France vs Poland: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99.1% in France in 2016 and 95.6% in Poland in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in France, by 1.9 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Poland.

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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 2002, when it overtook Poland.
In 2012, France ranked 4 and Poland ranked 24 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2014.

Every year

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

Year	France	Poland	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	95.6	88.2
2016	99.1	–	88.3
2015	98.7	–	88.2
2014	97.9	96	88.3
2013	98.7	96	88.2
2012	98.8	95.4	88.2
2011	98.8	94.7	88.1
2010	97.5	94.5	87.9
2009	98	94	87.9
2008	98.3	93.4	87.6
2007	–	93.3	87.2
2006	–	93.3	86
2005	–	93.3	85.4
2004	95.5	93.9	84.7
2003	95.4	94.6	83.5
2002	95.6	95.5	81.4
2001	95.7	96.4	81
2000	95.7	96.5	80.7
1999	96	97	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	98	75.8
1975	94.8	96	72.9
1970	98	95	69
1965	98	87	66
1960	97	90.4	63.1
1955	100	86.9	57.4
1950	100	100	51.4
1945	100	93.6	43.5
1940	100	87.2	40
1935	100	80.7	38.2
1930	100	74.3	36.4
1925	100	67.9	33
1920	100	65.7	30.5
1915	100	63.4	29.2
1910	100	61.1	28.1
1905	100	58.7	25.1
1900	100	56.3	23.3
1895	100	53.9	21.8
1890	100	51.4	20
1885	100	48.9	19
1880	100	46.5	17.2
1875	100	44	15.7
1870	65	41.6	13.2
1865	29.9	39.3	10.6
1860	27.1	37	9.3
1855	24.6	34.7	8
1850	22.1	32.5	6.8
1845	19.9	30.4	5.9
1840	17.8	28.4	5.2
1835	16	26.4	4.5
1830	14.2	24.6	4
1825	12.7	22.8	3.5
1820	11.2	21.1	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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