France vs Spain: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99.1% in France in 2016 and 97.6% in Spain in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Spain, by 0 percentage points, or 1 times that in France.

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

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 1992.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2016.

Every year

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

Year	France	Spain	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	97.6	88.2
2016	99.1	99.1	88.3
2015	98.7	–	88.2
2014	97.9	–	88.3
2013	98.7	–	88.2
2012	98.8	–	88.2
2011	98.8	–	88.1
2010	97.5	–	87.9
2009	98	–	87.9
2008	98.3	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	95.5	–	84.7
2003	95.4	–	83.5
2002	95.6	–	81.4
2001	95.7	–	81
2000	95.7	–	80.7
1999	96	–	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	99.8	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	99.2	77.3
1989	–	99.4	77.6
1988	–	98.7	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	97.6	–	75.3
1985	95.1	–	74
1980	100	100	75.8
1975	94.8	100	72.9
1970	98	95	69
1965	98	83	66
1960	97	84.5	63.1
1955	100	80.3	57.4
1950	100	64.6	51.4
1945	100	60.5	43.5
1940	100	56.5	40
1935	100	52.4	38.2
1930	100	48.3	36.4
1925	100	44.3	33
1920	100	44.2	30.5
1915	100	44.1	29.2
1910	100	44	28.1
1905	100	43.9	25.1
1900	100	43.8	23.3
1895	100	43.7	21.8
1890	100	43.6	20
1885	100	43.5	19
1880	100	37.9	17.2
1875	100	32.5	15.7
1870	65	27.6	13.2
1865	29.9	23.2	10.6
1860	27.1	19.3	9.3
1855	24.6	15.9	8
1850	22.1	13.1	6.8
1845	19.9	10.6	5.9
1840	17.8	8.6	5.2
1835	16	7	4.5
1830	14.2	5.6	4
1825	12.7	4.5	3.5
1820	11.2	3.6	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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