.9
1970	50	98	69
1965	43.9	100	66
1960	28.8	100	63.1
1955	4.4	100	57.4
1950	4.1	100	51.4
1945	2.8	100	43.5
1940	1.8	100	40
1935	1.2	100	38.2
1930	0.8	100	36.4
1925	0.5	100	33
1920	0.3	100	30.5
1915	0.2	100	29.2
1910	0.1	100	28.1
1905	0.1	100	25.1
1900	0	91.3	23.3
1895	0	82.6	21.8
1890	0	73.9	20
1885	0	65.2	19
1880	0	56.4	17.2
1875	0	47.7	15.7
1870	0	39	13.2
1865	0	35.4	10.6
1860	0	31.9	9.3
1855	0	28.3	8
1850	0	24.7	6.8
1845	0	22.5	5.9
1840	0	20.4	5.2
1835	0	18.5	4.5
1830	0	16.8	4
1825	0	15.1	3.5
1820	0	13.6	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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Congo - Kinshasa vs United Kingdom

Health

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Education

Learning-adjusted schoolingCongo - Kinshasa: 4.5 years in 2020United Kingdom: 11.5 years in 2020

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022