France vs Sweden: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99.1% in France in 2016 and 98.1% in Sweden in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in France, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Sweden.

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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 2008, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.

Every year

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

Year	France	Sweden	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	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	98.1	87.6
2007	–	96.1	87.2
2006	–	95	86
2005	–	95.2	85.4
2004	95.5	96.6	84.7
2003	95.4	98.8	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	–	77.7
1991	–	99.8	77.8
1990	–	99.5	77.3
1989	–	98.8	77.6
1988	–	98.4	76.6
1987	–	98.1	75.8
1986	97.6	–	75.3
1985	95.1	–	74
1980	100	95.7	75.8
1975	94.8	100	72.9
1970	98	93.1	69
1965	98	98	66
1960	97	95	63.1
1955	100	100	57.4
1950	100	100	51.4
1945	100	97.8	43.5
1940	100	95.7	40
1935	100	93.5	38.2
1930	100	91.3	36.4
1925	100	89.2	33
1920	100	87	30.5
1915	100	84.8	29.2
1910	100	82.7	28.1
1905	100	80.5	25.1
1900	100	78.3	23.3
1895	100	76.2	21.8
1890	100	74	20
1885	100	71.8	19
1880	100	69.7	17.2
1875	100	67.5	15.7
1870	65	65.3	13.2
1865	29.9	63.2	10.6
1860	27.1	61	9.3
1855	24.6	58.8	8
1850	22.1	56.7	6.8
1845	19.9	54	5.9
1840	17.8	51.3	5.2
1835	16	48.6	4.5
1830	14.2	46	4
1825	12.7	43.3	3.5
1820	11.2	40.7	3.1

Each country on its own

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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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