Gambia vs Senegal: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.6% in Gambia in 2018 and 79.6% in Senegal in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Gambia, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1 times that in Senegal.

Watch it change on the map

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

GambiaSenegalWorld

What the numbers say

Gambia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Senegal.
In 2012, Gambia ranked 88 and Senegal ranked 83 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Gambia	Senegal	World
2018	80.6	–	88.2
2017	79.8	79.6	88.2
2016	77.2	77.3	88.3
2015	75	77.3	88.2
2014	71.4	76.9	88.3
2013	68.1	76.1	88.2
2012	69.7	77.2	88.2
2011	66.9	74.6	88.1
2010	64.5	73.7	87.9
2009	–	72.2	87.9
2008	66.3	71.4	87.6
2007	68.7	69.8	87.2
2006	69	66.8	86
2005	64.4	64	85.4
2004	65.8	62.6	84.7
2003	64	62.6	83.5
2002	59.3	–	81.4
2001	61.5	–	81
2000	60.7	54.8	80.7
1999	62.9	50.8	79.9
1998	54.3	52	78.9
1997	–	48.7	78.1
1996	51.8	44.1	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	43.1	–	78
1992	39.9	38.3	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	38.3	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	38.8	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	46.9	37.5	75.3
1985	46.4	33.9	74
1980	35	30	75.8
1975	13	24	72.9
1970	13	23.2	69
1965	11	22.5	66
1960	7	13.2	63.1
1955	4.9	8.2	57.4
1950	1.7	2.8	51.4
1945	1.3	2.1	43.5
1940	1	1.7	40
1935	0.7	1.3	38.2
1930	0.6	1	36.4
1925	0.4	0.8	33
1920	0.3	0.6	30.5
1915	0.3	0.5	29.2
1910	0.2	0.4	28.1
1905	0.1	0.3	25.1
1900	0.1	0.2	23.3
1895	0.1	0.2	21.8
1890	0.1	0.1	20
1885	0.1	0.1	19
1880	0	0.1	17.2
1875	0	0.1	15.7
1870	0	0	13.2
1865	0	0	10.6
1860	0	0	9.3
1855	0	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Gambia vs Senegal: Girls in primary school

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Gambia vs Senegal

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment