France vs Germany: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2016: 99.1% in France and 91.3% in Germany, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in France, by 7.8 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

France has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Germany.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.

Every year

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

Year	France	Germany	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	99.1	91.3	88.3
2015	98.7	90.1	88.2
2014	97.9	88.7	88.3
2013	98.7	88.7	88.2
2012	98.8	89	88.2
2011	98.8	89.1	88.1
2010	97.5	89.4	87.9
2009	98	88.7	87.9
2008	98.3	88.9	87.6
2007	–	89.4	87.2
2006	–	89	86
2005	–	87.8	85.4
2004	95.5	87	84.7
2003	95.4	85.7	83.5
2002	95.6	85.4	81.4
2001	95.7	–	81
2000	95.7	87.1	80.7
1999	96	87.5	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	100	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	98.9	–	78
1994	97.7	–	78.3
1993	97.8	–	78
1992	99.2	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	97.6	–	75.3
1985	95.1	–	74
1980	100	83	75.8
1975	94.8	92	72.9
1970	98	83.8	69
1965	98	100	66
1960	97	100	63.1
1955	100	78.7	57.4
1950	100	99.4	51.4
1945	100	98.1	43.5
1940	100	96.8	40
1935	100	95.4	38.2
1930	100	94.1	36.4
1925	100	92.8	33
1920	100	91.4	30.5
1915	100	90.1	29.2
1910	100	88.8	28.1
1905	100	59.1	25.1
1900	100	56.9	23.3
1895	100	58.2	21.8
1890	100	59.1	20
1885	100	60	19
1880	100	55	17.2
1875	100	54.2	15.7
1870	65	51	13.2
1865	29.9	47.9	10.6
1860	27.1	44.4	9.3
1855	24.6	41	8
1850	22.1	37.7	6.8
1845	19.9	34.4	5.9
1840	17.8	31.3	5.2
1835	16	28.4	4.5
1830	14.2	25.7	4
1825	12.7	23.1	3.5
1820	11.2	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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