Denmark vs Germany: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.5% in Denmark in 2015 and 91.3% in Germany in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Denmark, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Germany.

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

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What the numbers say

Denmark has been higher since 1970.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.

Every year

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

Year	Denmark	Germany	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	91.3	88.3
2015	98.5	90.1	88.2
2014	98.3	88.7	88.3
2013	98.6	88.7	88.2
2012	98.4	89	88.2
2011	98	89.1	88.1
2010	96.9	89.4	87.9
2009	97	88.7	87.9
2008	97	88.9	87.6
2007	97.2	89.4	87.2
2006	96.6	89	86
2005	96.2	87.8	85.4
2004	98.2	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	–	–	78.1
1996	98.1	–	77.9
1995	98.5	–	78
1994	98.6	–	78.3
1993	96.8	–	78
1992	97.3	–	77.7
1991	98.3	–	77.8
1990	97.8	–	77.3
1989	98	–	77.6
1988	99.2	–	76.6
1987	99	–	75.8
1986	98.6	–	75.3
1985	99	–	74
1980	95	83	75.8
1975	100	92	72.9
1970	97	83.8	69
1965	100	100	66
1960	100	100	63.1
1955	100	78.7	57.4
1950	100	99.4	51.4
1945	98.8	98.1	43.5
1940	97.5	96.8	40
1935	96.3	95.4	38.2
1930	95	94.1	36.4
1925	93.8	92.8	33
1920	92.5	91.4	30.5
1915	91.3	90.1	29.2
1910	90	88.8	28.1
1905	88.8	59.1	25.1
1900	87.5	56.9	23.3
1895	86.3	58.2	21.8
1890	85	59.1	20
1885	83.8	60	19
1880	82.5	55	17.2
1875	81.3	54.2	15.7
1870	80	51	13.2
1865	78.8	47.9	10.6
1860	77.5	44.4	9.3
1855	76.1	41	8
1850	74.7	37.7	6.8
1845	73.3	34.4	5.9
1840	71.8	31.3	5.2
1835	70.3	28.4	4.5
1830	68.7	25.7	4
1825	67	23.1	3.5
1820	65.4	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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