Germany vs Ireland: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 91.3% in Germany in 2016 and 97.3% in Ireland in 2011, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Ireland, by 8.3 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

Ireland has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Germany.
The world as a whole: 88.1% in 2011.

Every year

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

Year	Germany	Ireland	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	91.3	–	88.3
2015	90.1	–	88.2
2014	88.7	–	88.3
2013	88.7	–	88.2
2012	89	–	88.2
2011	89.1	97.3	88.1
2010	89.4	–	87.9
2009	88.7	–	87.9
2008	88.9	–	87.6
2007	89.4	–	87.2
2006	89	–	86
2005	87.8	–	85.4
2004	87	–	84.7
2003	85.7	–	83.5
2002	85.4	–	81.4
2001	–	94.3	81
2000	87.1	–	80.7
1999	87.5	94.3	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	89.6	77.9
1995	–	88.6	78
1994	–	88.3	78.3
1993	–	88.2	78
1992	–	88.6	77.7
1991	–	89.7	77.8
1990	–	90.4	77.3
1989	–	90	77.6
1988	–	89.4	76.6
1987	–	88.5	75.8
1986	–	87.9	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	83	91	75.8
1975	92	91	72.9
1970	83.8	92	69
1965	100	92	66
1960	100	96.3	63.1
1955	78.7	100	57.4
1950	99.4	100	51.4
1945	98.1	95.9	43.5
1940	96.8	91.7	40
1935	95.4	87.6	38.2
1930	94.1	83.4	36.4
1925	92.8	79.3	33
1920	91.4	75.1	30.5
1915	90.1	71	29.2
1910	88.8	66.8	28.1
1905	59.1	62.7	25.1
1900	56.9	58.5	23.3
1895	58.2	54.4	21.8
1890	59.1	50.3	20
1885	60	46.1	19
1880	55	42	17.2
1875	54.2	37.8	15.7
1870	51	33.7	13.2
1865	47.9	29.5	10.6
1860	44.4	27	9.3
1855	41	24.6	8
1850	37.7	22.3	6.8
1845	34.4	20.2	5.9
1840	31.3	18.2	5.2
1835	28.4	16.4	4.5
1830	25.7	14.8	4
1825	23.1	13.3	3.5
1820	20.7	11.9	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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